If you want to help the LEGHORN breed win the poll, vote up for them in the following link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/vote-for-the-best-hybrid-layer.1279022/page-5#post-20618381
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/columbian-leghorns-which-are-the-ancestor-of-the-breed.1272035/
On the link above I started a discussion about the light columbian leghorns and their ancestors.
My breeding purpose for 2019 is to build a good parental stock of the leghorn breeds.
I will not take care of the "color perfection" the Associations want.
I will mix and cross different colors of the blessed leghorn breed in order to achieve wonderful unique colorations and hybrid vigor...
When you try to breed the white variety, don't use the terminal crosses of big companies. They are so small, they have big needs in vitamin D and in calcium. And the commercial brown layers are even worse. Breeding them will pass genetic faults to the young chicks. Choose the old italianer...