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By breeding in the leghorns, you could hopefully increase the egg quantity, too, as I see Russian Orloffs only lay ~100 eggs per year.Edit to add: I just remembered Spangled Russian Orloffs (sold by Ideal Poultry and maybe some other hatcheries.) They have a cushion comb (genetically pea + rose) and muff/beard (fluffy cheeks.) Cross a Leghorn rooster to an Orloff hen, then cross the daughters back to Leghorn again. In that generation, look for ones with the small comb and puffy cheeks, and see if any lay white eggs. If the eggs aren't white enough, cross back to Leghorn again. Repeat until you've got ones with the right comb type, puffy cheeks, and laying white eggs.