Do Leghorns Really Eat Less?

[RooStar Chicken Gang]

It seem a lot of breeders cross things with Australorps. @Alkara Iv got a few Isa Browns there good for eggs, they just eat a average/normal amount but its not super lots, but they r out all day free ranging too on the farm, the Australorp crosses I have lay smaller eggs then the Isa Browns but still lay an egg a day, they are cross with new Hampshire hen. Leghorns and Isa Browns seem bit better then Australorp crosses in that regard but however... If Ur in a colder area the leghorns have very big combs that apparently can be prone to frost bite a bit more then others. Australorps do great in the cold, they are also more friendly then Isa Browns though I have one very friendly Isa brown but she is on-top of the pecking order besides the rooster.

 

[FC16]

Reading this thread and think my leghorn may be broken - she eats like a horse

 

[meganpemberton]

I have had several breeds and Leghorns rock! Small bird, egg laying machines. I do have a problem with there lifespan, I seem to loose more leghorns than any other breed. I have had four of them just show up in the nesting box...dead. I still recommend them. Mine will eat out of my hand but that is about as friendly as she gets.

Well that makes me feel better! lol Just looking through posts to see if I am doing something wrong or how long other people’s leghorns last. I have had a couple go that were only 3 years old go and wondered what I am doing wrong. They just seem to have more problems. I had a post-mortem exam done on one for curiosity and also make sure nothing contagious for my others… she had tumours and one ruptured. From what I see and everything I seem to read, the breed is just factory made and genetics aren’t meant to last. I have a couple barnyard mixes the same age and not a problem as of yet. At least that’s what I tell myself or maybe I really am just a bad chicken keeper