Yep, just cuz a Leghorn has been crossbred to create other Leghorn colors doesn't mean they retain the prolific egg-laying genetics of the parent White Leghorn. Our Buff Leghorns supposedly were to lay white eggs but we got tinted eggs & not a good layer either.
My thoughts:Difference between Light Brown Leghorns & Dark Brown Leghorns? The Dark Browns are basically mostly chocolate brown while the Light Browns have more colors resembling Partridge colors (usually hatchery stock). Leghorn roos have a stately stance but I love the vibrant plumage in Welsummer roos a tad more. Both Leghorn & Welsummer roos have bits of white tuft feathers at the base of their tails even the Dark Brown Leg has the white tufts. Must be a Red Jungle Fowl genetic history
@rural mouse ~ any thoughts/input?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/are-brown-leghorns-actually-partridge-colored.1499469/
Dark Brown Leghorn roo
Light Brown Leghorn roo ~ so colorful
Light Brown Leghorn hen usually sold by hatcheries as just "Brown Leghorn" but in fact should be identified as "Light Brown"
Welsummer roo looks so much like a Leghorn roo yet these are medium brown to dark egg or speckled brown layers
Welsummer hen
Ironic, eh?!Brown Leghorn hens lay white eggs
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