Leghorns

[Krys109uk]

If they are red/pink then brown eggs, if white then white eggs - or so I'm told.

What about Dorkings?

 

[Elite Silkies]

It could be white rock, I am sure they lay brown eggs, and do look somewhat like a leghorn.

 

[NYREDS]

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If they are red/pink then brown eggs, if white then white eggs - or so I'm told.

Sandee

True in most but not all cases.

 

[oldchickenman]

ill try to get pics will that help i have 2 hens and 1 roo that sure looks like a leghorn.

 

[Krys109uk]

What breed were they supposed to be when you bought them?

 

[oldchickenman]

i was told they were leghorns i had 7 and sold some of the extra hens and roo well the hens i sold were laying white eggs i had some buffs in with them and i thought they were laying the brown eggs i seprated the buffs and the 2 hens i have left lay pretty brown eggs i have hatched some of them im saveing the hens will they lay brown too?

 

[EastbluffGarden]

i too have Leghorns (appx. 11 wks old) that just starting laying, light brown eggs. they were an "unknown" breed and hatched in my daughter's Kindergarden class. they look exactly like Leghorns (with the exception of one having, literally two, black tinged, feathers that you have to "dig" to find). here is a photo of one of my girls.

 

[tadkerson]

Looks like a brown egg laying leghorn to me.

There are breeds that lay a white egg that have red ear lobes. One of those is the new holland and the other is the dorking (already mentioned)

Tim

 

[EastbluffGarden]

thanks!
since i am new to "back yard farming" i did quite a bit of research. i didn't think that it was possible for Leghorns to lay brown eggs, so i was trying to find out what breed they really are!

 

[nicalandia]

Its not that hard to produce a "Brown" egg laying leghorn, as egg color genetics is a polygenic traits, alot of them are recessive and sex linked, I once made the mistake and tryed to REproduce a very prolific production type white Leghorn(not sold to people, just the discarted end of egg laying life hens), but I used a ISA brown rooster over the Hens, as I was doing a inline breeding to REproduce the blood line, I only kept the roosters and gave away the hens, well after 3 generations I thoght I should keep the hens too see how well they layed....well they layed very very well but NOT white eggs, they layed brown tinted eggs, did they looked like leghorns, YUP!! did they have white earlobes? YUP...