The Moonshiner's Leghorns

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He looks like a good solid bird and his color is beautiful! Brown Leghorns are certainly one of my favorite Leghorn varieties. You have some nice looking birds. I love them all! I wish I had room for more colors.

 

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I NEED!!!

 

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Ya if they weren't so ugly I'd probably have gotten into the rose comb Leghorns

To me, the big single combs are the signature feature of a Leghorn. I just can't bring myself to get any rose combed birds. I love a big single comb, but our winters usually dub off the points unfortunately.

 

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I still think a rose comb looks better than a froze comb.

This is where I stand in the minority I'm sure. I love the look of a dubbed bird. We dub our games. We have even dubbed some Legbars and other random layer roosters over the years due to frost bite. They look cool as heck dubbed and it is actually a health benefit to the bird.

 

[Chookwagn]

There was a line of brown Leghorns that lay blue eggs, lol.

Easter Egger?

 

[KF0002]

If it lays a blue egg it isn't a Leghorn

If it is pea combed, it's also not a Leghorn.

 

[Chookwagn]

If it is pea combed, it's also not a Leghorn.

Easter egger?

 

[KF0002]

There was a line of brown Leghorns that lay blue eggs, lol.

My Crele Project birds will lay blue eggs until I breed out the blue egg gene. I will carefully breed away from it but it will take a few years. Until the blue egg gene is gone (and crests), I will not call them Leghorns.

 

[Chookwagn]

My Crele Project birds will lay blue eggs until I breed out the blue egg gene. I will carefully breed away from it but it will take a few years. Until the blue egg gene is gone (and crests), I will not call them Leghorns.

 

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Easter egger?

So let me ask it this way. If a Leghorn has a pea comb, might it lay blue eggs?

She asked "if a Leghorn has a pea combed, might it lay blue eggs?" A pure Leghorn would never be pea combed. A Leghorn/EE mix maybe, but not a pure Leghorn.