why is my leghorn laying brown eggs?

[halfwaynowhere]

there were three brown eggs laid yesterday. so my leghorn is laying brown. My mom is happy, she's wanted all brown eggs, but I was looking forward to a bit more variety. This hen has the biggest bright white earlobes ever. I was disappointed to see the brown egg. Does this mean she's a mutt? I got her from a feed store, she's a hatchery chick, although i can't remember which hatchery they are from. Any ideas what she might be? She's got that lean leghorn build...

 

[scooter147]

What color is she?

 

[halfwaynowhere]

she's brown, duckwing patterned... I suppose its possible that she's not a leghorn at all, but thats what i always thought...

 

[scooter147]

I think you have something other than a brown leghorn.
Google brown leghorn, the first item to come has a nice photo of a brown leghorn

 

[Beekissed]

I have a white leghorn that lays a tan egg. She may have something else in her lineage, but to look at, she is all leghorn. We used to raise leghorns when I was growing up and my grandma did also....this gal LOOKS like a "foghorn"

but lays like something else.....big, tan eggs!

 

[halfwaynowhere]

she really does look like a leghorn, very similar to the pics i found on google... I'll try to get a picture later today, but she's really flighty, so its hard...
my mom is happy about brown eggs. she was disappointed when we first IDed her as a leghorn, she didn't want any white eggs, thinking they'd look too commercial... still, i was looking forward to a bit of variety...

 

[scooter147]

flighty = leghorn

 

[onecent]

i have a pearl white leghorn, she used to lay large "WHITE" eggs, since she has been mated with a RIR roo, she lays light tan eggs!! i put her in a separate pen by her self, just to make sure!!

 

[judy101]

I just got a 9 month old white leghorn 3 days ago,she is a picture perfect white leghorn and laying brown eggs. I'm very disappointed I don't eat brown call me crazy. anyone know what might make this happen? thanks Judy

 

[scooter147]

Judy I'll be happy to call you crazy for not eating brown eggs.

Your crazy. ;-)