This Italian chicken is popular among the hen layer that produced white skin egg. The productivity is also highs the hen can lays at least 250 eggs a year in average . Certainly the chicken just can produce only two years and the farmer should find other pullet to keep the egg production constant.
The leghorn or the female leghorn is also crossed to green jungle fowl to produce the white Berkisar. Cross the green jungle fowl with the female leghorn.
The leghorn also has red variation too. The color is similar to new Hampshire or Rhode Island Red. The color is dark brown color.
As the layer, the hen lays may eggs 150-220 eggs a year. The amount of egg is not as much as the sister or white leghorn. As the layer, the do not sit the eggs. Hatching its fertile egg needs other chicken or incubator chicken.
The chicken has wide red blood single comb with many pints. its make the roster looks better than other chickens. while, the hen comb is red small chicken. the shank and beak is yellow.
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