Leggorn - a breed of chickens of high egg production

The Leygorn breed is by far one of the most popular on the globe. Its name is due to the Italian city of Livorno, where it was first brought out in the XIX century. In English, the word "Livorno" sounds like "Leghorn", which was later used to designate the breed.

Leggorn chickens are famous for their egg-laying. Although it must be said that at the time of the appearance of this breed, no outstanding qualities were different. Rather, on the contrary, their indicators on the number of demolished eggs significantly lagged behind the other chicken varieties. An excellent way out of the situation was found by Americans, who began to cross leggings with other species, including fighting. The resulting "mestizos" were sent to Europe, where the selection work continued in different directions in order to bring out the most successful variety.

In our country - then the Soviet Union - these birds were imported as early as the beginning of the last century, namely in 1925. White leggorn - a breed of chickens, which became a kind of "ancestor" of the Russian white hen. Currently, both this species and its derivatives are used for large-scale egg preparations. This is understandable, because the egg production rates are really high. On average, one chicken can demolish up to three hundred pieces per year, and a subspecies of rock with a leaf comb - up to three hundred and fifty. The females start laying eggs already at the twentieth week of life, and the first year in terms of the number of eggs laid, as a rule, is the most productive. In food, chickens are usually added to all kinds of stimulants to improve the egg yield, so after a year they often deplete the body. Individuals who can no longer rush at the level that is required of them fall into a "marriage" (including those who start hatching chicks).

Leggorn is a breed of chickens, which is easy to recognize by some distinctive features. These birds do not have the most outstanding body sizes (the weight of chickens hardly exceeds two kilograms, the weight of cocks reaches a maximum of three), a small head and a thin long neck. Beak is small, yellow, with a bent tip. Legs also do not differ in length. In chicks, the color of the limbs, as a rule, is yellow, which grows white with the growth and growth of the chicken. The wings and tail are of medium size. The color of the plumage can be, in principle, different, but in our country there is more often a white leggorn. The weight of one egg can reach sixty grams, the color of the shell - white.

Leggorn - a breed of chickens, which in our time is bred everywhere. Russia in this regard, too, is no exception. On the territory of our country, 20 breeding plants were opened, whose tasks include the development and improvement of the breed, and the derivation of other, even more productive, derivatives. Leggorne is a breed of chickens, distinguished by the resistance of birds to temperature changes. However, they also have some problems. In particular, with the close content of chickens in small cells, the spread of various diseases is very likely. In addition, leggorns do not like noise - fear and anxiety may cause them problems with eggs.