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White Leghorn
Nov. 6th, 2009 02:49 pmOne of my first chickens was a white leghorn. I didn't know much about chickens back then and we mostly picked her because she was a pretty light yellow puffball. I knew she would give us white eggs and that was about it.
It turns out white leghorns are very good egg layers. That was nice, and for a while, once she matured, Trigger gave us lots of eggs (sometimes as many as one a day). It turns out that white leghorns are also a bit spastic, and also really good at scrounging food from their environment.
Trigger got a lot of handling as a chick, so she ended up very friendly and calmer than she may otherwise have been. She also managed to try to eat every last bit of green (grass, weed, or otherwise) out of the chicken yard. The other chickens took their cue from her and as a result, the chicken yard was bare of greens.
It has been several years since Trigger died. Now, even with four chickens contained therein, our chicken yard is overrun with weeds. Maybe someday I'll get another white leghorn so she can take care of the problem.
It turns out white leghorns are very good egg layers. That was nice, and for a while, once she matured, Trigger gave us lots of eggs (sometimes as many as one a day). It turns out that white leghorns are also a bit spastic, and also really good at scrounging food from their environment.
Trigger got a lot of handling as a chick, so she ended up very friendly and calmer than she may otherwise have been. She also managed to try to eat every last bit of green (grass, weed, or otherwise) out of the chicken yard. The other chickens took their cue from her and as a result, the chicken yard was bare of greens.
It has been several years since Trigger died. Now, even with four chickens contained therein, our chicken yard is overrun with weeds. Maybe someday I'll get another white leghorn so she can take care of the problem.
