Baby Chicks: Light Brown Leghorn

Beautiful babies

We run an Educational Farm with 14 different coops & almost every breed of chicken. We have had Brown Leghorns a few times over the years, only once has been on purpose. This breed is beyond terrible, in every aspect possible. They are horribly neurotic & jumpy, no matter how much you handle them. What's worse, is their mental problems infect the rest of the flock they are with. A fly could fart 6 miles away & that will cause them to freak out, then all of the other chickens in that flock will freak out. After that happens dozens of times each & every day, it gets to the point that every chicken in the flock freaks out if another chicken accidentally touches them as they both go for feed at the same time. Once they are of laying age, Brown Leghorns are terrible layers. They get spooked about a hundred times a day, that stress causes them to not lay very often. When they do bother to lay, the egg has broken inside of them & healed up. While we enjoy educating customers on various egg deformities, city people generally prefer to buy the perfect looking eggs. You might think that being paranoid & high strung would help keep them safe from predators? Ha! No, it just disrupts everyone's laying & makes life far more difficult for the care takers. Unless you intend to put copious amounts of Xanax in the drinking water, I would NOT recommend Brown Leghorns...even to my worst enemy.

Poor baby was weak when all 7 chicks arrived She died overnight. Very sad.

I wish I had 5 more of her - I have several pretty birds but she is the most striking in the sun ☀Ô∏è. I have several leghorn varieties and she lays the largest eggs too . Everyday mostly . Not a lap chicken but not too flighty

What an Egg Machine!! I get a beautiful white egg every day! I adore her floppy comb covering her eye snd she's the first to come see what I have... I usually get white leghorns but chose brown for some free range camouflage. Shes gorgeous after all!

Beautiful bird and probably one of the sassiest and chit chattiest hens I've had! Had to clip her wings because she would rather hop the fence and spend the day in my next door neighbors yard, LOL! I'm super happy with her and look forward to lots of eggs, which she has just now started laying.

We live in Wisconsin and have no problems with large combs; we heat our coop though to keep everyone comfortable during our winter deep freeze. Our brown leghorn is super shy. I feel bad for her because she spends her days inside the coop. The rest of the flock is outside all summer, exploring & finding tasty things to eat. If she does get brave enough to step outside, she turns around & runs right back inside. She's a fantastic layer & a gorgeous hen, but I wish she was brave enough to go experience fresh air & green grass. I suppose this breed would be fantastic for confinement.

I found this breed to be extremely flighty and skittish. It's my first time having a Leghorn and the last. I can say two good things about my hen: she's a very consistent layer (though eggs are on the small side) and she molts RAPIDLY. I noticed she was losing feathers a week and a half ago and they're already growing back (in marked contrast to the Barnvelder which took 5 months!)

great with people, all came alive, nice active chicks.