Show B black lach leghorns Leg horns found to be popular on farms the black feathered sister of the white leghorn is becoming increasingly popular on thousands of poultry farms for 41 number of reasons says a in the philadelphia inquirer first the birds are extremely hardy and very healthy diseases common to other breeds such as white diarrhoea laying mortality on account of pic kouts and cannibalism are unknown in black leghorns Leg horns they require no blood testing no vaccination or coddling of any kind and thousands of farmers are depending on them for or their living they lay large white eggs and lots of them and are the only black feathered fowl that dresses yellow for market purposes their flesh tor for the table is not excelled in england englan d they are the leading breed at the english egg laying contests they have won every point for several years most eggs largest eggs lowe lowest st feed cost |