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Leghorn chicken, relatively small, white-colored breed of poultry poultry, domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey , guinea fowl , pheasant , quail , and peacock ; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose . ..... Click the link for more information. that currently dominates the American egg-producing class. The bird, as bred today, produces a good number of chalk white eggs, a feature which has brought it to the forefront of modern commercial egg production. Although only the "single comb" variety is popular today, many other strains with large egg, better shell, better interior egg qualities, or other desirable traits, are retained as breeding stock. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Forty-eight white leghorn chickens were parceled out to coops at homes and at water and road department offices in Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill and Rosamond. A study of leghorn chickens has linked hormone concentrations in a hen's eggs to her rank in the pecking order. VALENCIA - Reaching into a squawking flurry of feathers, Paul O'Connor skillfully grasped his quarry - a flustered white leghorn chicken sporting a numbered silver shoulder band. |
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