How Do You Raise Red Leghorn Chickens?
A Leghorn chicken is a noisy bird that is spirited in nature. It is smaller than many chickens, but it is still larger than a bantam. The Red Leghorn is a forager and they get much of the protein in their diet from roaming freely over fields and barnyards. Keeping a Leghorn captive is a challenge at best since they have enough flight ability to roost in trees. Read on to learn more. Decide where you want to house your Leghorn chickens. Although they are small in size they lay a large amount of eggs and can fly up and into trees. Create a chicken coop that allows the Leghorn to roost in trees where they are most comfortable. Hang food and water dispensers suspended to keep them clean–remember that Leghorns are not all bantams so make sure your measurements are accurate for your dispensers. Select from many different varieties feed-feeds with more corn produce a deep yellow yolk. Study the different breeds of chickens. Most people raise chickens to sell the eggs. Choose the one that wil
