I’m done with “dual-purpose” chickens

For years, we’ve tried out various chicken breeds, often favoring brown egg layers.

But the best-laying bird on the least feed that we ever raised was a white egg layer.

It was the best forager as well.

Yep. The White Leghorn.

They out-lay every other bird and they do great on less feed than other birds. They also have entertaining personalities.

This year I plan on getting at least twenty of them, and making them our mainstay coop bird.

I don’t need big, chunky birds that have a lot of meat on them. We can raise Cornish Cross for meat.

We really just need more eggs – and it’s hard to beat Leghorns.