Pile Leghorn

A variety of the Leghorn

Chicken · White eggs · Laying

At a glance

Origin
Italy
Scientific name
Gallus gallus domesticus
Eggs per year
~280
Egg colour
White
Incubation
21 days
Broodiness
Low
Cold hardiness
Hardy
Sizes
Large fowl, Bantam
Purpose
Laying
Purity
Pure

About the Pile Leghorn

The Pile (Pyle) Leghorn is essentially a duckwing in which black is replaced by white, leaving a clean red-on-white bird: cocks carry rich red hackle, back and saddle over a white body, hens are white with a salmon breast. Pyles were bred in Britain in the 1880s. The bright red-and-white plumage makes it one of the more eye-catching recognised colours of this active white-egg layer.

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