- Livorno (Italian for Leghorn) is a port city in the Tuscany region of Northern Italy. Captain Gates brought the Leghorn breed to the United States in the mid-1800s.
- White Leghorns that had won first prize at the 1868 New York show were imported to Britain in 1870, and brown Leghorns from 1872.
- The white Livorno, now re-named the Leghorn, was taken from the U.S. to England around 1870, followed by the brown a couple of years later.
- The Leghorn arrive in America in the mid-1800’s by Captain Gates. The APA recognizes many varieties of the Leghorn, but they all came at different times.
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- He was the cartoon rooster loved by thousands of kids who watched the Looney Tunes on TV. He is probably the best-known Leghorn chicken in the world!
- The Leghorn has an outstanding reputation as a reliable egg layer. We will never know for sure about the true origins of this hard working Italian chicken.
- Leghorn chickens are classed as a dual purpose breed, as they have enough meat to make a decent table bird, as well as being a productive egg layer.
- Pronounced ‘Leggern’. Leghorn Chickens are small to medium sized birds that originally came from the Livorno area of Tuscany Italy.
- The Leghorn chicken is a jackpot breed, it likes large tracts of land to scout, dig and even fly. This breed can sleep in the trees and in open spaces.