“I purchased the exchequer leghorn for the egg color, unique plumage, and ‚Äúflighty‚Äù personality. I have had hawk problems in the past, and I figured the feather pattern be preferable to the traditional white.
Checkers was a bully!
She and her 6 siblings of varying breeds were introduced to my established mixed flock when they were about 3 months old, (if I‚Äôm remembering correctly) and she was instantly picking on some of my adult hens! She did start laying cute little white eggs within 5-6months in the middle of winter, and she gave me at least 6 eggs/week. I just did not really care for her personality.”
“Mary-Lou is a beauty with a skittish but amusing personality. She occasionally produced an extremely tiny white egg, but has stopped laying completely now that it's winter. (The rest of my hens are still laying). So not a good layer for me, but I enjoy having her in my flock.”
“My Leghorns are adorable 1 was very stunted in growth and is finally playing catch up. Her sister is laying well everyday! But the stunted one hasn‚Äôt. But I‚Äôm not giving up on her yet! She‚Äôs very active like the rest of the girls and loves exploring in the woods foraging for insects and whatever runs by like lizards! Lol
they are a little flighty but I never have to chase them as they go into the coop every night before sundown. I‚Äôm very happy with all my girls and will be purchasing again from MPC!”
“She‚Äôs really a beautiful, smallish bird, definitely on the flighty side. Lays a small/medium cream colored pointy egg. I guess I‚Äôm a little disappointed with the egg color (I was expecting white) & shape but she‚Äôs such a nice bird to look at.”
“My little Exchequer leghorn, Cher is just a doll. She has been full of personality since day one and was the first of my pullets to have no problem jumping up on my lap and staring at me with her silly sideways little lie. She still one of the smallest chickens we have that has the biggest personality of them all. She‚Äôs got striking black and white feathers and bright yellow legs which makes her stand out from the rest of our birds. Her eggs are a bit disappointing as they are skinny and pointy. Hoping at some point they might get slightly bigger than this but if not that‚Äôs OK her personality makes up for it. Not sure why my pet chicken only has pictures of chicks and doesn‚Äôt show the beauty of the hens and Roos.”
“I received Checkers for my birthday with a clutch of other chicks, and she is far and away my favorite! These birds are known to be aloof but Checkers is the sweetest one of the bunch. She is inquisitive and follows me around the yard making sweet little noises or waiting to be held. When I hold her she is either quiet and watches me, or makes a sweet little bwa bwa sound. She was also the first of her sisters to lay! Would definitely recommend.”
“I have had several Exchequer Leghorns. They are good layers of smallish pointy white eggs. One was extremely friendly and road on my shoulder; another not as docile but very curious. I like having a white egg layer in my flock if only to provide egg color contrast. The E.L.s are striking looking with their black and white plumage and red combs. They are good flyers and I often find them over the fence but on my property.”
