What Italian city is called Leghorn in English?
Leghorn chicken Leghorn chicken The Leghorn (, ; or Livornese) is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the port city of Livorno, on the western coast of Tuscany. They were initially called "Italians", but by 1865 the breed was known as "Leghorn", the traditional anglicisation of "Livorno". The breed was introduced to Britain from the United States in 1870. White Leghorns are commonly used as layer chickens in many countries of the world. Other Leghorn varieties are less common. The origins of the Leghorn are not clear; it
Leghorn chicken yellow, and the ear-lobes white. The Italian standard gives a weight range of for cocks, for hens. According to the British standard, fully grown Leghorn cocks weigh , hens ; cockerels weigh and pullets ; for bantams the maximum weight is for cocks and for hens. Ring size is for cocks, for hens. Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300–320, with a weight of at least . White Leghorns have been much used to create highly productive egg-laying hybrids for commercial and industrial operations. Leghorn chicken The Leghorn (,