“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.”
“She is smaller than all my other chicks now at 5 weeks (other white, brown leghorns and Wyandotte‚Äôs- just as energetic, hungry and attentive- held her more than the rest but now she is by FAR the most skittish. I wish I had bought a rooster of this breed - they are soooo beautiful”
“I have always been very happy with the quality, health, & productivity of the chicks I have purchased from MyPetChicken, however this time I‚Äôm a little disappointed. My Exchequer Leghorn pullet is a lovely girl, but she is already 6 months old and has been squatting for a few weeks and she is not yet laying eggs. There is no way she could be hiding the eggs. I have never caught her in a nest box attempting to lay. I‚Äôm really hoping and praying that she will start to lay large white eggs on a very regular basis. I‚Äôm torn if I will end up culling her for the freezer if she doesn‚Äôt measure up to being a Leghorn, as she is such a smart, inquisitive, and sweet bird. Hoping she starts laying very soon.”
“We bought two of these last year. For some reason, they never started laying. At about 7-8 months I got 1-2 eggs, but over the past year I think I've seen less than a dozen *total* eggs from the two of them. I know they aren't roosters because they don't crow. We have a mid-sized flock and I had chosen them to get some white in our mix, but the expected white eggs just weren't there. They are attractive birds, but I will go with the white leghorns next time and hope for better luck getting eggs out of them.”
“i purchased 5 of these beautiful lady's last year. I love their personality's, they are very talkative and friendly. I am however disappointed with the size of their eggs. all of them lay tiny white eggs, nearly Bantam size. i was expecting the very large eggs like my regular leghorn lays, but these are not even close. maybe the description should be changed from "layers of large eggs, to layers of small to medium eggs" i am otherwise happy with them.”
“That's her name - "Phyllis" the Exchequer Leghorn pullet and she's an absolute hoot! Smart as whip (learned her name in one afternoon and will rival ANY dog in how quick she comes a runnin'!), cute and adorable as ever, loves to be held and pet, and not at all flighty! Arrived as a spunky, two to three day old in May 2018 along with seven other chicks who were just as spunky!”
“That is exactly what they are! I ordered five in 2015. They are very much leghorns in that they are skittish. They will run to me when they see me, but stay in the back row. We have one that is not very bright and if she looks up and can't find another chicken, she will call and call and call and not let up.
They lay eggs like crazy, but they are not large at all. Most are on the small to medium size according to the egg scale. And the eggs did not get larger as the birds aged.
I think the description above is accurate (if you ready between the lines) but I would disagree on the size of their eggs.”
