The true old fashioned Swedish white Leghorn
Imported to Sweden 1885 possible earlier, by 1910 it was the dominant breed of chickens in Sweden and the breed that permanently put a stop to the lack of eggs in Sweden putting a halt to imported eggs making the nation more self sustaining. This domination lasted until the 1950 when transnational hybrid chickens took over the market both here and in other countries. Luckily a group of White Leghorns were saved by a owner that 1957 got here stock and then kept it pure. Now almost twenty years ago we got breeding eggs from that farm just before she closed down. We are now the oldest flock of the old fashioned white Leghorn the pure descendants from that original import. It is a honor to keep these birds and spread them to new farms saving the breed. The only dark cloud is copycats trying to peddle much younger population of as the real deal, luckily hard core conservationists know the difference and are now helping to save this unique breed

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