subject: Leghorn Chickens [print this page] If you are thinking of having your own chickens, the Leghorn is a very good layer and is well natured, although a little noisy and high spirited at times. You will need to make sure that if you don't want the chickens to wonder you have sufficient fencing as the leghorn is partial to roaming far and wide and loves nothing better than foraging for its own food. You can either buy Leghorn eggs and incubate them yourself or you can buy chicks and rear them as your own, there is also the option to buy older birds.