The Leghorn hen is a firm favorite of the industrial poultry concerns. She will lay anywhere from 280-320 eggs per year! This equates to 4+ eggs per week; she is an egg dynamo! They are reputed to lay well into their third or fourth year too. She lays white shelled eggs around 55g (2 ounces) each. More @Wikipedia
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