If a man keeps Leghorns he must have no garden, or he must cover the
top of his hen yards. That Leghorns are great layers and active hens,
there can be no denying, but they are great flyers. We have built our
yard a lath and a half high, says the _Poultry Review_, but what do
these saucy things care for that? Although they have the whole outside
world to range in, yet the garden seems to have a greater attraction
than all the rest. The other day we found it necessary to feed a weak
chicken in the garden by itself, so that it might be sure of its
share. A few minutes afterwards, on looking out of the window, we
discovered the weak chicken in the henyard and two Leghorn hens
finishing up its food. We went out, but the two robbers had fled.
Going around the corner, we found them rolling in a flower bed. A
Leghorn will do as much mischief in a garden in five minutes as
anything we know of.
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