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Positive Reviews

PiecesofAmber

I'm In Love!

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By PiecesofAmber

Pros: beautiful, good egg layers, friendly, alert, hardy

Cons: they fly high, and can jump very high

I have a pair of female silver spangled Hamburgs. They are really close to wild birds. They like to lay their eggs outside the coop in a corner away from everyone else. They attempt to roost right before sundown, so we have to be alert because they can jump really high, and like to try to roost on the fence! They are high fliers, so you must clip their wings. Pictures don't do them justice, there is a beautiful green sheen on their black polka dots. I find mine to be very friendly, and very busy. They have a loud call when they are excited about something, different from my other breeds of chickens. They lay small to medium eggs, and so far I get an egg either every day, or every other...
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Negative Reviews

FarmerJoe411

RIP

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By FarmerJoe411

Pros: very smart

Cons: too independent

this hen was very smart. but she was a very good flyer and very independent. she also become almost outcasted from the rest of the flock. endend up roosting in a tree for a little over a week before she got eaten
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HouseCat

Wild yet Stately Birds

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By HouseCat

Pros: Spirited, Resilient, Precocious

Cons: Can be very, very precocious

  I received 14 Silver Spangled Hamburg chicks from McMurry hatchery last spring.  I lost 2 a few days after they arrived and the third a month later from a hawk attack.  The remaining 10 pullets and 1 cockerel have turned out to be very resilient birds.  The cock looks almost pheasant-like with its' low station and long tail.  The pullets make very wild noises when on alert and can be quite pugnacious.  There is a certain wildness to them that I haven't experienced with any other breed.  They're often termed as flighty but mine just don't seem to care to be around people.  They're just too busy off in the pine forest foraging.  And they are...
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windzbreezy

Sam, Silver spangled hamburg

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By windzbreezy

Pros: Very Handsome roo

Cons: He is a ******* to the other chickens

he crows a lot, & he is very aggressive sometimes, when he crows we say its Samuel L. Jackson yelling "what in the hell!!"
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HappyHazel

I love hamburgs!

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By HappyHazel

Pros: Beatiful, cool tail, lays almost every day

Cons: flighty, skittish, eggs are small

Hamburgs are really pretty.  I love heir paterns, colors, and tail.  They lay a beatiful (but tiny) white egg almost every day.  But they are very skittish and flighty.  Mine flew onto my roof! Lastly they are a little small which landed mine a place at the bottom of the pecking order! 
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Neverland0330

Hamburg

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By Neverland0330

Pros: Friendly, Quiet, Active

Cons: Flighty

The hen that I have is very flighty but she's nice and calm. She lays great eggs but only about twice a week.
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Marengoite

Mind of their own

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By Marengoite

Pros: Self-reliant

Cons: Flighty

I love these guys. Bought a straight run from Meyer for my son for 4-H. Will be culling some roos this fall, but for now, these are the hardiest little chicks I've ever seen. They came out of the brooder at three weeks, and have been free ranging for a week now. Very good at sticking together in a tight flock, very self-reliant, and VERY opinionated as far as where they want to go and what they want to do. Haven't integrated with the rest of the flock yet. Sleep in our mulberry tree. Very spirited chickens. Love em.
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Chick_In_The_Burbs

Stylish and Reliable layer

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By Chick_In_The_Burbs

Pros: Reliable layer, pretty

Cons: Flighty, timid, small eggs

My hamburg is beautiful but is so flighty and timid that she actually made herself into a target. It took almost a month for her to calm down enough for the big girls to accept her when we integrated the new girls in. She gives us about 4 eggs a week and so far hasn't stopped this year.
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Coos NH

pretty little girls

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By Coos NH

Pros: clean and compact

Cons: a little flighty

Beautifull Girls. They look like Dalmations ! Small and quick, they dont look like a classic chicken at all. But, they are awesome for diversity in your flock. They lay small white eggs, you cant handle them very easily, they are fast and tend to fly more then the others. They are great in confinement and are very alert when free ranging. Cold wether is not an issue for these girls. They are VERY clean and never have a feather thats dirty or out of place. The females that I have have very pretty tails that stick straight up in a straight line unlike the others who have spread out tail feathers.......Nice tight combs that never have any freeze issue no matter how cold it gets.
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Joyous51

I LOVE my Romeo!!!!

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By Joyous51

Pros: Excellent to his women!

Cons: none

I LOVE my Hamburg rooster, Romeo!!! He is gorgeous, very gentle with all the girls, and eats from my hand.  They all free range and I chose him as he is a great forager, and able to escape predators easier than heavy breeds.  I try to give him special treats, and he happily takes them, but then ALWAYS gives them to one of his gals ~ very sweet.  He keeps such an eye on the whereabouts of the flock and if one is too far off, he runs like mad, fusses at her, and brings her back, every time!  Great birds!
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Sonny Hatten

Hamburgs

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By Sonny Hatten

Pros: they appear lively hearty

Cons: n/a

All I know is they are a must for me. I want some so please contact me
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TayFray!

Great Birds!

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By TayFray!

Pros: Beautiful, very Smart, Get along with other breeds, Can Live with Bantams,

Cons: Non-Consistant egg layer, not cold hardy, susceptible to illnesses

I currently own 7 hens and 3 roosters! They all live in a nice coop with other breeds! They are very nice and pretty birds and a lot of people are amazed by their feathers and their colors. I originally bought 4 (1 roo and 3 hens) from a breeder who just happened to have a few of them. I bought them and brought them home. They all laid an egg on the way home. The cage got opened and they all got out, They are very agile birds and I had to catch them. Once I got all 4 back into the coop, they seemed to get along with my buff orpington, ancona, silver pheonix's, and some other breeds. I then gathered some of their eggs and hatched them. i got 10 out of 11 to hatch (on my birthday even...
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