New Hampshire Reviews

I have only had these guys/gals for about 24 hours...so not much to say so far.  They are only about 2 week old chicks as of right now. 

I have two hens of these and they are my most trusty egg layers. A truly beautiful chicken. Highly recommended.

Good birds that I have found to be a solid foundation or core for the flock. Dependability of egg production is a huge perk.

 

Helps that one of the hens, Rocky, has attached herself to me as well and follows me around the yard.

My NHR pullet is a sweet girl.  She's friendly yet a bit skittish but will eat from your hand.  Not that easy to catch for health assessments.  She has beautiful plumage when she's not molting or being mated constantly (she's one of the roos' favorites).  She bares confinement well but loves to be out in the fresh air scratching around for bugs and worms to munch on.  She lays large dark brown eggs on a regular basis.  She gets along well with the rest of the flock and keeps the younger ones in line.  She's a beautiful bird and an essential part of our flock!

I got 2 of these wonderful girls with my Brown Egg Layers special from Murray McMurray. I have one that is jump in my lap friendly. I didn't want to name any of my chickens but I had no choice but to name her. Girly is wonderful on top of that she lay beautiful light brown eggs. Their red color is also a wonderful addition to my flock.

    This breed is, as far as i've seen, docile.

    They are great layers, and I don't think there has been a period in time since a couple weeks after they started laying that they have stopped.

    My girls (I have no roos of this breed) are extremely curious, and brave. (I wonder what the roos are like....)

    In fact, I put a bucket nest box in the coop a couple days ago, and out of all of my chickens, these 3 girls were the first (and only until the next day when they needed to lay....) to investigate and go into it. (This is their first bucket nest box!!)

    I only have three girls of this breed, but I wish I could have more.

    I only hope that curiosity dosn't kill the chicken....

 

 

One night I found that an extra hen had gone to bed with my chooks. I asked around a bit, and no one knew who owned her. There is a forest near me where(sadly) unwanted chickens are left, and I just expected she came from there.
So I kept the big red hen. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, and is very kind to the other hens, though they bully her. I think she is around 4 years, and she lays almost daily.
It has taken me a while to trame her, but now that she is tame she will hop up onto my lap when I sit down outside.
Though she wouldn't be considered a 'show bird', she is still beautiful.

My birds provide us with large, beautiful, brown eggs. Although we don't carry them around like pets, they are very friendly. They all get along well with each other and are pretty quiet except when announcing the arrival of a new egg.

she is very hyper active. never stops to rest

Great layer of large brown eggs. Good feed conversion, excellent foragers. Very reliable. Hens can be bossy and roosters can be mean, but they tame down well. I have had to weed out the bad apples but they weren't all that way. Generally they are great birds to have around.

 

They also handle confinement well, but without a roof it takes a 6 ft fence.

Getting their first feathers faster then my other breeds. However they are very scared of being handled so far.

This is my first time with this German line New Hampshire. I can say that as chicks they are sure lively and good eaters. lol  I have 10 chicks right now and 16 eggs in incubator. One thing I can say for sure is that the parent birds of my chicks are absolutely stunning to look at.

I absolutely love the NH. Right from when we got them as chicks they were curious, friendly and energetic! We had more laughs watching them grow up  They do well in my large flock and seem to be good with other hens chicks.I have had no pecking issues with them or any health problems.My NH girls lay almost every day at 2 years old.

They are a lot of fun, I highly recommend this breed !! 

Our girl is friendly and very easy to handle, but definitely likes to go about her business according to her personal routine (and she definitely has one!) She likes to peck others when they interfere with what she is doing (whether it's another hen or a roo).

have a hard time keeponmg feathers on them??

Great company for my dog and he inturn looks after them from cats and foxes. My four year old boy loves

finding the eggs and never fails to say Thank you chickys when he takes the eggs.

For being a horomonal cockerel, our fellow has been an excellent flock addition who quickly took up his roll as flock protector.  He's fearless when it comes to a threat to his flock, even when it's a dog that's easily 4X his size.

 

While he's large (and likely to get a bit bigger yet), he's gentle with his five hens, almost never chasing them or pinning them to get "his way".  Unless aggravated, he crows approximately 12-24 per hour starting one hour before dawn and ending mid-morning.

 

He's aggressive towards children, which is why he was re-homed with us out of  his original flock.  He does not do well with loud, fast-moving object under 3.5-4 feet tall.  Even when in the run, if he sees (and especially if he hears) the voices of children yelling/screaming while playing outdoors, he will strut, flap, and crow continuously until they stop.

I ADORE my New Hampshire. She is one of our sweetest chickens. She runs up to you when you walk outside and follows you around. Plus, she is gorgeous.

Hens are great reliable egg layers of a large brown egg. They do not like to be held but are very friendly especially when you have treats. Overall a great breed for a person looking for a friendly, egg laying hen.

I love my hens. They each lay 4-6 eggs a week. They always come running to say "Hi!" when I go outside, and surprisingly enough its not always for food. I'll throw some scratch for them, and often they'll be more interested in following my wife, or me (or sometimes the dog, or cat, both of which completely ignore the chickens) around our property.

Unfortunately, our rooster is highly aggressive. Despite proper "training" (for him and us), he will attack us and our pets every time our backs are turned. I've heard New Hampshire roosters are often aggressive, and ours is (unfortunately) no exception.

5 stars for the hens

3 stars for the rooster (he is obnoxious, but is a good protector)

Nice birds, great layers of large-exlarge brown eggs but my personal experience the roos were very aggressive. The hens are dominate but not to the point of what would be a problem in a large coop.