I have a Silver Spangled Hamburg rooster and he appears to deeply love his little Hamburg hen. We bought them together as chicks. ( we usually get two or three peeps every spring and integrate them with the rest of the flock in the fall) I don't know if it was bonding at a young age or what...
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I have had city chickens as a child and now I am in a place where I can indulge in a whole...
Our Hamburg rooster is the epitome of a gentleman. Yes, he is a bit skittish, due to the breed, but he is not at all agressive and he has been very considerate of his hens.
We only had one issue with pecking near to his introduction. He kept pulling feathers from a leghorn hen twice his size...