Anyone own Silver-Spangled Hamburgs?

[lovemychix]

I am just in love with my babies. I don't know of many people who have this breed. Just wanting to know more about them. I heard they are awesome layers!!

 

[jossanne]

I love to look at my silver-spangled hamburgs. They are beautiful, and so quick and active. They are very shy, but I can deal with that because I have other friendly varieties of chickens that like attention, so I can hold them while I watch the SSH's.

I had two SSH's in my last flock. They were beautiful and very prolific layers. Their eggs were smallish - kind of long and pointy. Be warned, however... if they free range, they were my most tricky layers. We never could find their nests until there were a bunch of eggs in it, and as soon as we emptied it out, they'd find another hiding place to lay. I don't have those girls anymore; they had to go to a new home when we moved.

I have 5 SSH's now, 14 weeks old. One is a cockerel, and he is going to be gorgeous. They are very early maturing birds, so I'm hoping to have eggs from them in the next 4 weeks. I don't remember how early my last girls laid.


This is Yoda, our SSH cockerel, with his polish pal, Geronimo:

 

[lovemychix]

They are beautiful...I love black and white birds. I see your from New Mexico. My chicks came from there...

 

[jossanne]

LOL I see you're from Iowa. My chicks came from there!

They're McMurray birds.

 

[lovemychix]

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That's just funny.

I like McMurray but they were not hatching this late for the birds I wanted. They were actually order from Iowa Welp Hatchery, but New Mexico hatched them.

 

[rizq]

Our SS Hamburgs are very flighty as well, but they sure are pretty and they are awesome layers. Until the days started getting much shorter we were getting 4-5 eggs a day from our 5 girls. I have 21 of their eggs in the bator right now

hoping to get several more pullets and a replacement cockerel since all of ours are over 3 years old.

Our girls

Their studly man-friend

ETA: They just came out of molt and Mr Roo is still growing in a bit in the tail area