Hamburg thread!

[gallorojo]

Question-I am wondering how the hamburgs LF free range? I have 100 acres and although the hens mostly stay around the buildings we do have losses from predators occassionally. Mostly coons and fox although we do live trap the offenders when possible. It seems my cochins and brahmas-although I love them-are easy pickins'. I thought a lighter quicker bird may suit free range better....any info would be appreciated...L

One of my good friends has had just about every breed of chicken available, he loves to get the super breed assortment mixes, that type of thing. He has a terrible, awful predator problem, he loses 2/3 to 3/4 of all his birds every year. He has never lost a Hamburg, and he has now bred them a few generations, and is very pleased with how tough they are. Certainly one of the best breeds for free range, great flyers, very wild and flighty.​

 

[pinkyglory123]

Thank you so much for your responses-my Hamburg chicks arrive 4/25! Silver spangled. Very excited-these may just be the ticket!

 

[classicsredone]

I prefer the Silver Spangleds, but the citrons are beautiful, too.

 

[Henferno]

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Oh wow, those are absolutely GORGEOUS! You don't sell eggs do you?

 

[EweSheep]

No, I dont have them anymore. I only kept one which it is my daughter's pet. She only lays at least a doz eggs a year which she is little and that is fine. Gretl will always have a home with us! I sold the Hamburg Bantam flock to a lady near Kankankee area, pretty cheap.

 

[JohnGalt]

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[EweSheep]

I thought Greenfire imported them, my memory is faded.

Went back to Greenfire website and alas, you, Dan, created them LOL!

Sorry Citrons are not my favorite color on the Hamburgs but glad to say that someone else does! I like the contracts on the Hamburg colors and such a refined bird of its own breed. However I do see alot of "sploshes" in the feather patterns instead of spangles. I am guessing it could be due to being so young and not fully matured. Spitzhaubens are that way too and at their full height of maturity and developed adult plumages, it looked so much better than it did when it was a chick and young teenager.

 

[JohnGalt]

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[JohnGalt]

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[phasianidae]

Great info, thank you.