Hamburg thread!

[chicksurreal]

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She's absolutely gorgeous! I love Hamburgs, they're so quirky and fun.

 

[islandgirl82]

She's absolutely gorgeous! I love Hamburgs, they're so quirky and fun.

This is Amelia Earhart (because she's so "flighty"). I think she gets more and more beautiful every day and quirky is an understatement! lol. She hates intruders and goes bowling for robins and chases squirrels as much as my newfie does when the flock is out ranging. It cracks me up. She also takes an unusual interest in my skirts...grabbing them with her beak and shaking her head like a dog with a toy. Every time.

 

[chicksurreal]

This is Amelia Earhart (because she's so "flighty"). I think she gets more and more beautiful every day and quirky is an understatement! lol. She hates intruders and goes bowling for robins and chases squirrels as much as my newfie does when the flock is out ranging. It cracks me up. She also takes an unusual interest in my skirts...grabbing them with her beak and shaking her head like a dog with a toy. Every time.

I love it! Lol! We have a whole flock of the little darlings, raised from day old chicks and they are still very flighty. Until you have treats, that is, then watch out they'll run you down! They're really smart too, I just love them. the breed is just fascinating.

 

[PBGGG]

Quote: He isn't purebred GSH, but he looks like it! Our neighbors have chickens, and they let us keep one of their baby chickens that kept wandering over here. Your pullet is so beautiful!

 

[PBGGG]

This is the best pic I have of Finn. I'm pretty sure he is an American Game x Japanese Bantam, since that's what the neighbors have.

The next chickens I get, I really want to be Hamburgs. Specifically, GSH, or SLH. I still want to breed them, too!

 

[islandgirl82]

I love it! Lol! We have a whole flock of the little darlings, raised from day old chicks and they are still very flighty. Until you have treats, that is, then watch out they'll run you down! They're really smart too, I just love them. the breed is just fascinating.

I got her at 10-12 weeks (although I've often wondered if the 3 girls I got were actually younger). They were raised in a big greenhouse-like tunnel and the guy forgot to box up my order of EE girls the night before I was scheduled to pick them up so I had to help catch them...hence I had the option to trade and I'm SO glad I did. I never would have seen them had the guy remembered. They hadn't been handled much, if at all until I got them. Once they were caught, he kept handing them to me by the legs and personally, I hate that. But when he saw me cradle them each, talking to them and petting them as I put them in the crate I had brought, he kept telling them they were "off to a much better home". The coop I was upgrading to wasn't quite move in ready so they spent the first few weeks in a separate run alongside the run of my 2 hens during the day and slept in the pet crate in the house at night. Each night when I brought them in, my children and I made a point to handle them, hand feed them and my daughter would even read them bedtime stories every night. Amelia doesn't like to be caught but she doesn't struggle at all once she is. I usually wait until she's on the roost at night before handling her though. She does follow us all over and comes when she's called but is quick to avoid being touched so we let her come to us instead of the other way around. I have a mixed flock and some that will hop right up on my lap. I don't mind just sitting and observing them and interacting when they feel like it but it is nice to have some that seem to enjoy being handled.

How are the roosters' dispositions? Obviously flighty but I know some breeds are more aggressive than others...where would you say the hamburgs rank in that area? And Amelia is rather quiet. She's chatty...although she doesn't always sound like a chicken but she has a quiet voice. Are they generally quiet like her?

 

[islandgirl82]

This is the best pic I have of Finn. I'm pretty sure he is an American Game x Japanese Bantam, since that's what the neighbors have.

The next chickens I get, I really want to be Hamburgs. Specifically, GSH, or SLH. I still want to breed them, too!

Ooh...he's handsome! He does have the blue legs like a Hamburg though. The farm-share Amelia came from is in Southern Maine. They had GSH and SSH amongst other breeds and took reservations. Not all the GSH's were spoken for when I got there (the SSH were all reserved). I think I'll be contacting the seller again and find out about roos and get one when I'm set up for another roo and more hens.

 

[islandgirl82]

He isn't purebred GSH, but he looks like it! Our neighbors have chickens, and they let us keep one of their baby chickens that kept wandering over here. Your pullet is so beautiful!

Thank you! And that's great they let you keep him!

 

[PBGGG]

Ooh...he's handsome! He does have the blue legs like a Hamburg though. The farm-share Amelia came from is in Southern Maine. They had GSH and SSH amongst other breeds and took reservations. Not all the GSH's were spoken for when I got there (the SSH were all reserved). I think I'll be contacting the seller again and find out about roos and get one when I'm set up for another roo and more hens.

Thanks! We live in Central/Western Maine. We usually buy our chickens and ducks from Craigslist or Facebook groups, but we bought 4 baby chickens from a farm and 4 Tetra Tint pullets from Tractor Supply.

Thank you! And that's great they let you keep him!

Yup. Besides him, we have 4 baby chickens from them, too!

 

[islandgirl82]

Thanks! We live in Central/Western Maine. We usually buy our chickens and ducks from Craigslist or Facebook groups, but we bought 4 baby chickens from a farm and 4 Tetra Tint pullets from Tractor Supply.




Yup. Besides him, we have 4 baby chickens from them, too!

That's a nice mix. I like having a mixed flock...I think it's a good way to figure which breeds I'd like to add more of down the road and which breeds I'll pass on when I'm ready to expand again. I also like having such a colorful egg basket.