hamburg?

[fowlsessed]

Are citron hamburgs a cross of gold and silver hamburgs?

 

[fowlsessed]

Also, does anyone have any experiance keeping them confined? They say they don't do good if they are not free ranged.

 

[Ducks and Banny hens]

No. Citrons are either spangled or pencilled Gold with the Recessive Lemon gene (ig/ig). Crossing Golds and Silvers would give you Gloden males, and hens the same color as there fathers.

 

[ejb3810]

The Citron Hamburg breeds true, based on my experience. They do fine in confinement. They are not a touchy feely bird, but they have not been terribly flighty for me. They are still a work in progress for me as relates to tail color. If someone is interested in bantams, then these birds would be a good choice. They are beautiful, active, good layers of good size eggs for their size, and are surprisingly meaty little birds. Hope this may prove of benefit to you.

 

[fowlsessed]

Sure did, thanks for the responses.

 

[phasianidae]

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[EweSheep]

All my Hamburgs did well with confinements like in a coop and run set up. Never tried putting them in cages for a lifetime, only for hospitalization or show purposes.

 

[phasianidae]

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I kept a trio of Hamburg bantams in a 2x8 pen all summer, they did great.

 

[fowlsessed]

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i read it on my pet chickens. guess there info aint to acurate.

 

[phasianidae]

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May I ask who?

i read it on my pet chickens. guess there info aint to acurate.

They don't sell Citron Spangled Hamburg bantams do they?