Hamburg chicken

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Hamburg
FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
  • DAD-IS (2023): not at risk[2]
    • Other names
    • Dutch: Hollandse Hoen
    • German: Hamburger
    • Hamburgh
    Country of origin
    • Holland
    • United Kingdom
    StandardNHDB (in Dutch)
    Useeggs
    Traits
    Weight
    • Male:
      • Full-size: 2–2.5 kg[3]
      • Bantam: 680–790 g[4]: 131 
    • Female:
      • Full-size: 1.6–1.8 kg[3]
      • Bantam: 620–740 g[4]: 131 
    Skin colourwhite
    Egg colourwhite
    Comb typerose
    Classification
    APAContinental[5]
    EEyes[6]
    PCGBSoft feather: light[7]
  • Gallus gallus domesticus
    • Citron spangled bantam cock

    The Hamburg, Dutch: Hollands hoen, German: Hamburger, is a breed of chicken which is thought to have originated in Holland sometime prior to the fourteenth century.[8] The name may be spelled Hamburgh in the United Kingdom and in Australia.[9]

    Characteristics

    The Hamburg is a small or medium-sized breed. Cocks weigh 2–2.5 kg and hens about 1.6–1.8 kg,[3] with slender legs and a neat rose comb. Ring size is 16 mm for cocks and 15 mm for hens. Eleven different colour varieties are recognised in Germany and Holland, including silver-spangled, gold-spangled, gold-pencilled, citron-pencilled, silver-pencilled, white, black and citron-spangled;[6] six of these are included in the American standard of perfection.[5] Pencilled breeds are smallest and self-coloured birds are largest. There are also Bantam Hamburgs.[3][10]

    Use

    Hamburgs mature quickly and are considered good egg producers. Eggs weigh about 50 g,[3] with glossy, white shells.

    In literature

    Lalia Phipps Boone argued in 1949 that Chauntecleer and Pertelote, the chickens in Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale," are Golden Spangled Hamburgs.[11]

    L. Frank Baum was keen on Hamburgs: he started a monthly trade journal, Hamburgs, in 1880; his first book, published in 1886, was The Book of the Hamburgs: A Brief Treatise upon the Mating, Rearing, and Management of the Different Varieties of Hamburgs.

    References

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    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ Breed data sheet: Hamburger / Germany (Chicken). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2023.
    3. ^ a b c d e Hollandse Hoenders (in Dutch). Nederlandse Hoender en Dwerghoenderbond. Archived 19 August 2014.
    4. ^
      ISBN 9781405156424
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    5. ^ a b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
    6. ^ a b Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
    7. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
    8. ^ "Poultry Breeds - Hamburg Chickens". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University: Department of Animal Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
    9. ^ Australian Poultry Standards, 2nd Edition
    10. ^ American Poultry Association (1998). The American Standard of Perfection. Petaluma, CA: Global Interprint.
    11. ^ Lalia Phipps Boone (1949). Chauntecleer and Partlet Identified. Modern Language Notes 64 (2): 78-81. (subscription required)
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