The Hamburg, Шаблон:Lang-nl, Шаблон:Lang-de, is a breed of chicken which is thought to have originated in Holland sometime prior to the fourteenth century.[1] The name may be spelled Hamburgh in the United Kingdom and in Australia.[2]
The Hamburg is a small or medium-sized breed. Cocks weigh Шаблон:Nobreak and hens about Шаблон:Nobreak,[3] with slender legs and a neat rose comb. Ring size is Шаблон:Nobreak for cocks and Шаблон:Nobreak 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;Шаблон:R six of these are included in the American standard of perfection.Шаблон:R Pencilled breeds are smallest and self-coloured birds are largest. There are also Bantam Hamburgs.[3][4]
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.Шаблон:R
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.
