← All breeds Hamburg Hamburg breed profile: White eggs, rose comb, slate legs, small, good layer.
Standard at a glance
Eggs
Comb Rose comb
Feather pattern Spangled feathers
Legs Slate
Skin White Size, laying and temperament
Frame height small
Egg production good layer
Broodiness never broody
Docility wary
Bone density light
Foraging skill excellent forager
Cold hardiness fairly hardy On the app's 1 to 5 scale. Load this breed as a goal and every bird you score is matched against it.
Crosses with Hamburg What a Hamburg hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Blue eggs, walnut comb × Araucana Blue eggs, walnut comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Bielefelder Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Black Australorp Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Black Copper Marans Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Blue Andalusian White eggs, rose comb × Buff Orpington Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Cochin Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Delaware Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Dominique Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Easter Egger Blue or White eggs, walnut comb × Faverolles Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Golden Comet Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × ISA Brown Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Jersey Giant Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Legbar Blue eggs, rose comb × Light Brahma Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × New Hampshire Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Olive Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Polish White eggs, rose comb × Rhode Island Red Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Silkie Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Speckled Sussex Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Welsummer Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × White Leghorn White eggs, rose comb Now with your own birds Load the Hamburg standard as your breeding goal in one tap. Add your flock, set a breeding goal, and the pairing engine ranks every hen and rooster you own against it. Free for up to 15 birds.
Sources Breed standards and profiles The Livestock Conservancy: breed pages and the "Pick a Breed" comparison chart (egg colour, rate of lay, broodiness, temperament, foraging, cold hardiness) Oklahoma State University, Breeds of Livestock: chickens (comb, skin and shank colour, egg colour, weights, origin) University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension A2880, Chicken Breeds and Varieties (egg colour, skin colour, comb, class and use) American Poultry Association, recognised breeds and varieties (which breeds and varieties are standardised) The Poultry Club of Great Britain, breed pages (British and rare breeds) Checked September 2026. Hybrids and breeds no reference covers are marked approximate. Egg colour on these pages follows one rule: Brown is any shade a buyer would call brown; Cream/tinted is off-white.