Amber Breed Description
The Hedgerow Amber chicken is a lovely commercial hybrid lady. Top strains of Rhode Island White and Rhode Island Red are in her breed profile. Rhodie based chicken genetics are in most of the top egg producing breeds, therefore, she is almost an egg factory on legs. She is a creamy white hen with varying amounts of amber across her wings and back. Some ambers have lots of dark amber, and some have a faint amber hint to the feathers. She is very beautiful indeed however we could be described as biased. We think they do look very feminine with their soft colouring. Amber link is the name that is also often used to describe this hybrid.
Amber Temperament
Hedgerow Amber Chickens in common with all Rhode Islands, have a friendly, calm and inquisitive nature. It is unusual for the Ambers to be aggressive with their coop mates. They usually stand their ground very well with other chickens of a similar size.
Breed Size
An Amber chicken is classified as a large fowl. She is fairly stocky which gets more obvious with maturity.
Eggs
She is a top producer of about 300 light brown eggs in her first laying year. This is 52 weeks following her start of laying. In common with other commercial hybrids the egg numbers tail off each year.
At about 22 weeks of age she will start to lay her first eggs. The first eggs will be quite small but gradually get larger after a month or so. Her final egg size is medium to large.
Further Information
Although the Amber is a beautiful creature, if you were to consider breeding, then you would not get an Amber out of the pairing with an Amber cockerel. This is because Hybrids do not breed true to type.