Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[Hen'nbiddies]

Beautiful birds! Since i am just starting out I think I will go with Speckled Sussex and New Hampshires. They are supposed to take the cold well and lay well. I have built shade areas for summer and will have a heat lamp for winter. Our summers can get a few days of 100* F and winters can be below freezing for a week at a time with lows as much as 0*F. It is a dry climate so not much mud or standing water. Thanks for your good wishes. I am going slow because I want to do it right and be successful with my birds.

 

[corancher]

Good luck with your birds and have fun.

 

[Bluehenhatchery.com]

this info comes from http://www.geocities.com/barnevelderclub/breedstandard1.htm
BREED STANDARD
The breed was originated in the district of Barneveld, Holland, with the brown eggs as one of the chief attractions. At first the birds were of mixed markings, some being double laced, others single laced, while the majority followed the stippled partridge pattern. Two varieties were standardized, the double laced partridge and the stippled partridge, but the former gradually came to the top and is the popular variety in Holland today.

ECONOMIC QUALITIES
Good layer of dark brown eggs. Color of skin, yellow.

DISQUALIFICATIONS
White in the ear lobes.

STANDARD WEIGHTS
Cock 7 lbs. Hen 6 lbs.
Cockeral 6 lbs. Pullet 5 lbs.

SHAPE - MALE

COMB: Single, medium in size, straight and upright, evenly
serrated, having five well defined points.
BEAK: Short, stout, and well curved.
FACE: Smooth, fine textured and as free from feathers as
possible.
EYES: Very bright and prominent.
WATTLES: Medium in size.
EAR-LOBES: Medium in size.
HEAD: Carried high with a neat skull.
NECK: Fairly long, full and carried erect.
BACK: Well balanced and concave. Medium in length, broad
and deep.
TAIL: Full with a graceful, uniform sweep. Carried high, up to
50 degrees above the horizontal.
WINGS: Rather short and carried high.
BREAST: Deep, broad and full.
BODY AND FLUFF: Body medium in length, deep and broad.
LEGS AND TOES: Legs set well apart when viewed from the
front.
Toes - Four on each foot, well-spread.
PLUMAGE: Very tight and of nice texture.

SHAPE - FEMALE

COMB: Single, similar to the male only smaller.
BEAK: Medium and well curved.
FACE: Smooth, fine textured and as free from feathers as
possible.
EYES: Very bright and prominent.
WATTLES: Medium in size.
EAR-LOBES: Medium in size.
HEAD: Carried high with a neat skull.
NECK: Fairly long, full and carried erect.
BACK: Well balanced and concave. Medium in length, broad
and deep.
TAIL: Full with a gracefull, uniform sweep. Carried high, up to
50 degrees above the horizontal.
WINGS: Rather short and carried high.
BREAST: Deep, broad and full.
BODY AND FLUFF: Body medium in length, deep and broad.
LEGS AND TOES: Legs set well apart when viewed from the
front.
Toes - four on each foot, well-spread.
PLUMAGE: Very tight and of nice texture.
BREED STANDARD
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COLOR - MALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Dark horn shading to yellow at point.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging and
reddish brown shafts, tips of feather black.
NECK: Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging and
reddish brown shafts, tips of feathers black.
BACK: Each feather reddish brown with very wide lacing of
lustrous, greenish black.
Saddle - Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging
and reddish brown shafts, tips of feathers black.
TAIL: Main tail - black.
Sickles and lesser sickles - lustrous greenish black.
Coverts - same as the saddle.
WINGS: Bows and coverts - Each feather reddish brown with a
broad lacing of lustrous greenish black.
Primaries - Upper web black, lower web black with a lower
edge of reddish brown.
Secondaries - Upper web black, lower web reddish brown
finely laced with black, showing when closed a reddish brown
wing bay.
BREAST: Each feather reddish brown with a sharply defined
lacing of lustrous greenish black.
BODY AND FLUFF: Black
LEGS AND TOES: Thighs - black.
Shanks and toes - yellow.
UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Dark slate.

COLOR - FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR - LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Dark horn.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Plumage lustrous, greenish black.
NECK: Lustrous, greenish black.
Front of neck - same as breast.
BACK: Each feather reddish brown, free of black peppering, with
a well defined outer lacing of lustrous, greenish black and a
well defined inner lacing of lustrous, greenish black. The
outer lacing to be distinct yet not so heavy as to give a black
appearance to the bird in the show pen.
TAIL: Main tail - black.
Coverts - same as back.
WINGS: Bows and coverts - Each feather reddish brown with a
broad lacing of lustrous, greenish black.
Primaries - upper web black, lower web black with a lower
edge of brown.
Secondaries - upper web black, lower web brown finely
laced with black, showing when closed a brown wing bay.
BREAST: Each feather reddish brown, free of black peppering,
with a well defined outer lacing of lustrous, greenish black
and a well defined inner lacing of lustrous, greenish black.
The outer lacing to be distinct yet not so heavy as to give a
black appearance to the bird in the show pen.
BODY AND FLUFF: Black preferred.
LEGS AND TOES: Thighs - same as breast.
Shanks and toes - yellow.
UNDERCOLOR IN ALL SECTIONS: Dark slate.

A big thank you to Scott Shilala for his help in getting us this copy of the Standard!!

 

[Southerngirl]

I just looked on Ideal Poultry for this breed and they are sold out till 2010 !!!! More people are realizing the value of owning their own poultry !!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I actually placed an order with ideal on January 9, 2009 for Barnevelder. At that time, they were scheduled to ship on March 25th. And they have been marked sold out until 2010 for that last 3 or 4 weeks.

I know they are Hatchery stock. I just figured I would give them a try. I had searched around for hatching eggs and was not successful.

Are there those with hatching eggs? And if you do, how much for a doz? I really don't want to spend a great deal of money. I am not getting them to breed and sell. I am getting them for their look and the dark color eggs.

 

[Bluehenhatchery.com]

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From what of I have heard there are lots of us on here that will be able to help you keep in mind the eggs are not real dark just yet when my hens get laying again should be any day I think I can help you. go to my site to see more bluehenhatchery.com

 

[shelleyb1969]

Thanks, Blue, for posting the breed standard. I was thinking of getting some Barnevelders based on their beauty alone. I, too, was going to get some from a hatchery because I can't find anyone with eggs to sell. So please, if anyone will sell hatching eggs to those of us who simply want to add a few beautiful hens to our flock...please keep me in mind. And it's great to see so many knowledgeable people converging into this thread and sharing their thoughts.

 

[Bluehenhatchery.com]

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Are you looking for some?

 

[Bluehenhatchery.com]

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I will be happy to hook you up with some eggs should be a couple more weeks before they start to lay again.

 

[amazondoc]

For pictures of what barnevelders ought to look like, start here:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Barnev/BRKBarnev.html

Also check the photo album section of the Barnevelder Chicken yahoogroup, here:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Barnevelder_Chickens/

There are also some good breeders, like Peace of Thyme farm:

http://peaceofthyme.com/photo2_1.html

and Hidden Meadow farm:

http://www.ctbiofarmer.com/barnevelder.php

There's also various Barnevelder clubs around the world, but unfortunately not in the USA!

Be very careful about ordering barnies from a hatchery. They usually won't look the way they should, and they are very unlikely to lay dark eggs. I actually almost got Ideal barnies myself, so I sympathize with the problems of finding good ones -- but they are out there!