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Hello, I corresponded with her week or so, ago and let her know the status of my flock. I am probably the closet to her ....although I thought there was a guy who had a flock over toward the Hammond area, but I don't know him and I have not seen him on the forums lately. She is very keen to...

Hi Kari_dawn, Some of the breeders have a mix of Ideal and something else such as Gracie Mae or Sandhill and some have just Ideal. Last year several people who purchased from Ideal had Roosters throwing gold feathers and hens with cream eggs. But other years people have purchased and have...

Hi, I do have a flock of Barred Hollands. I am not currently selling chicks but there are other breeders in my facebook group who might be. Please feel free to join the group. It is a great resource. Suzanne Holland. www.facebook.com/groups/barredhollandbreed/

Thankyou for identifying my typo Cheralee , I do make those when I am typing and talking chickens with my husband at the same time. So to be clear to everyone reading.....I have GRACIEMAE AND GRACIE MAE/IDEAL LINES. Not Sandhill. Edited by hollandchicks - Today at 11:21 am My opinion on both...

The best place to start is with private breeders. Take your time so you don't end up with some ones cast offs. Read over the SOP and be choosy. My family is working with the Gracie Mae line and a Gracie Macie/Ideal line. We have seen much improvement. But we are working hard at it. I have...

Congratulations to everyone hatching new little Hollands. Nothing beats watching a rare breed chick pip it's way into the world. Please take time to participate on the group page I set up for us on Facebook. There are actually two places to share and discuss. I thought it would be great if we...

Hi So glad you are interested in the Barred Holland Breed. I agree with mhollow on deciding if you want the breed for meat and eggs or to improve the breed to standard . I am working with two lines. A Gracie Mae and a Gracie Mae/ideal mix. If possible try to go with a private breeder who...

Welcome to the group and congrats on your soon to be new family members. I will have eggs when my Spring hatch starts laying. I want confirmation that I have a solid third Generation of white layers before I market them.

Good morning everyone, I have the Barred Holland Community and Page set up on Facebook and the link to my site is www.parishfarmgirl.com. The info is under the chicken craze button. I email the info to the Albc and I am sending out the info to every site I can think of that might have an...

Good morning all I know everyone has their own set up that works for their unique situation so I will answer for only my method because it works for me. The eggs have to be kept in the 65-75 range and of course turned once a day. I have a place in my kitchen that is off to the side and out...

That is awesome . How many eggs are you planning to incubate?

Hello everyone In an effort to promote the Holland Breed and provide a place of information on SOP for the breed I have set up both a Group and a Page on Facebook. I am hoping this will be an easy way for everyone to network and gain info. On how the breed is progressing. I have noticed several...

Hey, we have had a fox problem here too. I lost one buff hen (a very expensive one) five minutes before locking the gate. Very crafty little devils. My pens are covered and buried with concrete 1 ft. Down , with a four ft. Rise of chicken wire and hard wear wire . This pre-caution was taken...

Hello everyone, just checking to see how spring hatching is going for everyone ? I culled down to a pleasing group before we got started and so far I am very pleased with how things are going. The eggs we incubated were much larger and whiter than the ones we started our flock with. The...

I have had two cracked egg experiences. The first I accidentally dropped an egg early on( day five ) while candling . After panicking and crying I grabbed the first thing of tape I could find. It worked! The little guy hatched with a little bit of help....he peep out at the taped point...

Hello All, I have not posted for a while because I have been busy, but I am listed with the AL BC as having Barred Hollands. I have culled down to three breeding sets and I am getting geared up for the Spring. I have two sets that come from white eggs that are laying white eggs. Their legs...

Happy New Year everyone! My daughters Barred Hollands are doing great. The girls are laying like crazy. The roosters have developed very well and we have divided out who gets to stay for the spring. Hope all is well with all of you and that this is a great year for the Barred Holland breed...

Just wondering how everyone's Hollands are doing. I noticed several posted that theirs have slowed down on the laying. I guess the cold weather is the culprit? Is anyone besides us further south? Our three groups are still going strong, but we will not start breeding until the early Spring...

Hi I am helping my daughter work with her flock. This is a long term commitment for her. We have set up our chicken housing for breeding and culling to get this breed up to standard. We are happy and willing to work with everyone working toward the same goal. Advice and information sharing...

Hello I am reading your post and cheering you on. My daughter just hatched out her second batch from Pocket Farmer(very White eggs) thank you Sue. Alice hatched 9 out of 11 eggs. The two that did not hatch were fully developed and did pip but died in the process. The ones that did hatch are...