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  1. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    What the heck, pictures are always fun anyway! Enjoy! Really like these guys but I have several too many boys...
  2. cvandermerwe

    How many are breeding for Blue Australorps here in America?

    Kurt, Again, thank you for your opinion. I am not too heart broken, they were made on accident by breeding a pure Australorp rooster to a Barnevelver (blue in the line). I thought if it was moving in the right direction that I would get serious and keep going, but now that I know they are...
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    I know this is not a for sale page, but Barnevelders are so specialized I just wanted to say that I have several roosters available (Normal, Blue and Splash). I am located in eastern Iowa. I posted this here because I would prefer they go to someone who actually knows what they are if you know...
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    How many are breeding for Blue Australorps here in America?

    Kurt, Thank you for your time. You are right, his feet have a yellow base. Their tails are not quite that high (as in the pics), but that's pretty much what I think every time I see them as well. Interesting. In your opinion, would breeding them back to pure take care of the feet and if...
  5. cvandermerwe

    How many are breeding for Blue Australorps here in America?

    Does this guy and his hen look anywhere near what they are suppose to or are they a long ways off? No feathers on their legs. Thanks, C.J.
  6. cvandermerwe

    Guinea hen gone broody

    Hard to say, a trail of feathers is usually not a great sign. Guineas are made to loose feathers when grabbed, it's quite effective in saving their lives. Once disturbed in any great way at the nest the females will usually abandon the nest and come home for a while before starting over. I...
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    Guinea hen gone broody

    I quickly read through the article, I'd say it's very good advice. If you get close to the nest, they'll let you know with their body language. Don't rule out the junk pile, they love junk piles. Also, if something drug them off you might find remnants near places like that. Good luck, keep...
  8. cvandermerwe

    Guinea hen gone broody

    Hard to say for sure. When they actually go down to set you probably will not see them for a while. I would say if they don't show up with chicks anytime soon they were probably victims of predation of some sort. It is not unusual for me to "loose" a hen for a couple of weeks only to have her...
  9. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    I have barnies from a few lines, near DeWitt, IA.
  10. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    I'm not familiar with the corn theory (interesting), but marigold added to feed does amazing things to leg color yellows and eggs. Egg yolks can become an almost surreal orange/yellow. I didn't come up with it, the feed I buy has it added and you can really tell the difference when you feed...
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    Guinea hen gone broody

    Too funny, I had to reply after reading this. My son (4 1/2) and his best friend (German Poodle Pointer) scoured our 10 country acres for guinea nests today. We have about 7 acres or so in prairie grass with 26 or so guineas running around. The two of them found 4 nests totaling 132 eggs...
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    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    lol...yes, in a way. Unfortunately they have to share their space with 27 guineas (everybody free ranges) and I've seen the guineas pick on them a little. I'm hoping to get them into their own 16 x 20 room this long weekend, right now they are in two 12 x 12 attached rooms that has access to...
  13. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Here are a few pics of my young Barnies (all TLS stock) I really like how yellow their legs are right now, I have seen some less than desireable examples at this age. I think there's an awful lot of potential in that room right now...comments? I have to say that these are...
  14. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Very nice visual, thank you! Some questions... Trisha, do you think that eventually a splash line could have the lacing improved or do they inherently have sloppy lacing? Ok, so pardon me for bringing this up again. Does the blue/black/splash chart only work with barnies or is the blue...
  15. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Hmmm...ok, one more question... What happens with splash to splash....100% splash?
  16. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Thank you for the explanation and education. I learned something today!
  17. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Trisha, So just to be clear, you are saying that a bird that does not show blue will never pass the blue gene on? So if I took a normal/black roo and hen from your blue line they would never throw blue again? I would have thought at the very least that blue would be recessive, but I am not a...
  18. cvandermerwe

    American(Buff, Blue, Lavander,etc.)goose thread! Post pics!

    Anyone in North East Iowa that has some American geese for sale? I am headed to Waterloo, IA tomorrow, Cresco, IA on Tuesday and Sterling IL Wed and Thurs. I know it's short notice for something like this but you never know what someone might have or know of. Thank you, C.J.
  19. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Moved my last Barnevelder eggs to the hatcher tonight. I set 20 eggs from TLS with only two not fertile. I didn't have as good of luck with the other mailed eggs (I had really high hopes for them unfortunately), with 10 out of 18 not fertile. I will post pics in the next few days as the hatch...
  20. cvandermerwe

    Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

    Probably thought nobody would notice since it was a UK ebay listing...guess they thought wrong
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