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  1. Penny Hen

    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Thank you for validating my Great-Uncle Marion! He and my Great-Aunt Eugenia were farmers in Colombia, TN and lived in this marvelous old southern plantation house complete with white columns and mimosa trees. They never had any children and Janet, my second cousin and I would go spend two weeks...
  2. Penny Hen

    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    So let's see if I understand this correctly: Barred gene= Cuckoo appearance Barred gene + Slow Feather gene + Colombian= crisp barring
  3. Penny Hen

    Barred Holland breed of chickens

    Well, my great-uncle explained the difference to me as this: Barred had mostly even bands from feather to feather. The black and white bands matched up with the black and white bands of the feathers along side of it. A Cuckoo's feathers were offset giving and imperfect checkerboard appearance...
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