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One of the breed characteristics of the Barred Holland, is that the hens have a non-broody nature. Less broody=more eggs. Surrogate broody hens are a good option and I had a customer hatch eggs with a buff orpington quite successfully. Good luck with your hatch!

Nice looking pullet! :)

Hello, I have a person inquiring about purchasing two Barred Holland pullets. I am too far away to help, so does anyone raising BH, live near New Orleans, have pullets for sale? TIA

Ok, so I have been working on egg color and these are from our spring hatch girls. I like the size, color and shape. I've noticed the Gracie Mae line tends to be more linear vs round, so this is a nice hybrid. Anyone else have eggs we could compare?

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to let you know I had a calendar made of our special needs Barred Holland Rooster, Bob the Chicken. He was a very special boy, suffered from wry neck (from birth) but lived a full and active life anyway. He recently passed :( and this calendar is a celebration of...

We raised about 100 chicks this year, so I had about 50 cockerels to choose from. I looked for the SOP qualities, but also I wanted a boy that wasn't at the top of the pecking order. Our top rooster has a very nice temperament and I'm hoping that because "Junior" is used to being second...

I'm excited about this boy! He's 5 months old and the second generation from my Gracie Mae line. Great comb, feet, color...just waiting to see how big he gets. I'll be using him for next year's hatch.

I pm'd you her info.

The Barred Hollands don't tend to go broody, so if you are planning to breed, you'll need an incubator. Brinsea is a good brand. I get excellent hatch rates from mine.

That is a beautiful egg!

Hello Everyone! So glad to hear the chick updates! I am plugging away over here, knee deep in chicks! I hatched out 100 this spring, held back two pullets and waiting to select a cockerel to breed my line for next year. With the roosters I'm selecting for size and conformation, so it...

Hi Nick, I'd suggest getting the Standards of Perfection before breeding, if you are looking to enhance the Barred Holland line. I believe the ALBC is asking us to selectively breed within the existing lines without introducing other breeds. We need to be careful what we are introducing, as...

Keeping my fingers crossed! Happy hatch day!

I'm glad to hear they are doing so well! The Post Office is delivering all of these shipments very slow. Not sure what the deal is, but keeping my fingers crossed!

Yay!

I'll be selling hatching eggs this year from our Barred Holland stock (originally Ideal poultry) crossed with this roo from Gracie Mae's line. PM me if you are interested.

Hi Jen, I'm also working to improve my BH flock toward the breed standard. Currently my hens are laying creamy colored eggs, not true white. I've just hatched out their babies so I won't know for 4 months if I have better egg color or not. In any case, I'd like to diversify the line and am...

Hi Martha, thanks for the response! Love to connect with other chicken people! I sent Jen a pm, so hopefully she can help with the hatching eggs. Personally, I don't mind the egg color and the chickens are wonderful! I just figured I'd give it a shot since there aren't that many and this...

Hello All! I am also raising Barred Hollands, I have 6 hens and one rooster that are 1 year old, purchased from Ideal Poultry last year. I love the breed! The temperament, size, color, etc all seem typical of the breed. The only problem I have is the eggs are not white. Mine are more of...