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When I had CG's, they looked a lot more like your pic of the Hollands than of the CG pics, but there is some variation even in the CG's, remember they were never standardized as a show bird. Look closely at the ear lobes, CG's are white, Hollands are red. IDK how hard that would be to get them...

If I wanted to bring back the Hollands, that is exactly what I would do. Then cross the F1's together and raise a LOT of chicks, selecting for ear lobe color first, then whiter eggs (Hollands lay a tinted egg, despite the old descriptions). The F2 generation usually has the greatest diversity of...

They were just overlooked by hatcheries. White egg layers are dominated by Leghorns, all the rest are pretty rare. Brown eggs get a better price so people want them more. Once they got rare, the genetics bottlenecked and no one has picked them up to restore them to their original qualities. I...

AFAIK, White Hollands have not existed for many years. The ACLC took special interest in the Hollands a while back and strongly discouraged outcrossing to other breeds to return the Hollands to their former attributes. I felt that was a mistake, but decided to abide by it and replaced all my...

Has all the interest in Barred Hollands died out, or has the discussion moved to another thread? A few years back a bunch of people were excited about preserving these, but I have not heard much about the breed recently.

Glen Drowns, the owner, grew up in Idaho. When you order, tell him you want to help preserve the breed, that might make you more of a priority, as he is wanting to get more people breeding the stuff he is the only (or close to only) source of. The first BH I found were from a local breeder, but...

The only source of Barred Hollands that I know of is Sand Hill Preservation Center. He keeps a large flock, but it is still best to get your order in soon. https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/chickens

I'm sorry to hear you are also abandoning the BH effort. I sold off my flock over a year ago and bought California Greys for producing black sexlinks (my original reason for getting the BH). I remember that the Livestock conservancy recommended against outcrossing them to other breeds, but I...