barnevelder

Hatching dark eggs can be very iffy, and a lot of people experience difficulty with them, particularly when the eggs were shipped. I sand my eggs when they are shipped, especially when they are VERY dark. I only sand until I'm just through the color, and then I mist the eggs with a...

tls_ranch's Barnevelders Hi, My name is Trisha and I would like to introduce you to my flock of Barnevelders. I truly enjoy raising this beautiful breed and will continue to work to improve my flock which are spoiled with high quality food and clean housing. The flock consists of lines...

This project was started by crossing a show quality Dark Cornish hen with a pure Barnevelder roo and then back crossing each generation of hens to a pure Barnevelder roo. The goal was to add back some vigor and carcass quality to the Barnevelder without messing up the lacing. The suprise was...

Barnevelders Most lines of Barnevelder seem to produce male and female chicks that are difficult or impossible to reliably distinguish from one another at hatching. However, BYC member TLS_ranch has a line of Barnevelders that can be sexed reliably on down plumage, as illustrated below. Note...

The Blue Double-Laced Barnevelder Project I started working on this project in 2009 by crossing Blue laced red wyandotte pullets to a pure Barnevelder roo. Many many, many chicks later. I have this second generation blue pullet. She's double laced, dark hackled and single combed:) There is still...

Barnevelder Double Laced Created by barngodess Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Friendly, very easy going breed. Dual purpose, light brown, large eggs. Great free range bird, tolerates confinment. Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 547