Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[Happy Chooks]

I'm still new to this, but I believe darker is what we are after. (and if you look at feathersite, their pictures confirm this) So I'd go with the darker one.

From the Standard:

COLOR - MALE
COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Dark horn shading to yellow at point.
EYES: Reddish bay.
HEAD: Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging and
reddish brown shafts, tips of feather black.
NECK: Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging and
reddish brown shafts, tips of feathers black.
BACK: Each feather reddish brown with very wide lacing of
lustrous, greenish black.
Saddle - Each feather black with slight reddish brown edging
and reddish brown shafts, tips of feathers black.
TAIL: Main tail - black.
Sickles and lesser sickles - lustrous greenish black.
Coverts - same as the saddle.
WINGS: Bows and coverts - Each feather reddish brown with a
broad lacing of lustrous greenish black.
Primaries - Upper web black, lower web black with a lower
edge of reddish brown.
Secondaries - Upper web black, lower web reddish brown
finely laced with black, showing when closed a reddish brown
wing bay.
BREAST: Each feather reddish brown with a sharply defined
lacing of lustrous greenish black.
BODY AND FLUFF: Black
LEGS AND TOES: Thighs - black.
Shanks and toes - yellow.
UNDERCOLOR OF ALL SECTIONS: Dark slate.​

 

[Happy Chooks]

Peeps.... I think your hen looks very nice.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Thank you! I was thinking and hoping the same thing...the red necked one just looks long to me also...the other one just looks better.

 

[crazychicken]

I got a nice surprise from my best hen this afternoon.
Left to Right ( Quarter, Red Indian, Barnevelder, Barred Rock, Barnevelder )

 

[cmfarm]

So I was wondering about the chicks that have Welsummer in them. Is this something that can be bred out with carefull breeding is it just something you shouldn't even try to work with. I was trying to find some chicks that can be shipped and they seem hard to find. I found a web sight that ships them and sells them for $3 each. Then I saw a picture of the chicks. Out of the 4 I could see all of them had the "V"s on them. What do ya'll think?

 

[Stevenson]

I had some great luck last night. I needed to move my 3 week old barnevelder chicks out of the box they were in because they were getting too big for the space, so rather than build a new pen...I figured I would try to put them in with the 5 week old ameraucana and 4 week old bourbon red poults. Complete success! There were no problems whatsoever! I am very happy cause this will keep costs down a little!

 

[enggass]

What website was this? You could always get eggs from a reputable breeder and hatch your own...

 

[cmfarm]

I bought eggs from someone on here already and none hatched. It is now getting to the point that it is getting to hot in the house (we don't have AC, it is 105 outside) to keep the temps in the incubator stable. I could if I really watched the incubator, but with the cost of eggs and shipping I don't really want to chance it with my limited funds.

 

[cmfarm]

I forgot to say it was poultry people at poultrypeople.com

 

[enggass]

I have to agree - the hens on their site look nice, but the chicks look a bit Welsummer-ish. The ones I hatched did not look quite like that - although I am by no means a Barnie expert and chicks may vary from line to line as I'm sure they do.