Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[Happy Chooks]

Royce,

I've sent an email off to Paul about our question. I'll let you know what I find out.

 

[acw123]

Just wanted to share some pics of my Barnevelder young rooster. Wondering if he is looking as he should. Let me know. He is about 7 months old, hatched mid April 2011. He was the only male hatched from my eggs so want to make sure he looks as he is supposed to before I begin to incubate next month.

My Barnie girls have just started to lay but I have to say that it seems to be a common occurence with them to just lay their egg wherever they happen to be standing at that moment. It is truly a hunt every day to see if I can find their eggs. Of course I know it is them since they are so much darker than the eggs from my other 15 or so laying hens. I told my husband they remind me of the show where women didn't know they were pregnant until they went into labor and had a baby. I can just imagine my pullets walking around and then..."ahh..I have to lay an egg...NOW." or " Hey, where did that come from?" Is this normal for the breed? With age will they gravitate towards the nesting boxes, or will I always be hunting?

 

[Happy Chooks]

What lines is he?

I'm no expert, but I think he is really nice. Great tail angle, no tail fluff, nice beefy body.

 

[acw123]

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I got him (hatching eggs) from Andy Gallagher in Oregon. He labeled the eggs I received this Spring and this rooster hatched from a pen that held a pure Johan roo penned with four layers, one pullet that is 50% Johan and the other half is from a hen that has KC x Ledford and two pullets from Trisha that are pure Ledford. So not sure exactly but a good idea anyway.

I have been happy with all that have hatched from his eggs and glad to hear that my only rooster looks good. THANKS!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Hi guys. I just had a small harmless question for ya.

we have our annual nnpfa show coming up next weekend. Its a small scale thing and i was thinking about taking my barnevelder. Problem is i know nothing about showing or anything but i think she is really super pretty. I dont care if she not a winner, in fact i dont recall seeing any barnies last year, but i was just wondering if i entered her for people to see, would she be disqualified or would i be laughed out of the show? I think she is beautiful nd just wanna share her beauty.

she has much more of a sheen in person and has just completed moult so her feathers are flawless....

let me know, experts!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

actually, here are a few more from today...

 

[aubreynoramarie]

aw shucks, and i jjust found out that tomorrow is the last ay to enter a bird. is it just not even worth it if she hates being handled?

 

[PromiseLand]

Does anybody have Andy's handle/PM (BYC) or eMail?

Thanx


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[pinkchick]

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I got him (hatching eggs) from Andy Gallagher in Oregon. He labeled the eggs I received this Spring and this rooster hatched from a pen that held a pure Johan roo penned with four layers, one pullet that is 50% Johan and the other half is from a hen that has KC x Ledford and two pullets from Trisha that are pure Ledford. So not sure exactly but a good idea anyway.

I have been happy with all that have hatched from his eggs and glad to hear that my only rooster looks good. THANKS!

Andy has wonderful birds and I will tell you that this boy that you got is packing some FABULOUS genes! He looks almost identical to my pure Johan roo. LOVELY!!!!! Bravo!


*edited to add* My oldest hen will be 2 years old in March or April (can't remember which) and has only ever laid a handful of eggs in the nest box.....she prefers the floor.

Her oldest daughter (when she graces me with an egg) prefers the nest box.

Crazy girls!

 

[acw123]

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I got him (hatching eggs) from Andy Gallagher in Oregon. He labeled the eggs I received this Spring and this rooster hatched from a pen that held a pure Johan roo penned with four layers, one pullet that is 50% Johan and the other half is from a hen that has KC x Ledford and two pullets from Trisha that are pure Ledford. So not sure exactly but a good idea anyway.

I have been happy with all that have hatched from his eggs and glad to hear that my only rooster looks good. THANKS!

Andy has wonderful birds and I will tell you that this boy that you got is packing some FABULOUS genes! He looks almost identical to my pure Johan roo. LOVELY!!!!! Bravo!

I also have 6 Barnie girls from Andy, from his two different breeding pens. As well as two pure Johan girls (from Johan) that are a bit younger than Andy's. Hopefully I will get some nice chicks in the Spring. I will have to take some pics of the girls and put them up as well. Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate the response.