Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[DiamondDust]

I had Lakenvelders when I was younger and I loved the color of them. They were good egg layers but they lay a white egg. They are completely different from Barnevelders in every way, lol. Barnies are dark and lay a brown egg. Lakenvelders are white with a black head and tail and lay white eggs. They have a slimmer appearance and are a little bit flighty. That was my experience with them anyway.

 

[DiamondDust]

Here are my first four that hatched today (and last night) from Trisha's eggs.




Any guesses on boys/girls?

My guess is two boys, two girls.

 

[Henman]

Thank you and how Cute is that. I can't wait to have some chicks of our own.

 

[cvandermerwe]

Not my ad or my birds (they are in the UK) but I figured people might want to see the pics...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-R...t=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item4d0c090165

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Not my ad or my birds (they are in the UK) but I figured people might want to see the pics...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-R...t=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item4d0c090165

Interesting - one of the photo's is the same one that is on the greenfire farms website...

 

[mountainvieworchards]

Interesting I am seeing some of the red bleeding through on the backs of those GB -Ebay silvers that I am also experiencing on my silvers. You can see it if you look at the pictures using the closeup tool. Those birds are very striking to look at.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Looks like I will have a really good hatch All eggs are pipped. The bator was getting really crowded so I pulled all the fluffed chicks out to go into the brooder. Looks like I got a bunch of girls too

LOL, I must have received all the boys. I counted 5 pullets when I moved them to the separate area of the big coop.

Okay I had ordered 2 females from Meyer Hatchery. But I'm thinking one is maybe a roo. "Kaylee" is around 7 weeks old.
What do you guys think? Boy or girl?

Pullet.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I got my first egg from one of my blue barnie pullets on Sunday. It's a beautiful egg. She's only 24 weeks, so I was definitely surprised. My last pure barnie girl waited 11 months before giving me an egg!

 

[RachaelS]

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Wow, you are right, I totally missed that. Maybe it is the same breeder that GFF got their stock from?

 

[DiamondDust]

Wow Happychooks! That is great that you got an egg from your girl already! Let's hope she keeps it up!