Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[RachaelS]

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Yep, I am very familiar with the pic off of wiki, since I researched these guys for a long time. So the silver barnie and that pic threw up a warning REALLY quick! Besides if someone really had Silver Barnies, I don't think they would be selling them for $8 each, would you

 

[sherpagirl]

What kind is SPR - I get the Silver Pencil - just not the R

Rock, so really SPPR, Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock

 

[Helen in the Desert]

Yep, I am very familiar with the pic off of wiki, since I researched these guys for a long time. So the silver barnie and that pic threw up a warning REALLY quick! Besides if someone really had Silver Barnies, I don't think they would be selling them for $8 each, would you

Can you report stuff like that to craigslist? It is fraud

 

[mountainvieworchards]

Hi Donna

I have some young Barnevelders that age that have that much pattern so I also think it is too soon to discard those heavy patterned chicks. But you could always sell them most of them to make more room in the brooder and then keep just one or two to see what they molt into and then you will know for the future, if you cull them all you will never know what you got rid of.

Andy

 

[Helen in the Desert]

I have my F1 silvers - I don't have that many, just 13, but 6 roos. do I sell of the roos with the most red at this point? they hatched in February.

 

[RachaelS]

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I think I can flag it, but not sure about reporting it.

 

[RachaelS]

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I think I can flag it, but not sure about reporting it.

Okay figured out how to report, but if others can hope on and flag it, that would be helpful also.

 

[mountainvieworchards]

. Rachel what are you flagging them for? Honestly people have the right to call their birds whatever they want on Craigslist. If you followed up on every misnamed chicken on Craigslist you would drive yourself batty. Why not just call them first and find out what they have going on, they may be working on projects just like many of us.

That's my opinion. I don't think we need Barnevelder police.

Andy

 

[mountainvieworchards]

I have my F1 silvers - I don't have that many, just 13, but 6 roos. do I sell of the roos with the most red at this point? they hatched in February.

Do you see a lot of difference in the silver and red at this age? If you do I would cull the redder ones unless they have something else going for them like better combs, or tails, since they are all S/s. There are some other genetics that control the red leakage so if you can cull for that it would be a plus. Eat the rest.

 

[BantamCastle]

I have my F1 silvers - I don't have that many, just 13, but 6 roos. do I sell of the roos with the most red at this point? they hatched in February.

Yes. Roos from the F1 generation will all be heterozygous (split) for silver and Melanotic so you can't go wrong. However, this is a good time to start selecting for type, lacing, and removing as much autosomal red as you can. So getting rid of the ones with the most red makes perfect sense! Just curious, did you use a Silver roo over Barnie hens or vise versa?