Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[tls_ranch]

Wow great pics Trisha!!!

I have officially gotten out of chickens for now.  To much going on in other areas to have the stress of trying to keep them alive during a Texas summer.  When I lost my original girl, I think something just snapped. 

Anyway, I had SPPR X Barnie eggs in the incubator.  A friend wanted them for just "pretty" layers, he was planning on eating any of the boys.  Then when I told him they would hatch in a week he no longer wanted them, guess he went out and got Turkeys and did not have the space anymore.  So if anyone in the Austin area is interested, 7 hatched yesterday, just let me know.  They of course will need a LOT of work to get them to resemble a Silver Barnie, but they are from excellent stock.  Trisha's hens and a Dickhorsman Rooster.  I am selling them on CL, but would give them away for free to a BYC member.

Oh I'm soo sorry Rachael, are you getting rid of all of your chickens? We hit 112 earlier this year, I didn't loose any to heat yet this year, but we haven't had sustained high temps yet. The weather has just been weird with wild swings from high to low. It's raining now, but will be 103 by this weekend!

Hugs,

Trisha

 

[RachaelS]

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There is more outside influence to it, but that was my final straw, losing my first Barnie girl to the heat, she was the only one to have heatstroke last year, this year we had a day that was only 93, but NO wind at 100% humidity, she started acting off but I was too late to recognize it and she died. then two days later lost one to heat (same weather conditions), a bunch all got in the same box even though there were 3 boxes for 7 girls. They have plenty of shade and water, but no wind with high humidity is just awful.

Yesterday at work when I walked outside to the blasting heat, my first thought was not "I wonder if anyone died". It was a nice feeling. I am going to take a break for a while. Then re-look at my whole set up and see if I want to take a stab at it again. I is just hard when you are the only person to take care of all the animals. Plus working a demanding job, LOL!!!!

 

[pickledchicken]

Trisha do you think you'll ever get the leg color toned down I have noticed with the many postings of your stock people have raised up that they seem to still carry the brighter looking yellow Wyndotte leg color. Will this be a problem in the future of showing ? From my understanding the gene responsible for yellow legs is a tough one to correct.

 

[tls_ranch]

Trisha do you think you'll ever get the leg color toned down I have noticed with the many postings of your stock people have raised up that they seem to still carry the brighter looking yellow Wyndotte leg color. Will this be a problem in the future of showing ? From my understanding the gene responsible for yellow legs is a tough one to correct.

Barnevelders should have bright yellow legs...the brighter the better. Pale leg color is a fault unless its a hen that has been laying heavy for a long time and has had her body depleted of nutrients.

Trisha

 

[pickledchicken]

Quote: From my understanding they do in fact need to be yellow but not the bright yellow more of a creamier yellow with the red scaling on the back of the leg's in the cocks.

 

[tls_ranch]

Trisha do you think you'll ever get the leg color toned down I have noticed with the many postings of your stock people have raised up that they seem to still carry the brighter looking yellow Wyndotte leg color. Will this be a problem in the future of showing ? From my understanding the gene responsible for yellow legs is a tough one to correct.

Barnevelders should have bright yellow legs...the brighter the better. Pale leg color is a fault unless its a hen that has been laying heavy for a long time and has had her body depleted of nutrients.


Trisha

From my understanding they do in fact need to be yellow but not the bright yellow more of a creamier yellow with the red scaling on the back of the leg's in the cocks.

I have tons of links and reference photos on my old computer, but here is a link to German barnevelders ( body style is more extreme).

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/


Here are some good pics

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/?seite=bilder

Note the bright legs.

Trisha

 

[pysankigirl]

Wow great pics Trisha!!!

I have officially gotten out of chickens for now. To much going on in other areas to have the stress of trying to keep them alive during a Texas summer. When I lost my original girl, I think something just snapped.

Anyway, I had SPPR X Barnie eggs in the incubator. A friend wanted them for just "pretty" layers, he was planning on eating any of the boys. Then when I told him they would hatch in a week he no longer wanted them, guess he went out and got Turkeys and did not have the space anymore. So if anyone in the Austin area is interested, 7 hatched yesterday, just let me know. They of course will need a LOT of work to get them to resemble a Silver Barnie, but they are from excellent stock. Trisha's hens and a Dickhorsman Rooster. I am selling them on CL, but would give them away for free to a BYC member.

Oh, no...so sorry it has been difficult for you. if I lived closer I would definitely be interested in them but the husband would KILL me. seriously, he really would but so sad you have to give up you chickens.

But I understand. we are only in Virginia and the husband is seriously thinking about putting in a cheap window ac unit on the goat shed for the really really bad days. (we have angoras and they have a lot of ringlets and grows so fast) I actually brought one into the basement once just to cool it down. of course once it got into the lovely cool air it perked right up and started trying to eat anything rubbery...extension cords being the primary target. and jumped up on the guest bed Repeatedly with me chasing it around like a madwoman, it dropping little goat pellets everywhere. at least it didn't pee on the bed.

 

[pickledchicken]

Quote: From my understanding they do in fact need to be yellow but not the bright yellow more of a creamier yellow with the red scaling on the back of the leg's in the cocks.

I have tons of links and reference photos on my old computer, but here is a link to German barnevelders ( body style is more extreme).

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/


Here are some good pics

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/?seite=bilder

Note the bright legs.

Trisha
Fine examples of yellow legs on those the last pics does seem to be a bit closer to what I'm after with the red scaling. I will say I'm not very fond of the short backs and extreme tail angles on most of those.

 

[tls_ranch]

Trisha do you think you'll ever get the leg color toned down I have noticed with the many postings of your stock people have raised up that they seem to still carry the brighter looking yellow Wyndotte leg color. Will this be a problem in the future of showing ? From my understanding the gene responsible for yellow legs is a tough one to correct.

Barnevelders should have bright yellow legs...the brighter the better. Pale leg color is a fault unless its a hen that has been laying heavy for a long time and has had her body depleted of nutrients.


Trisha

From my understanding they do in fact need to be yellow but not the bright yellow more of a creamier yellow with the red scaling on the back of the leg's in the cocks.

I have tons of links and reference photos on my old computer, but here is a link to German barnevelders ( body style is more extreme).

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/


Here are some good pics

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/?seite=bilder

Note the bright legs.

Trisha

Leg color is more intense in younger stock and birds fed rich diets especially rich in greens. Pastured birds have naturally yellower legs. If your birds are kept mostly inside or penned up, then they will have pale legs. Genetics also causes pale legs.

I was told to get peak condition for show pullets is to hatch so that the pullet comes into lay just a week or 2 before the show. Timing it just right, so that the pullet will have the brightest yellow legs and be in the best condition for show.


Trisha

 

[tls_ranch]

Trisha do you think you'll ever get the leg color toned down I have noticed with the many postings of your stock people have raised up that they seem to still carry the brighter looking yellow Wyndotte leg color. Will this be a problem in the future of showing ? From my understanding the gene responsible for yellow legs is a tough one to correct.

Barnevelders should have bright yellow legs...the brighter the better. Pale leg color is a fault unless its a hen that has been laying heavy for a long time and has had her body depleted of nutrients.



Trisha

From my understanding they do in fact need to be yellow but not the bright yellow more of a creamier yellow with the red scaling on the back of the leg's in the cocks.

I have tons of links and reference photos on my old computer, but here is a link to German barnevelders ( body style is more extreme).

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/



Here are some good pics

http://www.sv-barnevelder.de/?seite=bilder


Note the bright legs.


Trisha

Fine examples of yellow legs on those the last pics does seem to be a bit closer to what I'm after with the red scaling. I will say I'm not very fond of the short backs and extreme tail angles on most of those.

Red scaling is a sign of hormones in the mature male. Young cockerels haven't fully matured yet to get red scaling on their legs. I am not fond of the back and tail angles in German birds either.

Edited to add:
I posted pics of a splash cockerel and a pure cockerel.....both have the same colored legs. The hen pic is of a pure barnie hen....you should of seen how pale her legs were after laying for months and then being broody for nearly 2 months. Now her legs are regaining the yellow because she has been free ranging on clover and grass all day. "Her" babies have very bright orange legs....they are on grass and clover too.


Trisha