Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[tls_ranch]

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Hi Mark,
Are those the ones you hatched from my eggs? They are looking really nice

Trisha

 

[tls_ranch]

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If the adults all look correctly laced and colored, then you've done your job by culling out all "non-standard" birds from your breeders. Just keep a eye out for "V" chicks and not use them in the future for breeding. I assume that is possible that a chick could be "split" e+/eb rather than eb/eb and that the effect could be hidden. But, I think that the e+ pattern is more dominant and eb is more recessive. If so, I would expect that if the bird did carry e+ it would effect the adult pattern and show through somehow. Again I'm not an expert on this issue, this is just my understanding of how the genetics work.

Please let us know if you do hatch any "V" chicks from otherwise correctly patterned parents. It would be interesting to see how the genetics work. If we can solve this problem, then we all can get on with figuring out the more advanced "tricks" of modifiers/enhancers in order to breed for the perfect lacing and color. Breeding patterned birds is such a challange

Trisha

 

[Daidohead]

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Hi Mark,
Are those the ones you hatched from my eggs? They are looking really nice

Trisha

Hi Trisha, Yes, they are from your eggs. They are the sweetest, quietest fuzzybutts I have. Such a joy.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Trisha.......thanks for posting your experiences in breeding the Barnevelders. I'm learning a lot from your posts. (and the other breeders too)

Can't wait for my eggs!

 

[enggass]

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Have you gotten your eggs yet? Love to see a pic if you have... I will be getting some from Trisha next month. Can't wait!!!
Also, is there any semi-reliable way to sex Barnies at a young age?

 

[BayouPoules]

Trisha, these are the birds I asked you about. The breeder is not a BYC member. But their website says they are a member of the Barnevelder Club and they advertise their birds as show Quality,. which these pullets aren't. But we love them,. These are pics at 16 weeks old.

This one had the v marking and has the reddest breast and poor lacing. Nugget

This is Thistle. She had a slight v marking.

This is Irene. No V marking.

Thistle on the left has best lacing,. Nugget is on the right,.Irene just had to get her head in,.

Rembrandt ..vB cockerel at 7weeks. Wish the others were half as nice as this little guy.

DD was sorely disappointed when these pullets hatched and saw the V markings,. she has some nice looking girls and this handsome cockerel from Christina now. She is learning how to ask questions and research the breeder. These pullets were from eggs sold as SQ,. Live and learn!

 

[pinkchick]

Just put my first 3 Barnevelder eggs in lockdown!!!!!!! All 3 were good upon candling. Cross your fingers!!! C'mon Chickies!!

 

[aceschix]

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Have you gotten your eggs yet? Love to see a pic if you have... I will be getting some from Trisha next month. Can't wait!!!
Also, is there any semi-reliable way to sex Barnies at a young age?

X2 please???

 

[enggass]

What do you look for with Barnie chicks as far as trying to sex them? Is it similar to Welsummers?

 

[tls_ranch]

Barnevelders are supposed to be sexable by breast down as chicks, but that can vary between lines and may not be accurate unless you know your birds. Girls will have darker breast down and boys white. But, you can get a few inbetweens and mix ups. I'm trying to only select for girls with dark breasts and boys with white breasts. I'm curious to see if the ability to sex by down is improved if you select for this trait.

Feathering rate is also helpful, girls usually get longer wing/tail feathers and feather out faster. Boys have stubby tails, short wings and have no back feathers for longer time. By four weeks the boy's combs are already getting redder too.

Boy/ Girl (these are project "blues" and I found that with the new blood they don't sex as accurately by color or feathering. Some girls had light breasts and were slow feathering too)

Girl/Boy/Girl/Boy