Barnevelder breeders lets work together and improve the breed

[crazychicken]

So I moved my eight little barnies out to their new coop this morning. I meant to take some pics, however, by the time I got home it was already almost dark. I will try to get some tomorrow if it is sunny. I would like some feed back on how well they are developing. I have 4 "V's" and 4 dark head colored.

 

[tls_ranch]

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Thanks, Steve

I'm excited to see how these girls with a dash of cornish are turning out. I can't wait to see the eggs they lay. Their mother's laid very nice eggs. I still have one "aunt" and I have her eggs in the bator right now. She was attacked last year by a dog and that caused her to not start laying until she was almost 1. But, it was worth the wait. Everytime I look at her, I'm amazed at the feather texture and lacing she has. Here's a little more history about these girls.

I continued this project from another breeder, so I haven't done all the work.
Great Grandma Dark Cornish was bred to a KC roo

Grandma F1

Grandpa Johan roo was bred to the F1 pullets

Then I got the F2s as hatching eggs and kept the best four pullets. I bred them to a vB roo to get these F3 pullets. So, the pullets I have now are a blend of 3 Barnevelder lines (KC, Johan, vB) and dark cornish. They show a lot of vigor, nice lacing and good size. Hopefully I'll see some nice eggs soon

Trisha

 

[aceschix]

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Anyone???

 

[tls_ranch]

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Anyone???

The ones that look like welsummers probably don't have the correct genetics for good double lacing and proper color. If your current flock has proper lacing and color you may be able to breed back to a good pattern in a few generations. But, I wouldn't use the "V" marked chicks because it seems that they keep popping up in later on. Since your flock has great egg color and look good would it be worth it to add poorly marked birds that lay light eggs with your flock?

Trisha

 

[aceschix]

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Anyone???

The ones that look like welsummers probably don't have the correct genetics for good double lacing and proper color. If your current flock has proper lacing and color you may be able to breed back to a good pattern in a few generations. But, I wouldn't use the "V" marked chicks because it seems that they keep popping up in later on. Since your flock has great egg color and look good would it be worth it to add poorly marked birds that lay light eggs with your flock?

Trisha

No, I really do not think that is in my best interest. i was hoping to confirm this thinking with those of you that have far more experience than my 2 years

Thank you for your input!

 

[tls_ranch]

LOL, I've only been at this for about 2 years. But I guess I have to give some credit to going to college and majoring in Animal Sci. I've always been able to learn and remember facts about animals and plants. But, ask me who sings which song or who acted in that movie and I will draw a complete blank.

Of course in College my "chicken plan" was to raise homegrown sexlinks not a fancy chicken like Barnevelders.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Trisha - I have 5 babies out from your eggs and another zipping right now. Here's some pictures of the first 2. The chick with the blue band (and on the left in the last photo) is from Pinkchick (pure Johan lines)

I also have 3 chicks out from mediazeal (vb lines) but I don't have pictures of them yet, they just hatched overnight.

 

[Imagesoart]

Can these be feather sexed? I have four that just hatched a week ago. I have done this with Orptingtons and it turned out great!

Anyway, I have taken my best guess with the wing feathers, and it now seems that the tail feathers are following suit. In the orp's, the girls all feathered out sooner then the boys. And right now, all the ones I would guess are girls, seem to have small tail feathers!

Am I nuts? or is this true? (Well, I know I am nuts, just answer the true question!)

 

[Kansaseq]

tls-ranch, I had sent you a pm asking about eggs, but my inbox may have been full. Are you selling, and will you have any in a couple of weeks?

 

[tls_ranch]

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Yay, I'm glad you have 6 so far. That's awsome considering shipped eggs and all the power outages in the snow storm. Let me know the total and I'd love to see pics of all the barnie chicks

Trisha