Barnevelder Hatchling

[Time-Out]

I have a barnevelder, who is barely out of its egg (still wet - literally seconds) and I can already see a comb sticking up! This is my first barnie, so can anyone tell me if they all come out like this or am I really lucky (or unlucky) and am able to sex it straight away? None of the other chicks I've ever hacth have come out with anything on their heads.

 

[Illia]

It just has a showy comb. Nothing about gender yet.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Some of my chicks with the biggest combs at hatch have been pullets. It doesn't mean a thing.

You can generally sex barnevelders as day olds though, once it's dry. (it's not 100%) Boys tend to have white chests and girls tend to have taupe colored chests.

 

[KirstenJL]

I hatched a boy and a girl Barnevelder among some other breeds and they were so different from each other that I thought they were different breeds! There was never any doubt that the boy was a boy, but the tip off for me was his huge tree-trunk legs!