Barnevelder or Partridge rock?

[babsboys]

How do I tell the difference between a Barnevelder and a Partrige rock?

 

[Mahonri]

Rocks
Barnevelders

Hope that helps.

On the Rocks site you have to scroll down to see the Partridge's.

 

[Hazelnut]

Okay, I'm no expert, but I think that a visible difference between the two (if you are talking about hens) is that the Partridge rock hens have a light brown neck and the Barnevelder hens have a very dark brown neck. Also the Partridge rocks have a finer penciling than the Barnevelders.

 

[Snap62]

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I agree. I have Partrige Rocks, and they are exactly as this describes

 

[walkswithdog]

A good partridge rock can have a mahogany hackle/head - ideally should have a mahogany hackle.

Barnvelders have a different pencilling, darker, heavier and almost double laced in appearance.

 

[HHandbasket]

I recently acquired what was supposed to be a pair of bantam barnevelders, but I am fairly convinced that the female is a partridge something. They're actually about 1-1/2 times the size of the LF barnie I have that's only about 10 days younger (they're all about 2 to 2-1/2 months old now), so at this point I'm kinda doubtin' that they're even bantams to begin with. But as the female has feathered in, I've been telling my husband that I dunno what that is but it looks partridge to me and AIN'T a barnevelder. Color's all off for a barnevelder. And as I said, now at about 2-1/2 months of age, she is looking more and more partridge and less and less barnevelder. The lady I got them from hatched them herself from eggs she purchased online, but I'm thinking the breeder may be breeding more things than bantam barnies & some of the eggs got mixed up before she sent them out to her buyers. Something along those lines must have happened, because as sweet and pretty as this girl is, she AIN'T a barnevelder. Looks like a small partridge rock to me.

I'll try to get pics of her today to show you guys. When I look at pics of partridge rock tweenagers, that's EXACTLY what she looks like. When I look at pics of barnevelder tweenagers… not so much.