Chicken Breed Focus - Barnevelder

[chickinlittles]

@Chicka_deee Here are 2 photos for color. The first is the ones I put in the incubator last night. The 6 to the left of the line are Barnevelders, they very in color a bit and some have lots of speckles. Those are from 2 of my barnies, the 3rd on lays lighter colored eggs. The dark one to the right are BCM eggs so you can compare how dark they are.
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The second is a basket of lots of our eggs so you can compare to other shades and colors.

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Beautiful basket of eggs! Can’t wait till my hens start laying! Hoping for a rainbow!

 

[Chicklady707]

Beautiful basket of eggs! Can’t wait till my hens start laying! Hoping for a rainbow!

@Chicka_deee Here are 2 photos for color. The first is the ones I put in the incubator last night. The 6 to the left of the line are Barnevelders, they very in color a bit and some have lots of speckles. Those are from 2 of my barnies, the 3rd on lays lighter colored eggs. The dark one to the right are BCM eggs so you can compare how dark they are.
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The second is a basket of lots of our eggs so you can compare to other shades and colors.

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Pretty eggs!

 

[tcfoster]

I have 3 Barnevelders, and I love them!

· What made you decide to get this breed? - Our neighbors were moving and couldn't take their chickens so they gifted us these girls to add to our flock.
· Do you own them for fun? Breeding? Some other purpose? - Just for fun and eggs, they are about 4 years old and still pretty good layers!
· What are your favorite characteristics about this breed? - They are (mostly) quiet and very docile, and just so beautiful! Rarely go broody and are good layers.
· Post some pics of your birds; male/female, chicks, eggs, etc! - I have 3 hens, Hedwig, Buckbeak, and Samantha. They are lower in the pecking order but can still hold their own if they have to. They prefer to sleep cuddled up in a nest box instead of roosting, which is adorable and something I had never seen in any breed besides my silkies.

 

[K0k0shka]

I just hatched 4 Silver Laced Barnevelder chicks from shipped eggs (couldn't find any locally). They are beautiful as babies, not just as adults!! They have a very wild look to them, with the stripes - like baby quail or wild boar piglets

Here they are at one day old:


And at one week old, now with wings:


And this is a photo from the breeder's stock, possibly their moms I really hope they come out looking like this!

I fell in love with Barnevelders after I saw a picture of them online. I was looking for friendly breeds, and this one came up on one list. They are gorgeous!!! I just HAD to have some! I was about to start my first flock and wanted friendly pet chickens, and being pretty to look at was a nice bonus. Also, they really remind me of Easter eggs from Eastern Europe (that's where I'm originally from) - the kind you draw on with a wax pen, with a lot of detail and high contrast, like this:

So I felt a connection and knew it was meant to be. Now I just hope they're not all roosters

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

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Now I want some how dare you

 

[ThePepperPatch]

I have a barnevelder, she was one of my first chickens! I got her from a friend who had too many and I didn't know anything chicken breeds at the time, just that I wanted chickens. She's friendly, inquisitive, talkative and laid her first egg in the dead of winter. She lays regularly every other day or so. I love seeing her feathers catch the sunlight, the double lacing is so beautiful. I'm not a breeder and keep chickens for fun. She's my profile picture, but here's one of her in her dust bath and one of her rooting through the compost pile

 

[Finnie]

It’s great to see this thread get active again!

I have always wanted some Barnevelders. I finally got 3 last summer and they are beautiful!

I have a double laced silver named Lottie, a blue laced red named Beatrix and a splash named Gyda.

One of them lasts very pretty speckled eggs. I just can't figure out which one it is yet.

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Lottie is beautiful!

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Proud to be dutch

If ya ain’t Dutch, ya ain’t much

(Picked that up when I lived in SW Michigan. I married into a Dutch family. )

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

If ya ain’t Dutch,

ya too much.

 

[K0k0shka]

Update: My Double Silver Laced Barnevelders (from the photo above) have grown up and are 9 months old now. They did end up very pretty like their parents from the breeder's photo! They are gorgeous and friendly, and I love them!

 

[Show Sebright]

I have on barnavelder named Drama. We call her drama because she is such a drama queen. In this picture she is the darker chick, the lighter one is my amaracana.

Here is a update! Drama shoots poop when you pick her up. Anyone else have that issue?