Update:
I ended up keeping 2 silver double laced barnevelder chicks. They are 8 weeks old now. I believe that both are females

Their lacing is coming in slowly. One of them had a very deep wound on her neck about 2 weeks ago. I posted about It somewhere. I was able to take her to a vet who prescribed some strong antibiotic ointment. She healed up very quickly, within 4-5 days. I call her Scarlett (3rd pic over). She’s a tad bit smaller than her sister, but just as active. Together with my 10 week old Opal Legbar (Violet) and Split Legbar (Daisy), they have taken the backyard by storm
A few things I noticed about the breed:
- both girls had darker colored heads as chicks compared some of the others that were in the order I got. I can’t confirm that the lighter colors resulted in boys, but I had read somewhere that the darker colors were more likely to be girls.
- Both chicks developed lacing in their tail feathers around 4 weeks. I noticed that males do not have lacing in tail feathers so it gave me hope when I saw it.
- Both chicks were the least aggressive out of the nine in my order. I let them run around my living room as a group and watched them interact. The two I kept were not exactly shy, but had no interest in challenging any of the others. That was trued from week 3 when the others started vying for top chick.
I don’t know if these observations might help anyone looking at this breed, but I thought I’d mention it. I know I scoured websites trying to find information when the chicks were small. I probably would have kept one if it had been a rooster, but like a lot of people I was really hoping for the beautifully laced ladies.