Standard Double Laced Barnevelder?

[OasiVerde]

Welsummer for comparison. Meet Curley

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He is beautiful! Those colors, wow!

 

[OasiVerde]

Yours is a beautiful rooster, and you are right, he looks healthy. Unless you are breeding Barnevelders and want show quality birds, it doesn't make much difference if he is a little off in color.

Thank you. No I am not breeding for shows. I started to keep chickens for eggs and meat. Hopefully he will breed my Golden Laced Wyandotte, hopefully we will get some pretty chicks from that combination. In the spring I would like to add Barnevelders to my flock.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Is he black or blue? I can't tell with the lighting.

 

[OasiVerde]

Is he black or blue? I can't tell with the lighting.

He is blue

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I thought he looked blue! Pretty boy! Did they sell him as a Blue Laced?

 

[OasiVerde]

I thought he looked blue! Pretty boy! Did they sell him as a Blue Laced?

Thank you, I like him a lot. The previous owner just said Barnevelder. No specific color. This is my first rooster. I am so curious how he will mature. He is about 4,5 months old right now and crows every morning

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I hope this link works correctly, should take you to a photo of a Double Blue Laced Barnevelder rooster. https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Barnev/BarneBlueLacedCkl.JPEG

 

[OasiVerde]

I hope this link works correctly, should take you to a photo of a Double Blue Laced Barnevelder rooster. https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Barnev/BarneBlueLacedCkl.JPEG

Yes, the link is working and he is beautiful. No, my rooster doesn;t have the blue on the bottom. He more has a blue shine on his feathers, if that makes sense. Some of his back feathers have lacing.