Barnevelders
A Barnevelder hen
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
I think these Dutch chickens are very beautiful birds, with their double-laced plumage. And on top of that, they lay a dark brown egg--real dark, like those of the Marans, Penedesenca and Welsummer fowl. This is a recently developed breed. It was created just before the First World War in the search for a bird that was a good layer of dark brown eggs. Barnevelders are also found in White, Black and Blue-laced varieties.
Show-quality Barnevelders don't lay as dark an egg as the utility birds. There's a picture below of eggs from a show-quality flock. Utility birds lay an egg more like the ones pictured on my Marans page.
Breed clubs:
Barnevelder
Club of North America
Maggie Trussler
W8766 State Road 11
Delavan, WI 53115
e-mail: meow@elknet.net
The Barnevelder Club
Chris Millward
England
tel.: 01948 840011
e-mail: fchrismillward@hotmail.com
The
Dutch Barnevelder Club
C. van der Wel
Breeuwerstraat 15
8251 HB Dronten
The Netherlands
tel.: 0321-318093
e-mail: C.van.der.Wel@hetnet.nl
Barnevelder Links:
Craig Russell's article on undercolor in Barnevelders.
Our Barnevelders -- at The Easy Chicken
CornerStone Farm has Barnevelders for sale
Barnevelders at Devonshire Traditional Breed Centre
Peace of Thyme Barnevelders
A1 Poultry has Barnevelders
A nice Barnevelder rooster
Photo courtesy of Robert Stephenson
A pair of Barnevelders
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
A flock of Barnevelder hens
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
Eggs from the above flock of show-quality
Barnevelders
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
Another group of Barnevelder hens (these from the UK)
Photo courtesy of Grant Brereton
Another Barnevelder hen
Photo courtesy of Ermin Shadich
A Dark Barnevelder cockerel
Photo courtesy of Robert Stephenson
Yet another Barnevelder hen
Photo courtesy of Grant Brereton
Silver Barnevelder, cock and hen
Photos courtesy of Sigrid van Dort & Hans Ringnalda
Silver Barnevelder plumage patterns
Photos courtesy of Sigrid van Dort & Hans Ringnalda
A young Barnevelder pullet
Photo courtesy of Taryn Koerker
Ket's Barnevelder chick Alektor Barnevelder chicks Week-old Barnevelder chicks
or
Direct questions and comments to Barry at FeatherSite -- questions and comments
Photo courtesy of Ket
The pale gray chicks are Columbian Wyandottes
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
Photo courtesy of Jan ter Harmsel
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