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 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
Mr. G. Broadhurst
Little Acres, Tern Hill
Market Drayton, TF9 3PY
England
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:
A Dutch page on Barnevelders--English to come.
Craig Russell's article on undercolor in Barnevelders.
Barnevelders at T&M Poultry Farm
Our Barnevelders -- at The Easy Chicken
CornerStone Farm has Barnevelders for sale
Lake of Egypt Ranch Barnevelders
Barnevelders at Devonshire Traditional Breed Centre
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 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
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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