Recent content by DiamondDust

How did the hatch go?

How exciting! She looks like a Barnevelder to me!

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Hey Tajuano, I'm Diamond Dust with the Barnevelder chickens in Kitsap County (ish). They are rare in the US so there are not many of us here in Western Washington who breed them but I have both blue double laced (which are not yet accepted in the APA but I do show them too) and the standard...

I've never seen a comb like that on a Barnie girl but I would think it would indicate that she may have something else in her...like a genetic throw back or something, you know what I mean? Her lacing isn't great either, which also indicates to me that there is something else at play. Is she a...

Henerz101 I'm not sure what kind he is but I don't think he's a Barnevelder. It is possible he's part Barnie but he could be a number of other things as well...he definitely has partridge coloring and it looks like he is either moulting and his tail is gone or he's young and it hasn't grown...

I would say #1 looks fine but #2 has WAY too much red. #2 appears to be a cockerel and should not have so much red, and should have lacing on the shoulders and upper part of the wing...that one does not. I wouldn't use him for breeding for sure as he's likely to pass that on. Hope that...

This is not the same bird as the earlier picture you posted, correct? This is not a hen I would take to show personally as she has quite a bit of "shafting" on her breast. Her comb is pretty big too but that would probably not be an issue if her lacing were better...ie: without the shafting...

DEFINITELY!! I would take her to show. I think you could clean up with that hen! DD

I had a pullet that started plucking out feathers this summer. I took her out of the pullet pen and put her in with the "big girls" and she stopped right away. The older hens didn't put up with her and put her in her place She is still in with the hens and they all seem to get along fine now...