The Barnebar :
Barnvelder x Barred Plymouth Rock, pure breed autosexing The Barnebar is the auto-sexing version of the Barnevelder, which comes from Holland. There are now some in this country but egg laying is poor at the moment and the breed really needs some fresh Barnevelder blood put into it to reduce the inbreeding. The
Brown Leghorn was used in the making of this breed. These birds lay a lovely dark brown egg and are good hardy, friendly birds suitable for free range and enclosures. The 'mother’ of this breed has a bit of a
reputation for being prone to mareks disease but I don’t know whether this trait has been passed onto the Barnebar or not. They hatch with males being lighter than females with clear stripes and head patches.
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