Chicken breed
Barnevelder
Also called Double Laced Barnevelder
The Barnevelder is a Dutch dual-purpose breed with double-laced feathers and dark brown eggs. Hens are quiet, calm and handle confinement well. They are hardy and generally easy to manage.
At a glance
150–200eggs a year
3–5eggs a week
20–26weeks to first egg
6–7 lbhen weight
7–8 lbrooster weight
Largeegg size
Traits
- Cold hardyhigh
- Heat tolerantmedium
- Goes broodylow
- Fine in a small runhigh
- Egg colour
- dark brown
- Temperament
- calm, quiet, docile
- Good with kids
- Usually, yes
- Noise
- quiet
- Origin
- Netherlands (Barneveld)
- Comb
- single
- Bantam size
- Available
- APA standard
- Recognized
- Purpose
- dual
Good for
- dark eggs
- small runs
- quiet neighborhoods
- families
Watch out for
- moderate egg numbers
- usually not broody
Looks and feathers
Double-laced feathering; APA lists one variety (large fowl and bantam).
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Silver Doubled Laced Barnevelder Day Old Chicks (product/breed profile)Meyer Hatchery
- 2Barnevelders (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
- 3Barnevelder (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 4Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
- 5Managing Chickens From Chicks to Peak Egg ProductionUtah State University Extension (J. Okoh, E. Perry; October 2025)
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.