Barnevelder: Sourced Hatchery Egg and Weight Records
Sourced Barnevelder hatchery records for brown eggs, 150 to 200 eggs per year, 6 lb hens, 7 lb roosters, single comb, and 28 week maturity.
Egg production estimates by source
Each egg is 20 eggs/year. Solid = published minimum; outline = rest of the range. Scale goes to 320.
Mature weights by source
Quick facts
| Attribute | Value | Source |
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| Eggs Per Year | 150–200 eggs/year |
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| 160 eggs/year |
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| 156–260 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | brown |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 6 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 7 lb |
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| Temperament | docile |
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| Climate Tolerance | both |
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| Maturity Weeks | 28 weeks |
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| Comb Type | single |
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| Apa Class | Continental |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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Overview
McMurray Hatchery's Class field records Continental. Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records Continental. McMurray Hatchery's Heritage Breed field records yes. Together those hatchery records support the displayed APA-class and breed-type fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Cackle Hatchery's breed-facts list Egg Production as 150-200 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 160 Large Dark Brown Eggs/Year. Meyer Hatchery's Silver Doubled Laced Barnevelder Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs. The page stores that weekly figure as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year. McMurray Hatchery's Egg Color field records brown. Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records Dark Brown. Meyer Hatchery records Egg Color as Brown. The page stores brown as the canonical egg-color label.
The retained evidence supports the displayed egg records at seller scope. It does not establish a seasonal laying pattern or a comparative egg-yield ranking against other breeds, so this profile makes none of those claims beyond what the categorical records assert.
Mature weight and laying maturity
McMurray Hatchery's Female Mature Weight field records 6 lbs and Male Mature Weight records 7 lbs. Cackle Hatchery's Weights field records Hen 6 lbs and Rooster 7 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 6 lbs; Roosters 7 lbs. The page stores those overlapping numeric values and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights. They do not establish a body-size category, feed use, space requirement, growth rate, or carcass value; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the numeric values.
McMurray Hatchery's Weeks to Maturity field records 28. The page stores that typed numeric value. The retained fact is a hatchery-listed laying-onset estimate rather than a promise that every hen begins laying within that window. The page does not convert the source's figure into a month estimate or infer a growth rate from it.
Other sourced fields
Hoover's Hatchery records Temperament as Docile, Curious, Active, Gentle. The page stores docile as the canonical temperament label. The retained evidence does not establish a per-bird personality scale, a handling-instruction set, or a flock-management recommendation, so those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the temperament words.
McMurray Hatchery's Comb Type field records single. Hoover's Hatchery records Comb Type as Single Comb. Meyer Hatchery records Comb Type as Single. The page stores single as the canonical comb-type label. The retained evidence does not establish a comb-size category or a winter-hardiness conclusion from the comb description; those subjects are deliberately absent.
Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. The page stores both as the canonical climate-tolerance label. The retained evidence does not establish a coop-design recommendation or a ventilation specification; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the climate words.
Related published pages
Flock size calculator
Enter your household size and target egg output. The calculator returns the flock size and space you'll need based on the productivity tier you pick.
Hens needed: 3
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 3 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 6 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 3 hens)
Run space: 30 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 3 hens)
These are minimums. Most backyard keepers give 1.5–2× this much space, especially for run area, to allow range rotation and reduce feather-picking behavior.
Where these numbers come from
- Low tier 3 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 150 – 280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- Medium tier 5 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 200-280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- High tier 6 eggs/hen/week — Cackle lists White Leghorns as producing large to extra-large white eggs, with an estimated 280–320 eggs per year. www.cacklehatchery.com
- Coop 2 sq ft + run 10 sq ft per large chicken (minimum) — A small bantam chicken needs a minimum of 1 square foot of indoor space and 4 square feet of outdoor space, while a large chicken needs a minimum of 2 square feet of indoor space and 10 square feet of outdoor space. extension.msstate.edu
Frequently asked questions
What annual egg estimate do the retained Barnevelder sources give?
Cackle Hatchery's breed-facts list Egg Production as 150-200 eggs per year. Hoover's Hatchery records Production as 160 Large Dark Brown Eggs/Year. Meyer Hatchery's Silver Doubled Laced Barnevelder Weekly Production field records 3-5 eggs, stored as the annual equivalent 156-260 eggs per year.
What egg color do the retained Barnevelder records list?
McMurray Hatchery's spec table records Egg Color as brown. Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field records Dark Brown. Meyer Hatchery records Egg Color as Brown. The page stores brown as the canonical egg-color label.
What mature weights do the retained Barnevelder records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Female Mature Weight field records 6 lbs and Male Mature Weight records 7 lbs. Cackle Hatchery's Weights field records Hen 6 lbs and Rooster 7 lbs. Meyer Hatchery's Bird Size field records Hens 6 lbs; Roosters 7 lbs.
What temperament and comb type do the retained Barnevelder records list?
Hoover's Hatchery records Temperament as Docile, Curious, Active, Gentle. McMurray Hatchery's Comb Type field records single. Hoover's Hatchery records Comb Type as Single Comb. Meyer Hatchery records Comb Type as Single. The page stores docile and single as the canonical labels.
What APA class and breed type do the retained Barnevelder records list?
McMurray Hatchery's Class field records Continental and its Heritage Breed field records yes. Cackle Hatchery's Poultry Show Class field records Continental Class. Meyer Hatchery's APA Class field records Continental. The page stores Continental and heritage as the canonical labels.
What climate tolerance and maturity do the retained Barnevelder sources list?
Hoover's Hatchery records Hardiness as Cold and Heat Hardy. McMurray Hatchery's Weeks to Maturity field records 28. The page stores both and 28 weeks as the canonical values.