Barnevelder Chicken Facts
DescriptionThe Barnevelder chicken is a very distinctive type of poultry. Its name comes from combining the names of two places: the city of Barnevelder in Flanders and the town of Vonden in Netherlands. The breed’s history is also connected with that of the city of Barnevelder itself. The name Barnevelder came from a mixture of words that meant “little hill station”. It resulted from crossing between local Dutch chickens raised on the mountain and some “Shanghai” chickens imported from Asia to Europe at the latter part of the 19th century; these might have also been of Cochin, Brahma or Croad type.