large fowl and bantams: double-laced, double-laced blue, black and white; the silver double-laced variety is recognised in the bantam only, and other varieties are in development. The Entente Européenne recognises two further colours in large fowl – blue and partridge – and lists the silver-black double-laced as unrecognised; for bantams it recognises crele and partridge in addition to those recognised in Holland, and lists the blue. In the United Kingdom the four varieties recognised are the double-laced blue, double-laced brown, double-laced silver and black. Use A Barnevelder hen lays some 175–200 brown eggs per year, with a weight of about References Further reading Wilhelm Bauer, Dieter Kopp (2012). Barnevelder und Zwerg-Barnevelder (sixth edition, in German). Series: Expertenwissen Geflügelzucht. Reutlingen: Oertel + Spörer. Chicken breeds Chicken breeds originating in the Netherlands Barneveld (municipality)