Appenzeller Barthuhn
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- Alemannic German: Bartli
- French: Appenzelloise Barbue
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Germany
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| Country of origin | Switzerland |
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| Use | eggs |
| Classification | |
| APA | no[4] |
| EE | yes[5] |
| PCGB | soft feather light[6] |
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The Appenzeller Barthuhn is a Swiss breed of bearded chicken originating in the historical Appenzell region of Switzerland.[7] It is one of two chicken breeds from that area, the other being the Appenzeller Spitzhauben; the only other Swiss breed of chicken is the Schweizer.
The Barthuhn was bred from about 1860 in the historical Appenzell region of Switzerland. It may derive, at least in part, from Italiener, Polverara and Russian Bearded stock.[7][8]: 36 Much of the breeding was done by a man named Züst in the district of Vorderland in the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, who hoped that a bearded and rose-combed bird might have a better resistance to frost than other chickens.[7] The breed was recognised in 1898.[7]
A bantam version was bred in the 1990s by E. Meier of Bottenwil, in the Canton of Aargau.[7]
A flock-book was started in 2005; in 2019 the recorded population consisted of 334 hens and 205 cocks.[9]: 12
