Appenzeller Barthuhner

An Appenzeller Barthuhner hen
Photo courtesy of Nick Nick (The Chicken Mother!)

OK, I know little about this breed, except that it comes from the same area of Switzerland as the Appenzeller Spitzhauben. It is a more powerfully built bird and lacks a crest. Instead it has a rose comb with a backward pointing spike, a full beard and white ear lobes.

Breed clubs:

The Rare Poultry Society (UK)

The Appenzeller Breed Society (Switzerland)
Mr. Eugster Edi
Talsrasse 41
CH-9442 Berneck
Switzerland
++41 71 744 34 60

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