Appenzell pointed hood

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Appenzell Pointed Hooded Chicken
Appenzell pointed hood
Appenzell pointed hood cock
Origin: Appenzellerland , Switzerland
Year: 15th century
Colour: black; blue; silver; dabbed gold black; chamois-dabbed white (most common); pure gold; White
Weight: Rooster 1.2 to 1.5 kg,
hen 0.9 to 1.2 kg
Laying output per year: 100-150 eggs
Eggshell color: White
Egg weight: 55 g
Breeding standards: BDRG
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The Appenzeller Spitzhaube (in Switzerland also: Gässerschnäpfli or Tschüpperli ) is a breed of domestic chicken from the Appenzellerland in Switzerland . The breed was first registered in 1952, but is said to have been bred in monasteries in the Alpine region as early as the 15th century . The ancestors of the Brabanters , an old Dutch breed, and two French breeds, La Flèche and Crève-Cœur, are assumed.

features

The trademark of the Appenzell Spitzhaubenhühner is their eye-catching headdress: the narrow, forward-sloping feather bonnet, which is reminiscent of the traditional bonnet of the Appenzell Sunday costume , as well as the two "horns" of the comb. The Appenzeller Spitzhaubenhuhn is ideally adapted to the conditions of the mountains, climbs excellently on rocky ground and can fly well. It likes to spend the night in trees, even in winter. Since it has only small wattles and two small horns instead of a comb, even the severest frost can hardly harm it. Hens weigh only a little over a kilogram and roosters barely over 1.5 kg. Pointed-hooded chickens are relatively good layers: in the first year they lay around 150 white-shelled eggs weighing 55 grams . Their breeding instinct is low. In the last century there were more than ten different colors of this breed. To date only five have survived: the most common are the silver-black-spotted ones. Much rarer and on ProSpecieRara's list are the gold-black-spotted, pure gold, black and pure white strokes. The cocks can be recognized from the 8–9 week of the week by the croissants and the wattles that are larger than their sisters.

Breeding goals:

  • Resilience and hard weather
  • vitality
  • longevity
  • Laying performance
  • Clean drawing and beautiful pointed hood

Origin and development

Appenzeller Spitzhaubenhuhn spotted gold and black

The pointed hooded chicken is said to have been bred in monasteries in the Alpine region as early as the 15th century. The ancestors of the Spitzhauben are likely to include the Brabantians, an old Dutch breed, as well as two French poultry representatives, the "La Flèche" and "Crève-Coeur" chickens. In the 20th century, the pointed hooded chickens were only preserved in Appenzell, which is why they were henceforth called "Appenzell pointed hoods". The Appenzell people also call their pointed hoods "Gässerschnäpfli" or "Tschüpperli". In the early 1950s, the breed almost became extinct. One of the first ProSpecieRara projects took on the breeding of the endangered pointed hooded chickens in 1983. In the same year, 230 chicks hatched in the care of the foundation. In autumn 1983 19 breeding groups could be put together from these young chickens.

Today's distribution Appenzell pointed-hooded chickens are bred all over Switzerland, with the focus of breeding being in eastern Switzerland.

Inventory development: stable

Usage: eggs

Breed standard

Appenzell pointed hoods spotted white and black
  • Body: cylindrical, medium length, harmoniously rounded.
  • Head: medium-sized, with a pointed hood bent forward and

small horn comb.

  • Face: fiery red, little feathered; Wattles of medium length, fine in

Tissue; Ear discs oval and bluish-white.

  • Bill: strong, bluish, with strongly distended nostrils.
  • Neck: slightly curved, with rich hangings.
  • Chest: full, well arched
  • Back: medium length, slightly sloping (hen: almost horizontal).
  • Shoulders: broad, rounded.
  • Wings: quite long, well dressed.
  • Tail: fully covered, broadly fanned out, almost at right angles to the line of the back

carried.

  • Thighs: visibly protruding, slender.
  • Legs: medium length, fine boned, featherless, blue.
  • Toes: well spread, nails light horn-colored.
  • Plumage: quite hard, well fitting.
  • Weight: rooster 1.5–1.8 kg, hen 1.2–1.5 kg.
  • Eggshell color: white.

Shades of color: The five shades of gold-black-spotted, black, blue, silver-black-spotted, chamois-white-spotted are recognized.

literature

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The Appenzeller Spitzhaubenhuhn on the ProSpecieRara homepage , last accessed on January 7, 2016

Web links

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