Washington, IL
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- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- white
- Eggs / year
- ~180
- Hen weight
- ~3.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- active, agile, independent
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- low
- NPIP stock code
- R1018
- Origin
- Switzerland
Breed guide
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Also known as: Spitzhauben, Silver Spangled Appenzeller
Switzerland's national chicken, named for the forward-pointing crest that looks like an Appenzell lace bonnet. A nimble mountain forager with a V-comb, most often seen in Silver Spangled. Give one the chance and it will roost high and range a long way from the coop.
Keeper's notes
Mountain-bred, so cold and rain roll off them, and that makes them a good free-range bird here. They fly. Unless you train them to the coop they will roost in trees.
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Where to find Appenzeller Spitzhauben
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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