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] 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.

[12][1]: 305  The Poultry Club of Great Britain allows any colour seen in any breed of game fowl.