The breed has been known since the eighteenth century and is probably the result of crossing imported Spanish birds with local Bergische Kräher stock.

A breed association, the Vereinigung der Züchter Bergischer Hühnerrassen, was established in 1916.

In 2001 it was an "endangered breed of the year" of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen;[5] it is listed in category I, "extremely endangered", on the Rote Liste of that organisation.

It is found in one plumage colour only, Silver-laced Black, and is even rarer than the full-sized Schlotterkamm.

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