List of French chicken breeds
This is a list of the chicken breeds usually considered to be of French origin.[1][2][3] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from France.
Breed | Notes | Image |
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Alsacienne | | |
Aquitaine | ||
Barbezieux | ||
Bourbonnaise | ||
Bourbourg | ||
Bresse Gauloise | ![]() | |
Caumont | ||
Caussade | ||
Charollaise | ||
Combattant du Nord | ||
Côtentine | ||
Cou-nu du Forez | ||
Coucou de Rennes | ![]() | |
Coucou des Flandres | ||
Courtes-Pattes | | |
Crèvecoeur | | |
Estaires | ||
Faverolles Allemande | ||
Faverolles Française | ||
Gascogne | ||
Gâtinaise | ||
Gauloise Dorée | ||
Géline de Touraine | ||
Gournay | ||
Hergnies | ||
Houdan | ||
Janzé | ![]() | |
La Fléche | ![]() | |
Landaise | ||
Le Mans | ![]() | |
Limousine | ||
Lyonnaise | ||
Mantes | ||
Marans | ![]() | |
Merlerault | ||
Meusienne | ||
Noire de Challans | ||
Noire du Berry | ||
Pavilly | ||
Pictave | ||
Poule des Haies | ||
Sans-Queue | ||
Extinct breeds
- Ardeale
- Blanzac
- Chrisantheme
- Cocherelle
- Contres
- Coucou de France
- Coucou Picarde
- Coucou Soie
- Favoris
- Ivanaise
- Malgache
- Poule de Caux
- Poule de Marquise
- Poule de Saint-Omer
- Poule des Courrières
- Poule Lorraine
- Provençale
References
- ↑ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Accessed October 2014.
- ↑ Breeds reported by France: Chicken. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
- ↑ Alain Fournier (2005). L'élevage des poules. Paris: Artémis. ISBN 9782844163509.
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