Crèvecœur chicken
 Crèvecœur (male in foreground) | |
| Country of origin | France |
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| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 3.5 kg |
| Female: 2.5 kg | |
| Egg color | white |
| Classification | |
| APA | continental[1] |
| ABA | all other comb clean legged |
| PCGB | rare soft feather: heavy[2] |
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Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus | |
The Crèvecœur is a rare breed of chicken originating in France. It is named after the town of Crèvecœur in Normandy, and is one of the oldest French chicken breeds. It may be the progenitor of the La Flèche, Houdan, and Faverolles breeds.
The Crèvecœur has uniformly black plumage, a V-shaped comb and a large crest, similar in this last regard to the Houdan and Polish breeds. Unlike the Houdan, the Crèvecœur only has four toes. The legs are a dark blue-gray.[3]
Use
The Crèvecœur was first kept in France as a dual–purpose chicken, raised both for its white eggs and for meat. In the United States and the United Kingdom, where consumers prefer table birds with light-colored legs, it is primarily bred for poultry exhibition. The Crèvecœur was added to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1874.[1]
Footnotes
- 1 2 APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties as of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Accessed August 2014.
- ↑ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Accessed August 2014.
- ↑ (Ekarius 2007, pp. 116–117)
References
- Ekarius, Carol (2007). Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds. 210 MAS MoCA Way, North Adams MA 01247: Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58017-667-5.
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