List of French chicken breeds

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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
Alsacienne Poule d alsace F SDA2013.JPG
Bourbonnaise
Bresse Gauloise Volailles Bresse cropped.jpg
Coucou de Rennes Coq coucou de Rennes-2.jpg
Coucou des Flandres
Krüper Hahn Gesperbert.JPG
Crèvecoeur Crevecoeur chicken.JPG
Estaires
Faverolles Allemande
Faverolles Française
Houdan
Coq de Janzé-5.jpg
La Fléche Poule de La Flèche.jpg
Tab18 Hühner (Geflügel-Album, Jean Bungartz, 1885).jpg
Marans Marans-Junghahn-Kupferschwarz 2009.jpg
Pictave

Extinct breeds[]

References[]

  1. ^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
  2. ^ Breeds reported by France: Chicken. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
  3. ^ Alain Fournier (2005). L'élevage des poules. Paris: Artémis. ISBN 9782844163509.
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