Lyonnaise ; French chicken created by Mr. Etienne Tamburni in the Lyon area. It is the result of crossing a white silkie chicken and a Curly Dutch white...
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La Flèche chicken is a rare breed today, but has been available in France since 1660. Its name comes from the town of La Flèche in the Sarthe valley. It is a...
Houdan chickens were once primarily bred in Paris for meat-loving customers. The aim was to raise a fast growing, heavy chicken with excellent meat quality...
Pictave bantam, as the name suggests, is from Poitou. Also, the term Pictave is generally known not only to the inhabitants of Poitou, but also to the Gaulish...
The word “gelline” comes from “gallina” which means chicken in Latin. The term géline no longer appears in dictionaries, but was now...
The Gascon chicken is a farm variety from the Garonne valley – from the Gironde to the Pyrenees – which has gradually disappeared with the arrival...
Crevecoeur is a historic endangered breed of crested chicken from Pays d’Auge. The breed gets its name from the village of Crèvecœur en Auge in Normandy...
It takes its name from the village of Gournay en Bray, in Seine Maritime. Gournay chickens is part of the triptych, Mantes and Houdan. They are very close...
Bresse chicken or as the French say “Poulet de Bresse”, is a breed of chicken from the Bresse region in France. It is the only poultry in the world with a...
Bourgbourg chickens ; As its name suggests, this breed originates from the surroundings of Bourbourg. It comes from the crossing of a Brahma rooster (Asian...