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 200px
Aquitaine
Barbezieux
Bourbonnaise
Bourbourg
Bresse Gauloise 200px
Caumont
Caussade
Charollaise
Combattant du Nord
Côtentine
Cou-nu du Forez
Coucou de Rennes 200px
Coucou des Flandres
Courtes-Pattes 200px
Crèvecoeur Crevecoeur chicken.JPG
Estaires
Faverolles Allemande
Faverolles Française
Gascogne
Gâtinaise
Gauloise Dorée
Géline de Touraine
Gournay
Hergnies
Houdan
Janzé 200px
La Fléche 200px
Landaise
Le Mans 200px
Limousine
Lyonnaise
Mantes
Marans 200px
Merlerault
Meusienne
Noire de Challans
Noire du Berry
Pavilly
Pictave
Poule des Haies
Sans-Queue

Extinct breeds

References

  1. Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Accessed October 2014.
  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.