List of French chicken breeds

This is a list of the chicken breeds usually considered to be of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from France. Not all of these breeds have existed continuously since they were first described; some, like the Pavilly, Merlerault and Caumont, became extinct in the early twentieth century and were later recreated.

Breed Cock Hen Chick Notes Alsacienne golden salmon bantam cock black hen blue chick 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

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Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.

Alain Fournier (2005). L'élevage des poules. Paris: Artémis. .

Jean-Claude Périquet (2015). Races de poules et de coqs de France. Paris: Editions France Agricole. .