Coucou des Flandres
| Conservation status | critical[1]: 56 |
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| Other names |
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| Country of origin | Belgium |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Egg colour | cream-coloured |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
| EE | yes[2] |
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The Coucou des Flandres,
Second World War. It is critically endangered in Belgium, but more numerous in Picardy in France. It may also be known as the Poulet de Dendre, for the Dender river in its area of origin.[3]
History
The origins of the Coucou des Flandres are unknown. It may have existed for hundreds of years. It is apparently related to the
Cochin birds.[1]
: 49
The Coucou des Flandres had disappeared by the time of the
Second World War. It is critically endangered in Belgium, where in 2005 a census found only 53 birds.[1]: 49 It is more numerous in northern Picardy in France.[4]
Characteristics
The Coucou des Flandres has only one plumage variety, cuckoo.[2] The comb is single; the legs are pinkish-white and unfeathered.[1]: 49
Use
Coucou des Flandres hens lay about 150 cream-coloured
: 49References
- ^ a b c d e f g h N. Moula, M. Jacquet, A. Verelst, N. Antoine-Moussiaux, F. Farnir, P. Leroy (2012). Les races de poules belges (in French). Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire 156: 37-65. Accessed January 2017.
- ^ a b Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Vlaanderse Koekoek/Belgium. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Coucou des Flandres/France. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2017.
Further reading
- J.-M. Larivière, J. Detilleux, P. Leroy (2011). Estimates of inbreeding rates in forty traditional Belgian chicken breeds populations = Schätzung des Inzuchtgrades bei vierzig einheimischen Belgischen Hühnerrassen. Archiv für Geflügelkunde 75 (1): 1- 6.