Estaires chicken

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Poule d'Estaires
Country of originFrance
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    2.2 kg[1]
  • Female:
    2.2 kg[1]
Classification
EEFrance[2]

The Poule d'Estaires (French pronunciation:

Nord département, particularly in the areas of Estaires, La Gorgue, Laventie and Merville, from which birds were supplied to Lille
.

A breeders' club was formed in 1999, and in 2004 the breed came under the protection of the Centre Régional de Ressources Génétiques, the genetic resource centre of the Nord – Pas de Calais region.

Characteristics

The Estaires breed is closely similar to the Croad Langshan: the comb is small and regularly serrated, the legs are dark slate-blue or almost black and are slightly feathered. The plumage is black with beetle-green lights;[3] there are also gold- and silver-necked colour variants.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Breed data sheet: D'estaires/France. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b La Poule d'Estaires (in French). Espaces Naturels Régionaux Nord - Pas de Calais. Accessed August 2014.
  4. ISBN 9781405156424
    . p. 93, 126
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