List of French chicken breeds

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. 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.^{[4][page needed]}

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