Estaires (chicken)

The Poule d'Estaires is a breed of domestic chicken from the Nord – Pas de Calais region of north-eastern France. It is a variety of the Langshan breed imported to England from China in 1872, and exported from there to Europe soon after.[3][4] Some were raised in the Pas-de-Calais département, and others in the neighbouring Nord département, particularly in the areas of Estaires, La Gorgue, Laventie and Merville, from which birds were supplied to Lille.

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

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. 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. 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. La Poule d'Estaires (in French). Espaces Naturels Régionaux Nord - Pas de Calais. Accessed August 2014.
  4. Victoria Roberts (2008). British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405156424. p. 93, 126
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