Marion, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- white
- Eggs / year
- ~160
- Hen weight
- ~6.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- docile, sweet, easily handled
- Forages
- fair
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- Continental
- NPIP stock code
- R1039
- Origin
- France
Breed guide
Houdan
Also known as: Poule de Houdan
Old French table breed with a crest, beard, five toes, and mottled black-and-white plumage. It once supplied the Paris meat market. These days the breed is rare, held by conservation breeders and exhibitors.
Keeper's notes
Keep the crest dry in rainy weather the way you would with any crested breed, and check it for lice. They are mild-mannered and take confinement without fuss.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: French
Standard weights: cock 7.5 lbs, hen 6.5 lbs, cockerel 6.5 lbs, pullet 5.5 lbs
“Houdans resemble the Dorkings in shape and size; the crest of the Houdan is one of the most important sections; it should be round and not divided at the top.”
Disqualifications: Absence of crest or beard; feathers other than black or white in any part of plumage.
APA recognized varieties
Continental · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Mottled 1874White 1914
Houdan listings
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Where to find Houdan
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (5)
Shumway, IL
Odin, IL
Casey, IL
Kingsley, MI
Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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