Landaise Chicken

     The Landaise is a breed of Chickens that was developed in the region of Landes and Gascony in France.  It became very rare around the 20^th century, and it’s considered critically endangered at the moment.

     The Landaise is an elegant fowl with a long and thin body, covered with a shiny black plumage. It has a single comb, white earlobes that can be yellow too depending on the bird’s diet, and slate-blue legs. The Landaise is also closely related to the Gascon, which differs mainly in having red earlobes instead.

     Landaise hens are good layers of creamy-white eggs (+200) of weight 50 – 60 g per each, and also go broody. These birds are known with their wild nature, being energetic and alert, and even hens seek hidden places for their broods.

     Rearing Landaise chickens is quite challenging, as they are quite flighty and don’t like being handled at all. However, they are productive fowls, and yield meat of excellent quality. Interestingly, Landaise chickens also have impressive personalities and having a flock of them surely drives happiness to their breeders.