Английская Википедия:Coucou des Flandres

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The Coucou des Flandres, Шаблон:Lang-nl, is a criticallyШаблон:Hyphenendangered Belgian breed of domestic chicken. It may have a common origin with the Malines from the area of Mechelen (Шаблон:Lang-fr), in the province of Antwerp in Flanders, or may indeed represent the original type of that breed before it was cross-bred in the nineteenth century with various different types of imported Oriental chicken. By the time of the First World War it had disappeared; it was re-created in the years before the Second World War. It is critically endangered in Belgium, but more numerous in Picardy in France. It may also be known as the Poulet de Dendre, for the Dender river in its area of origin.Шаблон:R

History

The origins of the Coucou des Flandres are unknown. It may have existed for hundreds of years. It is apparently related to the Malines from the area of Mechelen (Шаблон:Lang-fr), in the province of Antwerp in Flanders. It may perhaps represent the original type of the Malines breed before it was cross-bred in the nineteenth century with various different types of imported Oriental chicken including birds brought from Shanghai, China, to the zoological gardens of Antwerp as well as Brahma, Langshan and Cochin birds.Шаблон:R

The Coucou des Flandres had disappeared by the time of the First World War, but was re-created in the years before the Second World War. It is critically endangered in Belgium, where in 2005 a census found only 53 birds.Шаблон:R It is more numerous in northern Picardy in France.Шаблон:R

Characteristics

The Coucou des Flandres has only one plumage variety, cuckoo.Шаблон:R The comb is single; the legs are pinkish-white and unfeathered.Шаблон:R

Use

Coucou des Flandres hens lay about 150 cream-coloured eggs per year, with a weight of about Шаблон:NobreakШаблон:R They are good mothers and good sitters.Шаблон:R

Further reading

• J.-M. Larivière, J. Detilleux, P. Leroy (2011). Estimates of inbreeding rates in forty traditional Belgian chicken breeds populations = Schätzung des Inzuchtgrades bei vierzig einheimischen Belgischen Hühnerrassen. Archiv für Geflügelkunde 75 (1): 1- 6.