“La Flèche chicken”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The La Flèche, {{lang-fr|Poule de La Flèche|italic=no}}, is a rare French breed of dual-purpose domestic chicken. It originates from the Sarthe département, in the Pays de la Loire region, and is named for the town and commune of La Flèche in that area, not far from the capital of the Sarthe, Le Mans. The breed was once famous for the fine quality its meat; since the Second World War, numbers have fallen very low.^[8]

History

Many authors date the origins of the La Flèche breed to the fifteenth century.^[9] An early description dates from 1846.^[10] The breed enjoyed a period of fame and success in the first part of the twentieth century,^[9] but, as with all native French breeds other than the Bresse, numbers fell heavily after the Second World War.^[8]

In the 1960s and 1970s it came close to disappearing. There has since been a gradual recovery.^[9] In 2011 a rescue project was launched by the Conservatoire des races animales en Pays de la Loire, the regional animal breed conservation body of the Pays de la Loire region.^[8]

Some birds were exported to the United States in the 1850s, but were found too delicate for the climate.{{r|albc}} Some were exported to Germany in about 1860,{{r|bdrg}} and others were exported to Britain by William Bernhardt Tegetmeier in 1882.{{r|albc}}

Characteristics

Their main distinguishing feature is their unusual V-shaped comb. They are of medium size, with cocks usually weighing between {{nobreak|3.5–4 kg}}, and hens between {{nobreak|3–3.5 kg}}.^[3]

Use

Hens may lay about 180 white eggs per year, with an average weight of {{nobreak|60 g.}}{{r|bdrg}}

References

1. ^Rassetafeln: Welsumer (in German). Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter. Accessed December 2018.
2. ^[https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/lafleche La Flèche Chicken]. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed December 2018.
3. ^¹[https://web.archive.org/web/20171104135004/http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/PDF%20Forms/APA%20Recognized%20Breeds%20and%20Varieties%20Sept2012.pdf APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012]. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
4. ^¹[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213004/http://elevagedesbondes.perso.sfr.fr/le%20la%20flèche%20club%20.html Historique de la La Flèche à travers divers auteurs du XIXème à nos jours] (in French). La Flèche Club. Archived 28 August 2014.
5. ^¹²³Poule La Flèche (in French). Conservatoire des races animales en Pays de la Loire. Accessed August 2014.
6. ^¹[https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143235/http://www.poultryclub.org/img/Breed%20Classification.pdf Breed Classification]. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
7. ^¹²³Jean-Claude Périquet (2006). Coqs et poules, les races françaises (in French). Paris: Rustica; cited in: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213004/http://elevagedesbondes.perso.sfr.fr/le%20la%20flèche%20club%20.html Historique de la La Flèche à travers divers auteurs du XIXème à nos jours] (in French). La Flèche Club. Archived 28 August 2014.
8. ^¹²³Volailles: Poule La Flèche (in French). Écomusée du pays de Rennes. Accessed August 2014.
9. ^¹Victoria Roberts (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nAfyUHY42u0C 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}}. {{nobreak|p. 157–58.}}
10. ^¹²[https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213035/http://elevagedesbondes.perso.sfr.fr/la%20flèche.html La Flèche] (in French). La Flèche Club. Archived 28 August 2014.