Pictave

Pictave
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered[1]: 46 
Country of originFrance
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    800 g[2]
  • Female:
    600 g[2]
Egg colourcreamy white
Classification
EEyes[3]
PCGBnot listed[4]

The Pictave is an endangered French breed of bantam chicken. It is named for the Pictavi, the tribe which gave its name to the former Province of Poitou, now part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is a true bantam, and has no full-sized counterpart; it is the only true bantam of France. Cocks weigh about 800 grams and hens about 600 g. It was created in the twentieth century by Raymond Lecointre, who used the hens to incubate his pheasant eggs and raise the chicks.

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