Coucou de Rennes
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Hauska Fakta
The Coucou de Rennes is one of France's native auto-sexing breeds — a trait so commercially valuable that it was independently developed in several French regions in the early 1900s. Male chicks hatch with a paler, more uniform down while females carry a darker eye stripe, allowing Breton farmers to cull surplus cockerels at day one without specialist sexing skills.
A French auto-sexing dual-purpose breed from Rennes in Brittany, developed in the early 20th century as a practical cuckoo-barred farmyard bird with the commercially valuable trait of auto-sexing — male and female chicks can be told apart by down colour at hatch. The Coucou de Rennes combines the cuckoo plumage pattern (grey-black barring throughout) with good egg production and respectable table weight. Recognised by the Société Centrale Avicole de France (SCAF) and the EE Europastandard, it is maintained today by French conservation breeders in Brittany.
🏷️ Rotu
Coucou de Rennes
💭 Luonne
Calm, active, friendly, good forager, cold-hardy
📏 Koko
Large (2.7-3.6 kg)
⏳ Elinikä
5-8 years
🎨 Värit
Cuckoo — regular blue-grey and white barring on every feather
🌍 Alkuperä
France — Rennes, Brittany; developed early 20th century; SCAF recognised
🏠 Elinympäristö
Free-range or enclosed run; adapted to the wet Atlantic climate of Brittany
🍽️ Ravinto
Layer pellets; good free-range forager on Breton pasture
🎯 Käyttötarkoitus
Dual Purpose
🥚 Munan väri
Tinted
👑 Harjatyyppi
Single
🏅 EE-luokka
Large Fowl