Proud and elegant, its black plumage glinting with blue-green highlights, the Alsace black chicken is the most typical poultry breed from this region of northeast France, near the border with Germany.
Adult males weigh between 2 and 3 kilos, and the females between 2 and 2.5 kilos. The hardy breed loves wide open spaces and must be raised outdoors. They often spend the night roosting on tree branches. Farmed in fields, their diet is supplemented by grains and soy produced on the farm or bought from retailers who do not used GMOs in their feed.
Proud and elegant, its black plumage glinting with blue-green highlights, the Alsace black chicken is the most typical poultry breed from this region of northeast France, near the border with Germany.
Adult males weigh between 2 and 3 kilos, and the females between 2 and 2.5 kilos. The hardy breed loves wide open spaces and must be raised outdoors. They often spend the night roosting on tree branches. Farmed in fields, their diet is supplemented by grains and soy produced on the farm or bought from retailers who do not used GMOs in their feed.
