2016 - Volume #40, Issue #5, Page #07
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“Broken Heart” Chickens On The Endangered List
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Michelle and Irving Standing Chief, owners of Tanglewood, allow visitors to see Crevecoeur chickens up close by appointment at their “Wild West Town” of miniature and rare breed farm animals.
Interested in saving rare breeds, they have had the shy, black chickens for many years. Originally dual-purpose birds, they are now considered more ornamental, though some people buy them for backyard birds to provide medium-size eggs, Michelle Standing Chief says.
“All of ours come to us when we throw out chicken food. If they are hand-raised as chicks, they will let you pick them up,” she says. “We do keep ours enclosed in the hen house. They do not like the cold or wet and are not as hardy in the winter as other breeds of chickens. They’re great foragers and the hens are wonderful, protective mothers.”
With small, fine bones Crevecoeurs are moderate size (females at 6.5 lbs. and males about 8 lbs.). They have a V-shaped comb, very white meat on the breast, and very dark leg meat.
Some U.S. breeders are interested in bringing back the original characteristics to make the Crevecoeur chicken a meat and egg bird and not just an exotic chicken.
To learn more about the breed or to see more photos, check out the Tanglewood website.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tanglewood, 171 Tanglewood Dr., Canton, Georgia 30115 (ph 770 667-6464; www.tanglewood.farm; info@tanglewood.farm).
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