Crevecoeur
From the Livestock Conservancy - The Crèvecoeur chicken is one of the oldest standard-bred breeds in France. Their name translates to “broken heart” and derives from the small town of Crève-Coeur en Ange in Normandy. Little is known about the breed’s origins other than they were developed in Normandy and have been documented back to the 12th century. The Crèvecoeur capon was a very popular meat bird of the upper-middle class French. In 1889, there were two sets of awards offered at the first agricultural exhibit held in Paris: one for Crèvecoeur chickens and another for all other chicken breeds. Although the breed was popular in France, it didn’t gain much interest in other countries.
I got my first Crevecoeur in January of 2018 and I didn’t know what I had. I thought he was cool lookin’ so I got him for free. I named him Tommy Lee. I channeled my 80’s Metal days. The next year I really dived into the breed and found them to be on the Livestock Conservancy List. I started to breed them and entered my first show in Fall of 21’. I entered a Cockerel and one first place. I was hooked. I then got in touch with a better breeder named Sue out of Oklahoma. Since that time I have not stopped breeding or showing.
