French Poulet Rouge™ Chicken

Poulet Rouge™ chickens (aka redbro cou nu chicken) are a venerable heritage breed renowned for their flavor and their thin skin. Heritage poultry breeds are slower growing than conventional chicken, resulting in a far more delicious bird.

These Poulet Rouge™ chickens are raised in North Carolina from Label Rouge breeding stock imported from France. They are fed a strict vegetarian, all-grain diet free from animal byproducts. They live on small family farms in open-sided houses with sunlight, natural ventilation, and access to the outdoors.

The shape of a Poulet Rouge™ is significantly different from the chickens you see at the grocery store. Their bodies (and thus their breast meat) and legs are longer and less pudgy. They’re leaner and have a richer, fuller flavor.

These birds are hand inspected, selected for premium quality and hand processed before being air chilled.

Air chilling chickens (as opposed to the cheaper and more common industrial water chilling) is a more environmentally sound process that generates less waste and further improves the flavor and texture of the bird. (Water chilled chickens absorb undesirable water during the chilling process.)

Each Poulet Rouge™ is large enough to provide two hearty servings or four lighter portions.