← All breeds Houdan Houdan breed profile: White eggs, v-shaped comb, pink legs, large, fair layer.
Standard at a glance This is an approximate profile for a rarer or variable breed. Check it against your own standard.
Eggs
Comb V-shaped comb
Feather pattern Mottled feathers
Legs Pink
Skin White Size, laying and temperament
Frame height large
Egg production fair layer
Broodiness rarely broody
Docility calm
Bone density medium
Foraging skill decent forager
Cold hardiness tender On the app's 1 to 5 scale. Load this breed as a goal and every bird you score is matched against it.
Crosses with Houdan What a Houdan hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Blue eggs, pea comb × Araucana Blue eggs, pea comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Bielefelder Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Black Australorp Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Black Copper Marans Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Blue Andalusian White eggs, single comb × Buff Orpington Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Cochin Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Delaware Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Dominique Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Easter Egger Blue or White eggs, pea comb × Faverolles Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Golden Comet Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × ISA Brown Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Jersey Giant Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Legbar Blue eggs, single comb × Light Brahma Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × New Hampshire Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Olive Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Polish White eggs, single comb × Rhode Island Red Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Silkie Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Speckled Sussex Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Welsummer Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × White Leghorn White eggs, single comb Now with your own birds Load the Houdan standard as your breeding goal in one tap. Add your flock, set a breeding goal, and the pairing engine ranks every hen and rooster you own against it. Free for up to 15 birds.
Sources Houdan Breed standards and profiles The Livestock Conservancy: breed pages and the "Pick a Breed" comparison chart (egg colour, rate of lay, broodiness, temperament, foraging, cold hardiness) Oklahoma State University, Breeds of Livestock: chickens (comb, skin and shank colour, egg colour, weights, origin) University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension A2880, Chicken Breeds and Varieties (egg colour, skin colour, comb, class and use) American Poultry Association, recognised breeds and varieties (which breeds and varieties are standardised) The Poultry Club of Great Britain, breed pages (British and rare breeds) Checked September 2026. Hybrids and breeds no reference covers are marked approximate. Egg colour on these pages follows one rule: Brown is any shade a buyer would call brown; Cream/tinted is off-white.