Houdan

[ hoo-dan ]

/ ˈhu dæn /

one of a French breed of chickens having a V-shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.

Origin of Houdan

First recorded in 1870–75; after Houdan, village near Paris where these hens were bred

The Houdan has the size, deep compact body, short legs, and fifth toe of the Dorking.

Poultry |Hugh Piper
Also the average degree of polydactylism is much greater in the Silkie than in the Houdan crosses.

Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl |Charles Benedict Davenport
It is also clear that the offspring of Silkie crosses are more apt to be polydactyl than those of Houdan crosses.

Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl |Charles Benedict Davenport
A houdan cockerel with bedraggled speckly plumage and a ragged crest hanging over one eye struts from doorstep to doorstep.

A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds

The Polish and Houdan fowl thus retain in the outer nasal opening an embryonic condition.

Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl |Charles Benedict Davenport

Houdan

/ (ˈhuːdæn) /

a breed of light domestic fowl originally from France, with a distinctive full crest

C19: named after Houdan, village near Paris where the breed originated