The Blue Foot or Poulet Bleu is a Canadian chicken hybrid bred to resemble the French Poulet de Bresse.
[1] The Blue Foot was bred by Peter Thiessen of British Columbia[1] and was intended to provide an alternative to the French Poulet de Bresse, a chicken product from birds of the Bresse Gauloise breed raised and fed in a specific and traditional way within a strictly-defined area in France.
[1] The Canadian stock was destroyed in 2004 during the avian flu scare.
[2] The birds are white, with a red comb and steel-blue feet.
[2] Blue Foot chickens are typically slaughtered much later than industrially-produced stock, being left to grow for longer.