Three French Hens (Day 3)

Our village is lucky enough to have some creative types who have themed Christmas shopping into the 12 days of Christmas poem.  We are up to the "three french hens" so we picked through some trivia to find out what that was all about....and will do so each day..just to get into spirit of things.

La Fleche, Crèvecoeur and Houdans. Poultry historians, yes they exist, trace these breeds way back. Morbier is a wonderful cheese from Franche-Comte with a layer of ash that gives it a distinctive stripe. Normande, Charolais and Limousin are cows which I do not believe were on the gift list. Morilles, Pleurote and les Cèpes are all mushrooms. The Crevecoeur gets its name from a village in Normandy as does the Houdan chicken. La Fleche is a handsome black chicken, the Houdan often has black and white speckles with a top knot and the Crevecoeur is black with a crest. So, all the answers to this question are French names for things to eat but only three names are for chicken.
From The Birds by Respighi, Movement IV, "The Hen"