Chapon du Périgord

Chapon du Périgord is a male bird belonging to a variety of slow-growing chicken from the south-west corner of France. Reared for a minimum of 150 days, chapon du Périgord is castrated before reaching sexual maturity. Its well-developed, rounded muscles are marbled with intramuscular fat, while the extremely delicate skin hides a substantial subcutaneous fat cover.

Chapon du Périgord is sold as dressed (bird plucked and gutted, with head, feet, and offal), ready to cook (bird plucked and gutted, headless, with or without tarsus), and métifait, or semi-prepared (bird plucked, gutted, with or without tarsus and with the head tucked under the wing).