The Millefiori
Piemontese is currently extinct, however, according to local experts, it seems
to have still existed in the beginning of the 1990’s although genetically
altered by out-crossing. According to the available description, it seems to
have been quite similar to the Ancona breed (exchequer), heavily built and with
red earlobes but still quite similar to the typical homosomic Mediterranean
chickens.
The possibility of
surviving of few relict Millefiori Piemontese chicken can’t be excluded, so who
knows? They may come back.
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source: Agraria.org