{"id":5339,"date":"2021-11-09T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/?p=5339"},"modified":"2021-11-09T15:41:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:41:37","slug":"the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/","title":{"rendered":"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;29px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pollo-1-scaled.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.6&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|30px|0px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Valdarnese Bianca breed is an <\/span><b>autochthonous poultry breed<\/b> <b>of the Valdarno<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose selection dates back to 1957 thanks to the work of a group of Valdarno poultry.The breeding of the<\/span><b> Valdarnese Bianca <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was closely linked to the figure of the sharecropping tenant. This breed was outside the sharecropper\u2019s agricultural pacts, for this reason it\u00a0 represented a way to increase family income. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another\u00a0 link has been found\u00a0 between these chickens and the sharecropper\u2019s wife : the name used to indicate the breed in\u00a0 Valdarno was<\/span><b> &#8220;buccole chicken&#8221;,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is, the gold earrings that the sharecroppers\u2019 wives wore. A lover of the forest and open spaces, rebellious to any constraint, particularly allergic to enclosures , the <\/span><b>Valdarnese Bianca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is bred in the woods and in open spaces, in the free state.\u00a0 It stands out for its<\/span><b> white plumage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for its long\u00a0 wings closely fitted to the body, its blood red coloured crest and wattles very developed, especially in cocks, and blood red coloured. A breed renowned for the excellent quality of meat with a particularly firm consistency, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tasty and fat-free, fruit of the long period of outdoor breeding (from four to six months). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another typical breed older than this territory is the<\/span><b> Valdarno <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">breed:\u00a0 <\/span><b>Pollo del Valdarno <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the valdarno is a very rustic and strong chicken with\u00a0 intense<\/span><b> black plumage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the red crest is brought perfectly straight in the rooster and elegantly folded in the hen. Present in the rural Valdarno since the early nineteenth century; at the beginning of the twentieth century, this breed became quite rare. The bird became almost extinct but it was recovered at the end of the twentieth century\u00a0 thanks to the meticulous selection work of some poultry farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valdarnese Bianca breed is an autochthonous poultry breed of the Valdarno, whose selection dates back to 1957 thanks to the work of a group of Valdarno poultry.The breeding of the Valdarnese Bianca was closely linked to the figure of the sharecropping tenant. This breed was outside the sharecropper\u2019s agricultural pacts, for this reason it\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Valdarnese Bianca breed is an autochthonous poultry breed of the Valdarno, whose selection dates back to 1957 thanks to the work of a group of Valdarno poultry.The breeding of the Valdarnese Bianca was closely linked to the figure of the sharecropping tenant. This breed was outside the sharecropper\u2019s agricultural pacts, for this reason it\u00a0 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Valdarno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VisitValdarno.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-09T14:14:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-09T14:41:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pollo-1-400x250-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ambito Turistico Valdarno\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ambito Turistico Valdarno\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/\",\"name\":\"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-09T14:14:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-09T14:41:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48412d46ac9dcc8201b55d19205c077c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/\",\"name\":\"Visit Valdarno\",\"description\":\"L\u2019universo del Valdarno\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48412d46ac9dcc8201b55d19205c077c\",\"name\":\"Ambito Turistico Valdarno\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1da6919e1a8d8e9fc1600fc9294d476e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1da6919e1a8d8e9fc1600fc9294d476e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ambito Turistico Valdarno\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/author\/ambito-turistico-valdarno\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno","og_description":"The Valdarnese Bianca breed is an autochthonous poultry breed of the Valdarno, whose selection dates back to 1957 thanks to the work of a group of Valdarno poultry.The breeding of the Valdarnese Bianca was closely linked to the figure of the sharecropping tenant. This breed was outside the sharecropper\u2019s agricultural pacts, for this reason it\u00a0 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/","og_site_name":"Visit Valdarno","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VisitValdarno.it","article_published_time":"2021-11-09T14:14:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-09T14:41:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":250,"url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pollo-1-400x250-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ambito Turistico Valdarno","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ambito Turistico Valdarno","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/","url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/","name":"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese &#8226; Visit Valdarno","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-11-09T14:14:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-09T14:41:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48412d46ac9dcc8201b55d19205c077c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/the-valdarno-chicken-and-the-white-valdarnese\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Valdarno chicken and the White Valdarnese"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/","name":"Visit Valdarno","description":"L\u2019universo del Valdarno","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/48412d46ac9dcc8201b55d19205c077c","name":"Ambito Turistico Valdarno","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1da6919e1a8d8e9fc1600fc9294d476e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1da6919e1a8d8e9fc1600fc9294d476e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ambito Turistico Valdarno"},"url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/author\/ambito-turistico-valdarno\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pollo-1-400x250-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5339\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvaldarno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}