AO Wants to Know is an ongoing interview series where we ask experts in extraordinary subjects to share their knowledge with us. When I first meet Jeannette Beranger over Zoom, she’s getting ready to deliver fresh eggs from her chickens to her coworkers. But the glossy black birds that Beranger raises on her home farm in North Carolina, with hornlike red wattles and fluffy crests obscuring their eyes, are not just any chickens. They’re Crèvecœurs, a rare French breed that’s been around since the 12th century. “When other chickens are…
