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The black-and-white studio image features a Bresse Gauloise (a French breed) cockerel named Jean-Pierre.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
While the sight of Lamia carrying around the proud cockerel has the makings of an image straight out of a children’s tale, nothing in the little girl’s life has storybook qualities.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 May 2025
Charlotte tracked down that eccentric French fan, and son of a veteran from the Foreign Legion, Clement Tomaszewski, who has been bringing a cockerel named Balthazar Recommandato (there have been 35 Balthazars) into stadiums for four decades.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The cockerel had grown for more than a century, present for the comings and goings of the village, its births and deaths.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
By Erika Solomon Page A1 The Olympic Flame Melts Parisian Cool
There are people walking around the world’s fashion capital with fluffy cockerels on their heads.
—Matt Flegenheimer Claire Fu David Dee Delgado Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2024
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
While the sight of Lamia carrying around the proud cockerel has the makings of an image straight out of a children’s tale, nothing in the little girl’s life has storybook qualities.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 May 2025
Charlotte tracked down that eccentric French fan, and son of a veteran from the Foreign Legion, Clement Tomaszewski, who has been bringing a cockerel named Balthazar Recommandato (there have been 35 Balthazars) into stadiums for four decades.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The cockerel had grown for more than a century, present for the comings and goings of the village, its births and deaths.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
By Erika Solomon Page A1 The Olympic Flame Melts Parisian Cool
There are people walking around the world’s fashion capital with fluffy cockerels on their heads.
—Matt Flegenheimer Claire Fu David Dee Delgado Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Cockerel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockerel. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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cockerel
noun
cock·er·el
ˈkäk-(ə-)rəl 
: a young male domestic chicken
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