Welcome and good luck on your new lives!
We are in La Creuse ( dept 23) a bit north of you. It's our first 7 months here and like you we have started growing our fruit and veg ( but processing all the elderly neighbours too). We have chickens ,ducks and 2 pigs so much the same as you plan for.
keep warm this winter and good luck for 2012.
If ever you fancy a trip to buy birds or animals then check out Les Herolles in dept 87. It is held on the 29th of each month ( as it has for 400 years) and you can buy any bird known to man plus dogs,rabbits,pigs,sheep,goats,donkeys,horses etc etc etc We have our eyes on an ostrich !
Best wishes et bonne chance
Martin et Christine