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| The 17 lb Cock |
| 2017-03-21 |
| It's a story about a 17-pound rooster. The minute-long video that somehow made its way onto Twitter was shared by 35,000 users as of Monday evening, and left thousands of people with a long list of questions: Is it a child in a chicken costume? Is it some kind of hybrid poultry that we didn’t know about? Finally, after hours of unanswered questions, we got our answer. “The chicken in that video is a Heritage Breed Brahma Chicken,” The Livestock Conservancy confirmed in a Facebook post Monday afternoon. Often referred to as the “King of All Poultry,” Brahmas are large chickens with feathers on shanks and toes that come in three color varieties — light, dark and yellowish-beige. They’ve been known to reach incredible weights of 13 to 14 pounds for hens and 17 to 19 pounds for cocks. That's a bit more than a capon, which is a castrated rooster, and about the same size as a domestic turkey. I'm guessing the Heritage Breed Brahma tastes like alligator. |
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| #2 Foghorn Leghorn and the Chicken Hawk had no comment |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-03-21 10:23 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-21 01:39 |