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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:00 AM
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4-Legged Chicken Discovered On Farm
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SOMERSET, Pa. --Henrietta the chicken was living inconspicuously among 36,000 other birds at Brendle Farms for 18 months -- until a foreman noticed she had four legs.

"It's as healthy as the rest," the farm's owner, Mark Brendle, told The Daily American.

Brendle's 13-year-old daughter, Ashley, named the chicken Henrietta after the discovery Thursday. The bird has two normal front legs and, behind those, two more feet. They are of a similar size to her front legs but don't function. The chicken drags her extra feet behind her.

In 30 years of farming, Brendle said, he's never before seen a chicken with four legs.

There's no definitive reason why such deformities happen, said Cliff Thompson, a retired professor of genetics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He said it could be an accident of development, akin to a sixth toe on a cat.

Brendle said he jokingly suggested to his family that it sell Henrietta in an Internet auction, but Ashley objected.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/09/23/pa_farm_discovers_a_4_legged_chicken?mode=PF
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:21 AM
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1. Hey, extra drumsticks.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:54 AM
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2. I'll need the extra-large box of corn flakes
To bread that sucker!
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:56 AM
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3. LOL!! on a similar note....
i cooked my first Beer-can chicken last night. i don't think i'll ever cook it a different way again :9
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 11:08 AM
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4. I love that method!
A few xmases ago I got one of those cylinder broasters to do just that - fill it with beer, and it stands itself up inside the oven or on the grill! I set it up on the charcoal grate, with no upper grate, so there is room for the lid to cover it. :9
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