http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Chicken-has-odd-anatomy-329924.phpOCALA, Fla. (AP) — OK, we need to be careful here. This is a family newspaper, and the following report invites a minefield of poultry puns about poultry buns.
Yet the fact remains: There is a chicken in Ocala with two rear-ends.
Not Earth-shattering news, mind you, but it is an anomaly that has a Marion County agricultural agent puzzled and seeking answers. How is this possible? How common is it? Should the hen breed?
Southwest Ocala residents Alfredo and Ana Cruz bought the Red Star chicken from a friend recently with a batch of other chickens. They raise the animals for fun, eating and sharing the egg bounty with friends and family.
Weeks after the purchase, Ana said, she noticed the hen had a fuller back area, accentuated by the chicken's plume of white feathers. The couple brushed the feathers away and found two pubic regions, spaced about two inches apart horizontally. Typically, there is one such region in the center with a single orifice.
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Yes, it was in Florida.
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