Somehow this seems related to all of today's discussion about factory farming practices. A four-legged chicken lived for 18 months on a farm before being discovered. She was among 36,000 chickens on a farm in Pennsylvania. Seems like they might have spotted her sooner if they'd had less birds.
Posted on September 27, 2006
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