Four Legged Chick
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Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9244Members
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<a href='http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/07/16fourleggedchick.html' target='_blank'>Linky Dink</a>
A friend showed me this article a few minutes ago, it's pretty wild. You can czech it out up there but I'll just put the article and link pics here.
<!--QuoteBegin--Delaware Online+--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Delaware Online)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Four-legged chicken born in Del.
Bird with extra limbs finds home with 'Perdue Refugees'
By BEN PENSERGA
Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times
07/16/2003
Robert Short held a white pail as his mother, Laurie, drove the family truck home Tuesday from the chicken house on their farm in Laurel. Inside the pail was a yellow chick with four legs.
The bird appears to be healthy, chirping like any other chick. The Shorts even let the chicken walk around their kitchen - on two legs, although the second pair were visible.
Laurie Short said they found the chick last week among the 16,000 birds they are raising.
"It had climbed up into the bird feeder, and when my husband went to pull it out, the extra legs got caught," she said.
Laurie said her husband, Buddy, claims to have seen some three-legged chickens and a few dead four-legged ones. But 13 years of raising chickens never prepared her for a baby chick walking around with an extra pair of feet.
"It's not unusual to see them off-color," she said. "But this was really unusual."
The Shorts have debated for the past week what to do with the chick. Laurie Short said they keep the chick isolated for fear the other chickens would peck it for being different.
Short said she called the Delaware State Fair for a possible exhibition, but she was turned down because of the short notice. However, "The Chicken," as the Shorts call it, will be transported to live with Laurel resident Lee Butler, a friend of 10-year-old Robert.
"I'm the type of person who picks the chickens up on the side of the road," said Julie Butler, Lee's mother. "I call them 'Perdue Refugees.' "
Along with two black chickens and a gray one also exiled from the Shorts' farm, the four-legged chick will join the Butler's animal menagerie, which includes geese and goats. The chick will stay unnamed until they can think of the appropriate moniker, Butler said.
Laurie Short said they are glad the bird will be close by.
"We tried not to give it a name because we were afraid we'd get to attached to it," she said. "It's too late."
Reach Ben Penserga at (410) 749-7171, ext. 306, or bpenserga@smgpo.gannett.com.
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A friend showed me this article a few minutes ago, it's pretty wild. You can czech it out up there but I'll just put the article and link pics here.
<!--QuoteBegin--Delaware Online+--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Delaware Online)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Four-legged chicken born in Del.
Bird with extra limbs finds home with 'Perdue Refugees'
By BEN PENSERGA
Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times
07/16/2003
Robert Short held a white pail as his mother, Laurie, drove the family truck home Tuesday from the chicken house on their farm in Laurel. Inside the pail was a yellow chick with four legs.
The bird appears to be healthy, chirping like any other chick. The Shorts even let the chicken walk around their kitchen - on two legs, although the second pair were visible.
Laurie Short said they found the chick last week among the 16,000 birds they are raising.
"It had climbed up into the bird feeder, and when my husband went to pull it out, the extra legs got caught," she said.
Laurie said her husband, Buddy, claims to have seen some three-legged chickens and a few dead four-legged ones. But 13 years of raising chickens never prepared her for a baby chick walking around with an extra pair of feet.
"It's not unusual to see them off-color," she said. "But this was really unusual."
The Shorts have debated for the past week what to do with the chick. Laurie Short said they keep the chick isolated for fear the other chickens would peck it for being different.
Short said she called the Delaware State Fair for a possible exhibition, but she was turned down because of the short notice. However, "The Chicken," as the Shorts call it, will be transported to live with Laurel resident Lee Butler, a friend of 10-year-old Robert.
"I'm the type of person who picks the chickens up on the side of the road," said Julie Butler, Lee's mother. "I call them 'Perdue Refugees.' "
Along with two black chickens and a gray one also exiled from the Shorts' farm, the four-legged chick will join the Butler's animal menagerie, which includes geese and goats. The chick will stay unnamed until they can think of the appropriate moniker, Butler said.
Laurie Short said they are glad the bird will be close by.
"We tried not to give it a name because we were afraid we'd get to attached to it," she said. "It's too late."
Reach Ben Penserga at (410) 749-7171, ext. 306, or bpenserga@smgpo.gannett.com.
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pm me the link please? go on it is my birthday <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
tis amasing i think...
anyone wants it holla at meh.
i thought it would be random though... the 4 legged person was due to : 'Teaching Hospital said July 3, 2003 the babies deformities were caused by incomplete growth of another fetus and multiplication of cells'
so it is more understandable but still wow!
sorry for the hi-jack only i find a 4 legged human more excicintg then a small fluffy critter. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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LOL!!!!!
Holy crap....that just made my day. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Its probably the father of all chickens....he is here to avenge all his fellow chicks who were slaughtered for KFC!!!
I want to do this, someone buy me a 4 legged chick so i could try <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Actually this is as little as one mutation. A group of genes called Hox or "hot box" genes control body plan to a huge degree. A single mutation in these can make drastic changes to the overall organism. In beetles for example, one mutation can make a beetle with 20 legs, or make the legs sprout from the eyes and the like.
Body forms are a lot more malleable than you'd think with only small changes.
I also imagine those two extra legs would reduce the animals overall fitness.
Probably not. It is likely to be a slight alteration and possibly wouldn't get passed down. Depends on what kind of genetics are behind it.
LOL! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> A gattling plasma cannon, right?
LOL! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> A gattling plasma cannon, right? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
pfft is there any other kind?
I want 2 extra legs.
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Don't push your luck... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
any sharp sticks?
The rich countries start to conquer 3rd world ones for there resoures ie oil to surive,
Europe disolves into quarling bigering nations,
Cows are born with two heads (it has happend), now chickens with 4 legs.
Remember to duck and cover when the bombs drop.
its the "life is one big computer game" thing again
run for your lives
or humans...
Four legged chcikens! Halving the costs of fast food the world around!