Is This Giant Rooster The Biggest In The World?

Is This Giant Rooster The Biggest In The World? LIVESTOCK Poultry “I have a 5-mo old chicken that might be the biggest rooster in the world ” says Michele Velleman New Hampshire who recently sent us photos of “Big Bird” – a bruiser of a rooster that weighs in at 26 2 lbs “He’s a Cornish cross that hatched on April 1st of this year and started out like all the rest But within 2 weeks we knew we had something special because of his rapid rate of growth He shares a coop with 17 other chickens and two turkeys Unfortunately he can’t make it up the ramp into the coop on his own so I set up a dog kennel on the ground for him to give him some protection from the weather He is out and about all day long and comes when you call although he can’t run He loves meal worm treats and watermelon but we haven’t done anything special to fatten him up His crow is pretty impressive as well ”
    FARM SHOW had a story back in 2012 about “Big Boy” a Cornish/Plymouth Rock rooster that was believed to be the world’s largest chicken at 24 18 lbs The last time the Guinness Book of World Records listed a “world’s largest chicken” was in 1992 when it listed an Australian chicken that weighed in at just over 23 lbs
    Contact: Michele Velleman 47elm@comcast net; ph 617 833-9490

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