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A bronze plaque with a rooster mounted on an upright granite stone
Little Compton, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Red Monument

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.
Seattle, Washington

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
farms

Podcast: Glaum Egg Ranch

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 14, 2021
Strängnäs Ö, Sweden

'Hönstavlan' ('Picturesque Chickens')

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.
Pray, Montana

Chico Hot Springs Giant Chicken

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.
Pantaneiros are rare, but perfectly adapted to the swampy Pantanal wetlands of South America.
food

Inside the World of Obscure Livestock

Around the world, people are preserving barnyard standouts.
Alex Mayyasi June 22, 2021
farms

Podcast: Glaum Egg Ranch

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 25, 2021
A selection of soups from <em>The Chicken Soup Manifesto</em>.
chickens

Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.
Kayla Stewart November 30, 2020
Minsk, Belarus

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.
Colonel Sanders has never been more festive.
food

How a White Lie Gave Japan KFC for Christmas

One cunning business maneuver created a tradition and saved a franchise.
Luke Fater December 13, 2019
Singapore

Hawker Chan Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.
Australian-American Memorial.
Canberra, Australia

Australian-American Memorial

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.
Dala-järna, Sweden

Café i Fårhus

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.
Sportsmanship.
Henderson, Texas

Rusk County Youth Expo Center

Your one-stop-shop for antique tractor shows and emotional paintings of children championing livestock.
A 1973 chicken barbecue fundraiser for a fire department.
farms

Why All of Upstate New York Grew Up Eating the Same Barbecue Chicken

The true legacy of the Cornell professor who invented the chicken nugget.
Sarah Laskow May 26, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Chicken Barb

This pulled chicken sandwich has a cult following in the Massachusetts towns of Methuen and Lawrence.
Gastro Obscura

Doodle Soup

This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.
Farmers still use the same techniques developed 2,000 years ago.
ancient technology

The Egyptian Egg Ovens Considered More Wondrous Than the Pyramids

A hatching system devised 2,000 years ago is still in use in rural Egypt.
Vittoria Traverso March 29, 2019