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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    No rumor-I was there. I saw the bird, saw the dog before and after, and talked to the farmer. He let my dad use a bit of his land for a vegetable garden. After I found out the breed name here I was able to find a newspaper interview of the breed developer. According to this article his prize...
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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    You never saw these birds. The owner I knew said the chicken knocked him to the ground. It hit him from behind just below his knees & spurred him badly enough he needed medical attention. He was a slightly built man ( maybe 5 '7", 145 lbs) but still that is pretty scary. I am not sure about...
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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    Thank you, that was the bird. I never learned the true breed name-people even listed them as "superchickens" in the classifieds in Progressive Farmer. I am glad the people trying to re-create dinosaur's from chickens do not have access to their genetic material ;-); I always wondered though...
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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    My brother-in-law has Pekin ducks and maybe mixed chickens. His rooster looks like the Wyandot pics here but the hens vary a lot. They are average size. I have not seen my sister's.
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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    Thanks. I would not be disappointed if the breed died out but I am curious. I recently read up a bit on modern large scale poultry rearing and wondered if the old Superchicken was ancestral to the unfortunate birds in that environment. I am going to start getting my eggs & chicken from family...
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    "Superchicken" from about 1970?

    Does anyone remember the very large extremely aggressive white chickens that were developed in the late 60's or early 70's? There was an article partially about them in I believe Reader's Digest. They were developed by repeated hybridization/inbreeding. The article mentioned their cell size...
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