It's completely obvious...

[muddipuppy]

Big Bird was a Polish Frizzle.

 

[gryeyes]

 

[BirdNut]

Thank you for the laugh!

 

[The Turken Lady]

 

[erner]

OMGosh! I never knew Jim Henson was THAT awesome!

 

[awesomefowl]

My Polish looks exactly like Big Bird, but she isn't a frizzle.

photo!

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

Brilliant!

I'm sorry! I didn't see this was in GJF

 

[duckluv]

 

[Magic Birdie]

 

[gryeyes]

I think I will have nightmares now. Big Bird was always such a great character, so nice, so friendly, so innocuous. That side-by-side comparison with the enlarged Polish chicken just freaked me out, as I know chickens are omniverous. Big Bird just ate seeds, but not chickens... eeek.