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SOMERSET, Pa. - Henrietta the chicken was living inconspicuously among 36,000 other birds at Brendle Farms for 18 months — until a foreman noticed she had four legs.
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"It's as healthy as the rest," the farm's owner, Mark Brendle, told The Daily American.

Brendle's 13-year-old daughter, Ashley, named the chicken Henrietta after the discovery Thursday. The bird has two normal front legs and, behind those, two more feet. They are of a similar size to her front legs but don't function. The chicken drags her extra feet behind her.

In 30 years of farming, Brendle said, he's never before seen a chicken with four legs.

There's no definitive reason why such deformities happen, said Cliff Thompson, a retired professor of genetics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He said it could be an accident of development, akin to a sixth toe on a cat.

Brendle said he jokingly suggested to his family that it sell Henrietta in an Internet auction, but Ashley objected.

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[taco]

A buddy of mine has a three legged chicken, ive eaten eggs from the fucker.

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Originally Posted by taco

A buddy of mine has a three legged chicken, ive eaten eggs from the fucker.

Nigel Tufnel: The legs all go to 4. Look, right across the barn, 4, 4, 4 and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most chickens go up to 2?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's faster? Is it any faster?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's two faster, isn't it? It's not 2. You see, most chickens, you know, will be running with 2. You're on 2 here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on 2 feet. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Run with up to 4.
Nigel Tufnel: Four. Exactly. Two faster.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make 2 faster and make 2 be the top number and make that a little faster?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These chickens have to four.