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Article: CHICKENS MORE THAN JUST DUMB CLUCKS
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- United Press International
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- September 20, 2002
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Chickens more than just dumb clucks
Sep 20, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Although chickens
tend to be associated with junk cars and shantytowns in the country,
the birds recently have acquired a more upscale status, perhaps after
Martha Stewart started showing up on late night television crowing
about her prize-winning Anaucana hens living in the Palais de Poulet
and laying eggs in shades of her signature colors of blue and green.
Others have known about the peculiar charms of the clucking pullets
for decades.
When a chain of shoe stores offered a baby chick with each pair of
shoes purchased, a young Kim Sturla excitedly brought a bunch of the ...