A video of a giant chicken strutting around was released on the weekend – and people just can’t get over it. With so many speculating why the chicken is so ginormous – with guesses ranging from the bird being on steroids to it actually being a human child in a chicken costume – we finally have some much anticipated answers. On Monday afternoon, Livestock Conservancy confirmed in a Facebook post the identity of the pet: “The chicken in that video is a Heritage Breed Brahma Chicken.”
Yup, that chick is the real deal. Brahma chickens are often referred to as the “King of All Poultry”, and their feathers come in three colours – light, dark and yellowish. They can weigh up to 13 to 14 pounds for hens and 17 to 19 pounds for cocks.
The particular Brahma chicken we see in the video, who just conquered the Internet, is said to belong to a Kosovo-based man named Fitim Sejfijaj. He appears to be the first to have shared the video with the following caption: “Enjoy watching Merakli”.
Thanks, we surely enjoyed that!
More info: Facebook (h/t: distractify)
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Oh, and if this really is a real rooster, then you had better not p**s him off, cause he can be one Bad Mother....................
Brahmas are a pretty docile and amicable breed. You'd have to work pretty hard to p**s him off, which would make you a pretty serious jerk. My Delewares, on the other hand, need no provocation whatsoever to get pissy. I'd rather have the big goofy Brahma.
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I know its not a person. I played it over for more than a dozen times, and anatomically a human lacks many characteristics. Anyway, I'm still trying to decide if this is still digital manipulation.
He's just a big Brahma. They're a large breed. No digital manipulation needed. I've never had Brahmas, myself, but I've had Australops, which are fairly large, as well, and my ladies barely fit in our standard nesting boxes.
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I'd like to see it beside a cat, a dog or a person, to see how big it is really! I know you can see another chicken on the video but that other one, althouh smaller, doesn't look tiny compared to it so I am guessing they belong to the same species.
It goes about up to the knee of an average human.
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There's something wrong with the camera lens. You can tell because it grows bigger so abruptly when it gets closer to the camera and its feet are huge. It's a normal chicken coming out of a small coop.
Actually, no, Brahmas are really that big. I have some
Load More Replies... Oh, and if this really is a real rooster, then you had better not p**s him off, cause he can be one Bad Mother....................
Brahmas are a pretty docile and amicable breed. You'd have to work pretty hard to p**s him off, which would make you a pretty serious jerk. My Delewares, on the other hand, need no provocation whatsoever to get pissy. I'd rather have the big goofy Brahma.
Load More Replies... I know its not a person. I played it over for more than a dozen times, and anatomically a human lacks many characteristics. Anyway, I'm still trying to decide if this is still digital manipulation.
He's just a big Brahma. They're a large breed. No digital manipulation needed. I've never had Brahmas, myself, but I've had Australops, which are fairly large, as well, and my ladies barely fit in our standard nesting boxes.
Load More Replies... I'd like to see it beside a cat, a dog or a person, to see how big it is really! I know you can see another chicken on the video but that other one, althouh smaller, doesn't look tiny compared to it so I am guessing they belong to the same species.
It goes about up to the knee of an average human.
Load More Replies... There's something wrong with the camera lens. You can tell because it grows bigger so abruptly when it gets closer to the camera and its feet are huge. It's a normal chicken coming out of a small coop.
Actually, no, Brahmas are really that big. I have some
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