Farm discovers four-legged chicken among its hens

Henrietta the chicken was living inconspicuously for 18 months among 36,000 other chickens at Brendle Farms, until a farm foreman discovered she had four legs.



Farm-owner Mike Brendle was amazed by the discovery among his standard two-legged, egg-laying hens.

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

Brendle said he has never seen a chicken with four legs before. He moves 36,000 chickens through his farm three times a year and has been farming for 30 years.