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Encyclopedia > Leghorn (chicken)

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Chicken - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (4251 words)
Because of the risk of flight, chickens raised in the open air generally have one of their wings clipped by the breeder — the tips of the longest feathers on one of the wings are cut, resulting in unbalanced flight which the bird cannot sustain for more than a few meters.
Chickens serve as one of the most common meats in the world, and are frequently prepared as food in a large number of ways.
A chicken is tethered by the leg and kept present at the ceremony for the duration to ensure that any evil spirits present during the ceremony go into the chicken and not the family members present.
Foghorn Leghorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2489 words)
All of the motion picture Foghorn Leghorn cartoons were directed by Robert McKimson, and he vies with the Tasmanian Devil as the most popular character associated with the director.
The references to Claghorn were obvious to much of the audience when the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons first premiered, but like many of the references in WB cartoons of the era, they have since become dated and "go over the heads" of most modern-day audiences.
A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's loud, overbearing voice.
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