Henry the Home Run Chicken

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 03, 2020
Category: Animals | Sports | Tourists and Tourism | Natural Wonders | Twentieth Century

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Not an explanation, but here's a possible clue:

http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/life_photo_archive

Posted by Alex on 10/03/20 at 08:09 AM

He was a trained performing chicken trained by a psychologist. The postcard is for sale on Amazon of all places..You showed the front of the card but the back is where the info is at...

Posted by Lisa on 10/04/20 at 11:59 PM

I forgot the link to the card... sorry...
https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Chickens-Original-Vintage-Postcard/dp/B071RY6FV5

Posted by Lisa on 10/04/20 at 11:59 PM

Nice sleuthing, Lisa! Thanks!

Posted by Paul on 10/05/20 at 10:38 AM

Here's a biography of the person behind this enterprise: https://www3.uca.edu/iqzoo/History/keller_breland_biography.htm

Posted by ges on 10/05/20 at 10:42 PM

Ah, so the home run chicken is related to Compu-Chick, which we've posted about before!

http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/compu_chick

Posted by Alex on 10/06/20 at 08:03 AM

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