{"id":581,"date":"2010-07-31T14:10:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T18:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/?p=581"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:09:47","slug":"mels-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Mel&#8217;s Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of these chickens scattered around the country. I don&#8217;t know that much about them but Mel has two of them in the park. I wish I could have learned more about why he collected all these items. BYW the White Chicken is virtually identical to the Barnburner Chicken in LA, except this one has his tail painted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_583\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583\" data-attachment-id=\"583\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=583\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?fit=1579%2C1874\" data-orig-size=\"1579,1874\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280598989&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mel&#8217;s Painted Chicken\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG_0625&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mel&#8217;s Painted Chicken&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?fit=145%2C172\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?fit=494%2C586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625-253x300.jpg?resize=253%2C300\" alt=\"chicken\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?resize=253%2C300 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?resize=863%2C1024 863w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?resize=126%2C150 126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0625.jpg?w=1579 1579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mel&#8217;s Painted Chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_582\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-582\" data-attachment-id=\"582\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=582\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?fit=1475%2C1853\" data-orig-size=\"1475,1853\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280598784&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0620\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG_0620&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mel&#8217;s White Chicken&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?fit=145%2C182\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?fit=494%2C621\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620-239x300.jpg?resize=239%2C300\" alt=\"chicken\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?resize=239%2C300 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?resize=815%2C1024 815w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?resize=119%2C150 119w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0620.jpg?w=1475 1475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mel&#8217;s White Chicken<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of these chickens scattered around the country. I don&#8217;t know that much about them but Mel has two of them in the park. I wish I could have learned more about why he collected all these items. 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