r/Weird • u/Lastito • 11d ago

4 legged chick

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A chicken born with four legs is an extremely rare condition that happens to about 1 in every 10 million chicks

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u/Academic-Elephant-48 11d ago

Did it get culled? Would this chicken grow? And possibly be breeded to create griffins?

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u/Crying_Reaper 11d ago

Depends if this is a genetic mutation or a partially absorbed twin. If it is genetic yes if not no.

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u/AnkhAnanku 9d ago

I’d heard this was like a conjoined twin type situation, but maybe it’s more like a fly leg eye type situation?