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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jun 5, 2009
taking inspiration from python
it had horns because they were nailed on
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 5, 2009
Oooooh, pointy points?
The horns were growing from its head, Taff. No trick at aaaaaall there, no... 
Oh, and I might give you a DGI point, if you can tell me why.
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Teasswill Posted Jun 6, 2009
Some old breed of chicken that no longer exists?
Some other biological definition of horns that is not commonly known?
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
Ooooh, sorry, another 
for the "breed of chicken".
It also isn't a biological definition of "horns".
But for a clue: it is a certain *type* of chicken we're talking about.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jun 6, 2009
is it some sort of calcification disease that turns the comb into bone thus giving the chicken horns
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
Ooooh, "disease", yet another !
They're quite healthy chickens.
But they weren't born with horns, I'll give you that 
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
No, though I'm sure you could find them in France.
It might help to think about the specific type of chicken. Or why the farmer is not surprised.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jun 6, 2009
the greater horned rooster
the glands that secrete the outer shell of the egg come out of the head in a wierd mutation and when they try to lay an egg you get a watery squirt out the back end and a couple of horns out the top
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
Ooooh dear - "mutant" .
Are you *trying* for these, Taff?
It's not a mutant. It's quite normal for that type of chicken in that time and place.
I'll give a point to anyone who does a good summary of what we've got so far...
Nobody will guess it in one go unless they know already (where's Gnomon when you need him?) so try taking it step by step... 
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jun 6, 2009
its a legacy from the times birds were dinosaurs
these chickens are decsended from triceratops
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
Wow, you found one I didn't klaxon 
Not it, though.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jun 6, 2009
are these horns some form of corrupted word describing the comb of the chicken
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 6, 2009
Yes, that's close to the right spelling of Archaeopteryx, which, however, has nothing to do with this question. Next person who says it's something other than Gallus gallus domesticus, your plain old garden-variety chicken, will be fined a point for not paying attention.
Nor is it merely a matter of semantics - the chicken has horns, though they're only partly made of horn.
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 6, 2009
Its a Prairie Chicken. Otherwise known as a Turkey!!!
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