Sylmar Giant Rooster
Best Live Poultry and Fish
12253 Foothill Boulevard,
Sylmar, California
91342
Best Live Poultry and Fish in Sylmar plays host to a giant rooster outside its establishment. The giant rooster was made decades ago by International Fiberglass. It hangs out on a wooden platform to the left of a dumpster out front. There are also chicken and fish drawings on and above the door of the business. The rooster could use a paint refresh and there's some cracks in the bird's breast. But it is in a pretty good position for a photo op!
International Fiberglass is perhaps best known as the company that made the Muffler Men that stand guard on our highways, but they also built other fiberglass statues such as the well known Sinclair Dinosaurs and the less known, but oh so awesome, giant rooster like this one in Los Angeles! At 8 feet tall, 3 feet wide, 5 1/2 feet long and weighing in at 100 pounds of fiberglass, these colorful fowl often could be found standing on top of or outside of chicken stores throughout the country.
International Fiberglass specifically targeted chicken restaurants for the big birds, and advertised them as "Something to Crow About . . . this Gigantic Rooster. Whether mounted high on the rooftop, at ground level, or wherever, this giant sales booster is an effective display that can be seen for blocks around."
Originally, I thought there were only four of these massive birds in California (one in the hills near Jackson, one in someone's side yard in Lockeford, and only one on top of a building in Los Angeles). But as it turns out there are easily at least 30 of these birds lurking in California, including a full on infestation in the Los Angeles area with this one being just one of over a dozen in the area!
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Comments:
- ed of Escondidoon 2016-10-06 said:
- There's a big fiberglass cock on display at Hawthorne Feed in Escondido on Valley Parkway.
- Charles of Sonora , California on 2014-05-02 said:
- Link to some more Giant Chickens. Also one is located at Poor Man's Bronze in Jackson CA.
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First Created: 2014-04-21
Last Edited: 2018-01-04
