Giant Chicken: Juan Pollo's
Juan Pollo Corporate Headquarters
1398 North E Street,
San Bernardino, California
92405
San Bernardino plays host to three giant roosters. One of them can be found outside Juan Pollo's Corporate Headquarters, which just also happens to be the location of the First McDonald's. So in addition to the giant rooster, there is all sorts of McDonald's memorabilia to look at in the McDonald's museum at the same address!
International Fiberglass is perhaps best known here 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!
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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: 2016-04-21
