Giant Rooster of Windmill Farms
Windmill Farms
1275 North Thompson Avenue,
Arroyo Grande, California
93420
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! 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.
So when my sister informed me that she had seen a giant chicken near Nipomo, it raised my curiosity. On my way home from my sister's house, my wife and I caught the large bird, actually a rooster, outside Windmill Farms in Arroyo Grande, perched on a flat bed old style truck, viewable off of Highway 101, standing proud for passing motorists to see.
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."
At the time 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 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 down in Los Angeles!
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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: 2015-01-06
