Giant Chicken Statue

photo by Kevin Surbaugh

Description:
The artist Faith Schexnayder, said that this statue is made out of Styrofoam and fiberglass. Made in 1998 or 1999, it was a prototype for a kids interactive piece (that kids could climb on and slide down the tail). More then that Schexnayder said that it also represents a protective mother hen (she had just started having kids when she designed it) which you don't want to mess with.
Previously the chicken was painted the same color as the house, but after years of saying she was to do it, she repainted it in the current colors in December 2012. "It was my Christmas gift to myself," she quipped. 

photo by Kevin Surbaugh

Admission:
Free

Handicapped Accessibility:
This is in the artists private yard, which has no sidewalk in front of it and uses steps to get into the yard. As such it is not very accessible.

Phone:
512-448-2256

Website:
Flat Fork Studio

Location:
709 West Gibson Street, Austin, TX
Just off of south 1st street, near Barton Springs road.

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