Should the chicken be Georgia's state bird?

AUGUSTA - An Augusta group is organizing a movement to try to change the Georgia state bird from the brown thrasher to the chicken.

The Flip the Birds Campaign aims to change the state bird to the Cornish chicken. Group leaders say the chicken should be the state bird to honor the poultry industry which it says contributes billions to Georgia's economy.

The campaign is gaining support.

Richard King, whose Maryland Fried Chicken restaurant sells 7000 pieces of chicken each week, agrees the chicken is better known than the current state bird, the brown thrasher.

The brown thrasher was recognized as Georgia's state bird in 1928, but wasn't officially designated until 1970.

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