Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 22 May 1931

Kilnhurst.

Two freak chickens were hatched last week among the poultry of Mr. Austin Sykes,. Wentworth Road.

There was one with three beaks and three eyes, and another with one beak and four eyes.

The fast bad two in the normal place, with another beak underneath, while two of the eyes were set normally with the other in the middle of the forehead.

The other freak had both beaks and eyes approximately in the normal position.

Mr Sykes succeeded in keeping the chickens alive for a week.