Downtown Fitzgerald

 Chickens roam our downtown Fitzgerald and have been here since the 1960's. According to the fitzgeraldga.org website: "The Georgia Department of Natural Resources stocked Burmese chickens as an additional game bird to be hunted like pheasant or quail.  Flocks of these chicks were released several miles from the Ocmulgee River and for unknown reasons, the chickens

left the river site and made their way to downtown Fitzgerald."

Whether loved or hated, Burmese chickens are a familiar part of the Fitzgerald scene. They wake you up in the morning, create minor traffic problems, and, some claim, even keep the bugs away.

 

However, if you see a hen & her baby chicks crossing the road, you stop your car until they pass!