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A little girl dressed as a baby chicken walks with children and their parents in costumes in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills, Oct. 28, 2006. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
In the heart of Queensland’s Nambour, where a giant pineapple towers like a surreal sentinel, the town is etching its name further onto the map with its inaugural Poultry Spectacular.
Globally, poultry contests are serious business, far from being mere chicken feed.
Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.
