Thrilling news for Franco’s cock
Published:
July 9, 2012 at 10:04am
Kristina Chetcuti reports in The Times today:
MALTESE CHICKEN IS SAVED!
Malta’s unique chicken, the Black Maltese, has been saved from extinction as people flocked to buy them after reading students’ pleas in The Times.
A group of dedicated students from the Malta College of Arts Science and Technology have been working on a breeding programme for years to put the Black Maltese back on the market.
Their call was heard and all the available stock – some 200 of them – was bought by Maltese and foreigners.
“They all came with the aim to save the breed,” said Paul Spiteri, lecturer and project co-ordinator at the Mcast Institute of Agribusiness.
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Erm, if they sold all available stock, what happens now?
Chicken stock
On the Maltese Black market?
The breed is not Black Maltese, but Maltese Black.
Will Botox Jeff throw another of his tantrums because our national chicken is – my God – BLACK?
I am pretty sure that Debono will now ask us all for some gratitude for having had a helping hand in saving this cock.
Yellow is more Franco’s colour.
Or green
It seems that the closest Franco will ever come to a ‘koxxa’ is one belonging to a ‘tigiega Maltija ta razza sewda’.