About The Giant Key West Chicken

About the chicken

This 15-foot chicken started its life in Key West, where it lived for two years; traveled to Merriweather Post Pavilion for two years; spent ten years in Martha's Vineyard; and is now on its way to Ojai, CA. It took over 1,000 hours to make this metal sculpture, including two weeks to disassemble the machines and build a small bridge crane to lift the heavy parts after they were created.

But despite this far-flung travel, this 7,500lb sculpture was created by a talented metal sculptor and artist named Derek Arnold who lives nearby and has been a key contributor to Manor Mill, including all of the metal railings around the water wheel well and in the back. The chicken moved to Ojai, California in 2024.