What is a prairie chicken?
by 
Craigor in memory of Rev. Fleming
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Prairie Chicken refers to several birds in the genus Tympanuchus: Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus Lesser Prairie Chicken For more information, click on the link below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Chicken
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I think what you are looking for is the chicken they sell in stores. It means that the chicken was not penned, but roamed free before they killed it.
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An underaged girl from Kansas?
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It's usually used as a euphemism for cooking and eating prairie dogs. Cooking "Prairie Chicken" no doubt sounded more appetizing than cooking "Prairie Dogs." Here's a recipe: http://www.lovelandnet.com/toms-place/writing/pdf/recipes.htm
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The Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido, is a large bird in the grouse family. This North American species was once abundant, but has become extremely rare or extinct over much of its range due to habitat loss. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Prairie_Chicken ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A grouse of open grassland, the Greater Prairie-Chicken is known for its mating dance. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Greater_Prairie-Chicken.html
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