April 15 (UPI) -- A Maine resident's pet chicken was officially named the oldest of her species in the world at the age of 15 years and 100 days old.
Frank Turek brought Gertie the Golden Sebright chicken to his Portland property when she was a freshly-hatched chick in 2010.
"Her plumage, once it fully emerged after a few months, was immediately stunning," he told Guinness World Records. "And she was always the most photogenic."
He said that despite being a smaller breed of chicken, Gertie quickly came to rule the roost.
"Since the original flock, we've had four influxes of new chicks," he said. "Many have long since passed -- and others who were too aggressive to fit in were adopted out -- and through all of those personnel changes, Gertie was the presumptive leader."
