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Girl not amused by 'SNL' joke about her disabled pet chicken

On a recent episode, the television show's "Weekend Update" co-host said she should "just eat the chicken."
Saturday Night Live - Season 44
Anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che during Weekend Update on April 6, 2019.Will Heath / NBC

UNDERHILL, Vt. — A Vermont girl isn't happy that her disabled pet chicken was joked about on "Saturday Night Live."

The chicken, named Granite Heart, is learning to walk with a custom wheelchair.

On a recent 'SNL' episode, the television show's "Weekend Update" co-host said she should "just eat the chicken."

A New Hampshire fourth grader is upset after her disabled chicken became the butt of a joke on a recent "Saturday Night Live" episode.
A New Hampshire fourth grader is upset after her disabled chicken became the butt of a joke on a recent "Saturday Night Live" episode.WBET

Ten-year-old Alora Wood of Underhill, Vermont, tells NECN-TV that she knows the segment was meant to be a joke, but says what if it was a dog.

The chicken was born with a deformed foot.

The girl says: "Any creature, no matter how big, no matter how small, they deserve to have a perfect life."

The custom wheelchair came from a company in Amherst, New Hampshire, that makes pet wheelchairs.