Catch the hatch: Marietta announces Big Chicken reopening date

The renovation was part of an effort to overhaul all 60 metro Atlanta KFCs that KBP Foods owns.

But the 12 Cobb Parkway location deserved special attention, what with the huge chicken and all.

Demolition was completed in mid-February. In late March, the AJC tagged along to snap pictures and video as workers repainted the actual chicken structure.

In all, the changes amount to weathered wood walls and new tiling along with the 55 seats a new patio and separate screened-in porch will provide. There will also be a sign outside reading “The BIG Chicken,” as if it weren’t obvious enough.

The chicken first hatched in 1963. Eleven years later, KFC took over and considered tearing down the bird structure after high winds damaged it in 1993. Obviously, it stayed.