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New England Legends Podcast

Chicken Farmer I STILL Love You

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 287 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Valentine’s Day driving along Route 103 in Newbury, New Hampshire, to see some graffiti that’s endured for half a century. Though the state once painted over it in the 1990s due to a complaint, Newbury responded with a petition to protect this enduring but odd message of affection. The painted rock reads: Chicken Farmer I Still Love You. Who first put it there and why?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, happy Valentine's Day, Ray.

0:05.0

And happy valentines to you too, Jeff.

0:07.0

So we're heading north on Route 103 in New Hampshire.

0:11.0

Yep, we're currently in the town of Newbury, which is where you'll find Mount Sinopee.

0:15.0

Hey, that's right. You know, I've actually skied that mountain before?

0:18.0

Oh, are we going skiing?

0:20.0

No, What we're

0:21.2

looking for is actually just a rock on the side of the road. Okay. Well, New Hampshire is the

0:26.6

Granite State. Right. There's plenty of rocks on the side of the road and really everywhere in New

0:30.9

Hampshire. No, I get that. But the rock we're looking for is special. It's got some graffiti on it

0:36.4

that's been there for decades, and it's really

0:38.8

tough to miss. Okay, so we just passed Rainbow Garage, so our rock should be coming up on the right.

0:47.5

And yep, there it is. Okay, yeah, there's a boulder, maybe 10 or 15 feet from the edge of the road.

0:55.4

It's about three or four feet tall.

0:57.2

The flat face of the boulder is painted maroon.

0:59.8

And in white letters, it says, chicken farmer, I still love you.

1:10.0

Hello, I'm Jeff Blander. And welcome to episode 287 of Valentine's Day special edition of the New England Legends podcast.

1:17.7

And I'm Ray Osier.

1:18.7

Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time.

1:23.3

We can't do it without your help.

1:25.0

So please reach out to us anytime through our website

1:27.7

with your own local tales of roadside oddities,

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