The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is a 1977 children's book by Daniel and Jill Pinkwater.

[1] The book may have been inspired by the Jersey Giant breed of chicken.

[citation needed] The main character, Arthur Bobowitz, is asked to pick up a reserved turkey for his family's Thanksgiving dinner.

Arthur eventually finds an eccentric old man, who sells him a live 266-pound chicken named Henrietta.

The family welcomes Henrietta with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure.