A unique hotel in the Philippines has set a new Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken.

The 10-storey-high rooster hatched at the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Negros Occidental earlier this month.

Measuring 34.931m in height, 12.127m in width and 28.172m in length, the giant chicken hotel has been built to withstand the mountainous municipality’s storms and typhoons.

Guinness World Records officially declared the Campuestohan Highland Resort’s newest structure the “largest building in the shape of a chicken“ on 8 September.

Inside the big bird are 15 windowless hotel rooms featuring “comfortable beds”, TVs and showers, with rates starting at around £60 a night for travellers keen to get cooped up with a chick flick.

Construction began on the certified largest chicken on 10 June 2023 after just six months of planning.

Creator Ricardo Cano Gwapo Tan said that he is “proud” of his huge poultry creation for putting his province on the map.

The designer said: “I had a vision to make something with a wow factor that can really leave a footprint of admiration to the public.”

He and his wife Nita purchased and cleaned up the land for the Campuestohan Highland Resort in 2010 despite a lack of road infrastructure and electricity.

In 2024, the Filipino resort welcomes guests with a wave pool, restaurant and quirky hotel rooms – now ruled over by a giant rooster.

Ricardo explained that the rooster took shape as “Negros Occidental has a gamefowl industry that employs millions of people in the Philippines”.

“The rooster can stand against strong winds and can withstand pressure from other roosters, an attitude of Negrense people with resilience to recover quickly from any form of difficulties and hardships in life, one trait that their people have in times of crisis and challenges,” he said.

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