Kicker - How did the chicken cross the road?

NICK EICHER, HOST: Why did the chicken cross the road? Or in this case, 13 miles of highway?

Well, we don’t know why, but we do know how.

A Vermont family’s chicken hitched a ride into town when a passerby spotted it wandering around.

Lo Fasano told WCAX that when she couldn’t find the owner, she called an animal shelter—and even the police—and got the following response!

FASANO: And they said they don’t do chickens.

So Fasano took the chicken home and posted a picture to Facebook. And that post eventually found the bird’s owner, Rebecca Thibeault.

THIBEAULT: I was like, this is my chicken! So we need to go get my chicken.

Her beloved bird is back home, safe and sound. The chicken’s name used to be “Bug.” But after she flew the coup, Thibeault renamed her “Amelia,” as in Amelia Earhart.

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