A Fowl Story

True story: Last winter I ran across a Facebook post by my friend, and UPS driver, Mark Lopez: "With all the pheasants on 5 Mile Prairie I thought if I ever hit a bird it would be one of those. Today as I was blasting down Johannsen Rd... someone's CHICKEN flew out in front of me and WHAM!!!"

Partly true story: I was able to interview one of the chickens and wrote this brief news blurb...for no one in particular. Well, ok, I knew that Mark would laugh.






BROWN DOWNS WANDERING FOWL

A chicken ran afoul of a UPS truck on a stretch 

of Johannsen Road on the once mostly rural 

5 Mile Prairie. She has been identified as long-

time resident Hatty Henly and was pronounced 

decidedly dead at the scene.

Coop-mate, Fiona Feathers, recounts details of 

the accident (silly, high-pitched British accent), 

"We all told her not to do it. But she's always 

been a little flighty. So off she goes with nary a 

look to the right or the left. Next thing we know 

there's a blur of brown and a pitiful squawk and 

a thud! Crackers! She never saw what hit her! 

Poor thing!"

The investigation has shown that UPS driver, 

Mark Lopez, had no warning of her advance 

onto the roadway. She'd been partially hidden 

by brush before she made a break for the other 

side. Back at the coop friends and relatives are 

coping as well as can be expected. All still 

support free-range and hope that others will 

take instruction from this unfortunate incident. 

But the question still remains, "Why did the 
chicken cross the road?"