Batavia cops are on the lookout for a loose chicken in the vicinity of 111 Washington Ave. in the city. The caller to dispatch is the owner, who says it made its escape this morning.
UPDATE 1:39 p.m.: "Rooster secured at 127 South Swan," a dispatcher tells a patrol, now en route to that location. The officer says he'll try to speak with the person who captured the fowl.
UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: No word yet on how the rooster got across busy East Main Street and continued in a southeasterly direction, a trek totaling about a mile -- which Google Maps says is a four-minute drive. Here's a map of the driving route(s); but of course it's most likely the bird hoofed it.
I hope there will a follow up
I hope there will be a follow up in the hopes of finding out exactly why did the chicken cross the road.
The chicken crossed the road
The chicken crossed the road to get to the Southside...
1. Why did the chicken cross
1. Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side
2. Why did the rooster cross the road? To cock-a-doodle-do something
3. Why did the chicken cross the basketball court? He heard the referee calling fowls.
4. Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn't chicken
5. Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in the mud and cross the road again? Because he was a dirty double-crosser
6. Why didn't the chicken skeleton cross the road? Because he didn't have enough guts
7. Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide
8. Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because chickens hadn't evolved yet
9. Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the shell station
10. Why did the horse cross the road? Because the chicken needed a day off