Case of Rescued Chicken a Mystery, Says Somerville 'Chickeness'

What was the chicken doing outside, in the snow, at night? Somerville's chicken-raising expert says it's a "mystery."

Update: The chicken was reunited with its ower, according to Deputy Chief Paul Upton. It had escaped from its coop on Cherry Street, he said in an email. It's not the sort of call Somerville police hear from their dispatcher on a regular basis: "Chicken stuck in a snow bank." But that's just the transmission officers responded to Tuesday night, according to the Somerville Police Department's website. The website says at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the stuck chicken near the Shaw's supermarket parking lot off Elm Street in Porter Square. Once on the scene, "Officer Difava bravely jumped into action and saved the chicken from certain peril," the website says. The story caught the attention of Boston.com. Deputy Chief Paul …

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