Hitch-hiking hen on the loose
The feisty fowl, named Agatha, made the cross-county journey from her home in Morley to Hathersage, in a bid for freedom that could have been straight from the film, Chicken Run.
Owner, Melanie Brookes, 49, said her plucky pet has always had an adventurous personality, making her a favourite out of 22 others in her brood.
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Hide AdShe said: “Agatha is a warren chicken, which are a typically friendly and inquisitive breed.
“She is always around my feet when I go to unlock the car, and once I even found she had jumped inside.”
She added: “If you could have favourites, Agatha would be it. People say they are only chickens, but to me it is no different to losing a cat or a dog.”
Mrs Brookes, who runs a construction company in Derby, is now desperate to be reunited with her beloved bird, who was last seen by a driver from Sheffield-based Tuffnells Parcel Express near Hog Hall Farm, Hathersage.
Phil Carford, operations manager at the firm, said: “My driver arrived and when he opened the door he saw a chicken sat there.
“It just hopped out and went on its merry way.”