Reader John McLellan just set me this very curious story.  It reads like a thriller about chicken identity theft. 

If you’re missing your chicken, particularly if your chicken is a bit of a con man, send me an email ([email protected]) and I’ll put you in touch with John

Lost a red, sex-link chicken? This is the weirdest thing as I had just two days before found one of my own chickens dead in the run having fallen prey to the pecking order and this one that was wandering in my driveway in Newton Center looks exactly like the one I’d lost. It is not, however, as this one is perfectly healthy and strutting all over my backyard, lording its freedom over the four left in my run. If you are looking for your lost chicken, i may have found yours.