Age-old mystery of why the chicken crossed the road revealed thanks to rescued fowl which lives at pub
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A HEN caught playing chicken with traffic on busy country roads has been given a custom hi-vis jacket. Rescue bird Billie Jean likes to wander near her home at The Railway Inn. But landlady Sharron Brimble said their adventurous egg-layer, who is well-known with regulars, has started to “wander a little bit further afield than the pub garden”.
![[Rescue bird Billie Jean likes to wander near her pub home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/help-cross-road-billie-jean-958462127.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The bird has been seen living on a wing and a prayer dodging traffic. So Sharron has now decided to give her a bright jacket to wear outside the pub in Cam, Gloucestershire, so drivers can avoid her. The mini hi-vis jacket even has room for Billie Jean’s wings and a reflective strip so she can be seen on her adventures.
![[Locals decided to give the chicken a hi-vis jacket]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/help-cross-road-billie-jean-958529782.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Sharron said: “We’ve had a few comments online on Facebook saying that they were worried about Billie Jean crossing the road. “So we decided to get her a hi-vis jacket. “She’s a real character and likes to be on her own — she doesn’t like to be around any other chickens.”.
![[Billie Jean lives at The Railway pub in Gloucestershire]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/help-cross-road-billie-jean-958529801.jpg?strip=all&w=639)
Sharron added: “Billie Jean likes to be fed, particularly cheese crackers when she sometimes comes inside the pub. We hope that this high-vis keeps her safe.”. Pub-goers have shared their delight at the chicken getting a hi-vis. One local said: “Billie Jean regularly enacted the age-old joke ‘Why did the chicken cross the road’. She’s our chicken superstar.”.
![[The popular hen can now be seen by drivers as she wanders the pub grounds]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/help-cross-road-billie-jean-958462194.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
