Why did the chicken cross the road

I went to check on the mail this afternoon and was statled by what I saw. My yard is blooming with spring flowers which I knew about and I stopped to stare at the lovely flowers....then out of the corner of my eye I spotted it. It walked slowly, with caution towards me. I stood still not sure what to do.....It would be silly to run. I was not afraid, just surprised and startled at this visitor to my yard. A Chicken has made my front yard her home. She walked slowly towards me pecking at the ground. I sometimes hear rooster crowing in the morning so I know one of my nieghbors has chickens....so this chicken must be on the run. No bulletins have been placed for a runaway chicken, but my yard must have seemed like a sanctuary for the runaway fowl.

I told Armando that we had a visitor and he said he noticed the chicken last week. He thought it would just leave. I have fed strayed cats...but no idea on what to feed an AWOL chicken. It would be nice for it to stay and lay eggs.....but maybe that would be too much to ask for. I will worry that the cats who sometimes visit my yard will spot this new visitor and try to make it a meal. I hope it is a smart chicken if there is such a thing, but for now I will watch it as it pecks the ground and hopefully builds a nest.