In the small town of Cobough, Ontario, not far from Toronto, a child found a chicken in the bathroom at McDonald’s.

The boy, age 5, came running out of the restroom to report his discovery, the Northumberland News reports, while his mom was ordering him a Happy Meal.

After some initial skepticism from the adults, they found the kid was correct: there was a live, brown chicken in the bathroom.

No one knows where the chicken came from. (Perhaps a customer abandoned it there?) The McDonald’s staff called Municipal Animal Services, which took the chicken away before it could be turned into extra fresh chicken nuggets.

The chicken was then sent to the owner of a local pet store, who keeps chickens and plans to introduce it into her flock:

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