I've seen all kinds of missing person and missing item notices, but I haven't seen a missing chicken notice, right? 'Dear neighbors, a black old hen disappeared from the 13th-floor balcony of this building a couple of days ago. If anyone finds it, please return it—many thanks.' On October 24, a netizen named 'Empty Heart Vegetable' posted a Weibo with pictures, saying that while at work, they glanced at this shocking notice outside their office building: 'It's kind of quirky, really blindsided me…'
The reporter saw that this A4-sized 'missing chicken notice' was issued on October 22 by Mr. Wu, who lives on the 13th floor. 'This is interesting.' 'It flew away from the 13th floor? A chicken that can fly!' 'If we find the black hen, to show our gratitude, should we eat it together?' Netizens joked. 'Empty Heart Vegetable' said that seeing this missing chicken notice in the Maohua International Xiang community felt both shocking and quirky, and they couldn't help but share it with everyone: 'By the way, I'm really concerned—did they find the old hen?'
'Well… this is a bit embarrassing, such a small thing, and now it's on the internet?' On the afternoon of the 24th, when the reporter contacted Mr. Wu, he said he 'still hasn't quite wrapped his head around it' and also felt 'a bit wronged.' It turned out that the old hen was meant for his brother. His brother had unfortunately fallen seriously ill, and for recovery, the family had specially brought two old hens from Pingjiang. One had just been slaughtered for food, and the remaining hen became restless and broke free from the leash, flying off the balcony. 'These local hens are really rare now, so I really wanted to get it back, which is why I posted this missing chicken notice…'
Two days after posting the notice, Mr. Wu did receive some feedback: 'Some residents said they saw a certain neighbor pick it up…' However, Mr. Wu said that after these two days, the hen probably got hurt when flying down, but he also said, 'I don't plan to ask for it back, after all, I have to consider their dignity.'
