Even if it was only a trick, it was a damned clever one which might confound the Judge and the jury if I could get my hands on a stray chicken at school.

Syskar was so hot that there weren't even any stray chickens--just sand rats and snakes and scattered goats.

She is a stray chicken in a world of foxes.

When asked about crimes, sixth graders talk of police officers who capture rabid raccoons or stray chickens.

The homes had apparently been looted and were bare of all except scraps of old clothing, scattered letters and greeting cards, empty bottles, jars of salt or chopped garlic, and a few stray chickens.

They would have let us starve, so we took what we needed, grass for our horses, wood for our fires, some pieces of fruit from the trees, perhaps a stray chicken or two.

Near human habitation, they are known to snatch stray chickens, cats, and dogs on occasion.

Later in the day, he chanced upon another stray chicken near the stables.

Instead, stray chickens and stray garbage lined the narrow unpaved streets that led into a large, landscaped compound with barbed wire on its high walls.

To the Editor: I thought having a stray chicken in my backyard was strange enough in Miami, but in New York?