Nugget is McDonald’s resident chicken

“Wait, is that a chicken?”

Yes, and McDonald’s would like you to know she has been named “Nugget.”

The female game hen has turned the Sallisaw McDonald’s into her own personal coop for the past two months, giving a whole new meaning to “McDonald’s Nugget.”

Nugget’s story began when she reportedly fell off a truck in which she was riding as it came through the drive-thru lane. Staff was alerted that there was a chicken walking around the parking lot, but they took no notice of it, saying, “we thought she would run off. But after a couple days, she was still there, so we named her Nugget.”

She has lived there ever since.

McDonald’s staff says Nugget does not get in the way of cars, and spends her days scratching around in the flowerbeds, napping and posing for photo-ops. Her favorite place is just below the drive-thru menu, where customers often feed her leftover fries.

As much as the staff and customers have cherished their feathery friend, McDonald’s is doing the responsible thing and trying to find Nugget a new home, somewhere better suited for chickens.

Staff said a local woman has been trying to catch her. “As much as we love her, the parking lot is no home for a chicken. She will be happier with her own kind,” a staffer said.

So, if you find yourself ordering at McDonald’s and think you see a chicken, it’s just Nugget. And it is safe to say that “she’s lovin’ it.”