Car’s hengine problem easily cracked

When a customer took her car into the garage with starting problems and a strange engine noise, she thought mechanics were having a yolk (joke) when they revealed the eggsact (exact) problem.

On removing the vehicle’s engine covers, technicians at the Carcraft Service Centre in Wednesbury, West Midlands were amazed to discover a chicken. Totally unharmed and clucking happily, the bird had taken up residence and was very much at home under the bonnet.

“I’ve no idea how the chicken got there” said the customer. “I haven’t been near a farm or anywhere you might usually see a chicken. It’s a complete mystery.”

Whilst no fowl play is suspected, the team at the Carcraft Service Centre in Wednesbury are still none the wiser as to where the bird came from or how it got in the car.

“It’s not something we often come across” said Anthony Clapp, Service Centre Manager. “We’re more used to dealing with horse power than chickens! Everyone’s just happy to have solved the problem and saved the chicken.”

Amongst some of the theories being put forward are that the bird could have been a battery hen or a turbo rooster! The chicken is now residing happily at the home of one of the centre’s technicians, who has a smallholding.

Carcraft Service Centres offer a nationwide network of branches offering motorists dealership standard car care, repairs and MOTs at less than fit prices.