This is going to sound weird, but I’m super curious: Does anybody know what happened to the hen that used to wander around in the yard of that house on Pi‘ikoi? If you live in Honolulu, you know which house I mean – it’s the one on the right as you make the turn onto the H-1 Koko Head-bound onramp.

That chicken used to entertain me every afternoon as I headed home from work. The people who live in that house have an odd assortment of knickknacks in their yard, including an elephant statue that came up to the chicken’s shoulders in height, and the chicken loved to hang around that elephant. The juxtaposition was so ridiculous, it cracked me up every time. They also have a sculpture of an Indian head that’s about the same height. Anyway, between the lawn ornaments and the chicken, I was sufficiently amused.

Sometimes, that chicken would seemingly “disappear” for up to weeks at a time. Once, I didn’t see herfor a good three weeks, and I thought for sure she was a goner. But then one day, she reappeared – I guess she was just hanging out on the mauka side of the property, out of street view, behind the short brick wall and the rickety fence. (Let’s face it, this was near my onramp, so I couldn’t exactly be inspecting the yard as my car picked up speed.) From then on, I reassured myself that the hen would always make her return to the front yard.

But now it’s been months. I’m not a chicken stalker or anything, so I’ve lost count, but I’m fairly certain I haven’t seen Ms. Brown Hen in a good three months. This can’t be good. I’m fairly certain she’s either (a) become dinner or (b) been buried underneath all those lawn ornaments. Still, until I know for sure, I can’t help but look for her every afternoon. It’s driving me nuts!

Does anyone know what happened to the Pi‘ikoi Street chicken?