Chicken and a calculator

Here is an animal tale: A chicken called Lucky, which helped its owner pick out winning lottery numbers, has been eaten by a fox. Lucky was rescued by Mr Gibbons, 48, who found it close to death while he was out walking in 2003, reports the Daily Post (UK).

A week later, while recuperating at Mr Gibbon´s Cheshire home, it tapped five numbers into a calculator and netted its owner US$1,500 in lottery price.

But Lucky´s number finally came up when Mr Gibbons forgot to lock its coop and it was snatched by a fox. Mr Gibbons said: "I am upset if any of my chickens get killed by a fox. That was obviously a special chicken. "I rescued it from certain death. I think it knew that and it followed me everywhere." Mr Gibbons is now trying to train his remaining hens to peck out numbers too but admitted: "It´s not quite the same."