Pets
Beloved Chicken Lost From UWS Garden: 'We Are Devastated'
Lady Sybil, one of four chickens that call an UWS community garden home, went missing on Wednesday. Have you seen her?
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A beloved Upper West Side chicken named Lady Sybil went missing from a local community garden on Wednesday, leaving her caretakers "devastated" and scrambling to find her.
Lady Sybil is a black hen, who went missing Wednesday from the Columbia Secondary School community garden on West 118th Street and Amsterdam.
Described as a "sweetheart," Lady Sybil is around seven to eight years old.
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"She is very friendly and could be picked up and petted," a member of the community garden told Patch. "She is a sweetheart."
The name Sybil means prophetess or oracle.
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Lady Sybil is part of a volunteer-run chicken coop at West 118th Street and Amsterdam. She shares the space with three other hens: Mrs. Patmore, Big Fluff, and Penguino.
If you see Lady Sybil, volunteers at the garden ask that you please email garden@columbiasecondary.org.
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