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       Two Kentucky police officers are being hailed for their “unflappable bravery” and “MacGyver-like ingenuity” in the plucking of a human-terrorizing chicken.

       The officers responded to a CVS in Elizabethtown on Friday to a squawk about a "very hostile chicken” menacing customers.

       Kentucky PD hailed officers for showing "MacGyver-like ingenuity" in apprehending chicken with a milk crate. (Elizabethtown Police Department)

       “Into the very beak of danger,” the Elizabethtown Police Department said of the officers in a humorous Facebook post of the fowl caper. “Responding officers were pecked viciously by the uncooperative fowl fiend, and he made some adept use of vehicles for cover."

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       Kentucky officers responded after being told a "very hostile chicken" was menacing customers at a local pharmacy. (Elizabethtown Police Department)

       It added, “Some quick thinking, unflappable bravery, and some MacGyver-like ingenuity involving a milk crate (led) to the swift apprehension of the peevish poultry.”

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       The post concluded by saying the officers were expected to recover from their tussle with the bird after some doughnut therapy.