Name it fowl play.
A free rooster took a “free range” trip, scoring a free of charge subway journey to Coney Island on the N practice Thursday morning after it was found fouling a subway automobile in storage.
The practice, which was as a result of depart from the Astoria-Ditmars station on a southbound run at 6 a.m., reached that station from the layup observe round 5:50 a.m.
The practice automobile was deemed too soiled to enter service, an MTA supervisor reported a short while later — including that the rooster was “refusing to leave the train.”
The MTA’s rail management heart put in a name to town’s animal management hotline, however didn’t get a response, sources stated.
Practically quarter-hour after the practice was as a result of start its run, MTA crews determined that forcing the rooster off the practice into the ready crowd at Astoria-Ditmars might be unsafe.
Rail management determined to cancel the run and ship the practice — and its feathered stowaway — all the way down to the Coney Island Yard.
An MTA spokesman confirmed the incident, including that N practice service was briefly delayed by 10 minutes due to it.
