Ordering a three-piece combo comes with a free side.. a crowing rooster.“It’s like he knows we’re watching him. It’s like he wants everybody to come to see him, look at my feathers, listen to me crow,” said Muhassin Shepherd, General Manager of the Popeyes Restaurant on Gause Boulevard in Slidell, Louisiana.Sheperd said the <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/life/food/love-that-rooster-slidell-popeyes-new-mascot-name-rocco/289-61f4c079-c4a5-4a81-96be-3f3190730bd7">rooster appeared the day after Hurricane Ida and never left</a>. When he asked around where the chicken might have come from, the people from neighborhood said, ‘it’s not our chicken.’Employees named the "lost chicken" Rocco and built him a coop — you can’t miss it in the drive-through.

While his fellow chickens were served up to be eaten inside, Rocco served up some smiles to customers outside — it’s undoubtedly good for the business, as people are now flocking to see him.“When I have my grandson, I roll down my window and I’m like, ‘look at the chicken,’” said Shannon Dardar in the drive-through.Rocco the new mascot was such a hit, people started coming just to feed him. “It’s just cool. I think he’s beautiful,” said Karen Foy who stopped by to feed the fowl.

Why did Rocco choose Popeyes as his new place? Whatever the reason, Shepherd says it’s a blessing and everyone will just keep loving the chicken.Image and video credit: Eye Witness News (WWL)#rooster #chicken #mascot