The Year of the (frozen) Chicken

It seems that residents of Newcastle, Australia have been seeing in the Year of the Chicken in a rather novel way.

'Such was the damage to the roof that experts are convinced the carcass must have plummeted at least 1,600 feet (490 metres).'

Reminds me of that story/joke/urban legend about the British aeronautical engineers firing a chicken at a cockpit window to test the strength of the windshield....their French counterparts decided to borrow the 'technology' and when carrying out the test, completely destroyed the windshield and parts of the cockpit. When the French referred back to the British with their problem

...the British response was simple...."Thaw the Chicken". I am reliably informed by www.snopes.com that this is an urban legend.