PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — The neighborhood is all aflutter over Pompom, a chicken who literally flew the coop and has yet to be reunited with her heartbroken owner.

Pompom, a one-year-old Polish bantam, escaped from her rooftop coop near Flatbush and Caton avenues Sunday night after a storm damaged her cage, said her owners, Tom Wilson and Anastasia Page. "For Ana, the sky is falling," said Wilson, a Brooklyn student who owns three chickens with his roommate. "We've raised them from a day old and they are much-beloved."

The newly free-range chicken didn't get far. Pompom appeared one block away on Lenox Road near Flatbush Avenue Monday morning, according to Erika Bruchhausen. "There is a chicken with a fabulous mop of blond feathers that has been hanging out," Bruchhausen wrote on Facebook Monday. "Is anyone missing a chicken? ... He looks so sad!"

Bruchhausen's photographs show the winsome chicken strolling down the sidewalk, examining a cigarette butt, and having a rest on an Amazon Fresh delivery box. While several residents were quick to make fowl jokes — Jeff Arancherry wrote, "Looks like somebody cast a spell on the president," and Davi Cohen added, "I LOVE THIS FANCY CHICKEN" — others took action.

Resident Katie King contacted a local animal sanctuary who picked up the free bird from the Brooklyn street corner Monday afternoon, according to a moderator of the Facebook group "Lost And Found Pets in Brooklyn, New York."

"The chicken was being well cared for," Elisa Flash told Patch, "and being taken to a farm animal sanctuary."

But Page and Wilson have yet to connect with King, find the sanctuary and reclaim their feathery friend. "She's still not back in my possession and I'm a mess," Page, said. "I just need to find who has her."