A student who threw live chickens into two McDonald's drive-throughs on Teesside said he “did it for a laugh” and “never hurt” the birds.
Jack Walker, 21, has spoken out after his prank caused widespread attention.
Mr Walker, from Billingham, threw the chickens into the drive-thru windows of the McDonald's in Portrack, Stockton, and then Wolviston services, Billingham, on Monday.
The RSPCA are investigating the incident.
Mr Walker told the Gazette: “It was just a prank really. Anyone who knows me knows that I do stupid things like this.
“But I never hurt the chickens. I fed them and I knew how to handle them as my mum has chickens.”
The prank was filmed on a mobile phone and the video footage has been viewed and shared hundreds of times on Facebook.
Mr Walker, who studies business studies at Leeds University, said he was in a car with a friend when he spotted a chicken in the Thornaby area.
He said: “We were driving around and we saw a chicken and thought it would be funny if we stopped and put it in the car - we didn’t steal it - it wasn’t on a farm, it was just randomly there.
“When we stopped we noticed another chicken too so we took that one as well.
“We put them in boxes and fed them.”
He said they then drove to the McDonald's restaurant at Portrack.
He added: “We went through the drive-through and ordered our food. Then went to the next counter and paid.
"Then as we drove up to the next counter we just thought it would be funny to throw the chicken. We then drove off. We didn’t even get our food.”
Mr Walker said they then “drove round for a bit” before going to McDonald's at Wolviston Services.
He said: “We just thought it was pretty funny what we did, so we did the same at the other McDonald's."
Mr Walker said he didn’t expect the prank to receive the attention it did.
He said: “I thought it would get a few likes on Facebook and people would think it was daft but that was it. I didn’t think it would blow off like it has. I didn’t really think anything would happen.
“Some people have given me some stick about it but it was just a prank.”
Mr Walker said his mum “went mental” when she found out.
He said: “She heard it on the radio, rang me, and went mental.”
The RSPCA are continuing to investigate the incident and it is believed that the chicken from the Wolviston prank has been rehomed by a RSPCA officer.
Mr Walker added: “I have been told by a neighbour that someone from the RSPCA came round to see me but I wasn’t there.
“I am happy to speak to them because I wasn’t cruel to the chickens. Anyone who knows me knows I like animals.”
A spokesman for McDonald's said: “We can confirm incidences took place at our Portrack and Wolviston restaurants on Monday evening around 6pm. The RSPCA are investigating further.”
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