--- description: Just some photos of a woman and her chicken. Walking around together. In Paris. And you know what? That's good enough for us. title: Walking Your Chicken Around Paris in Style: A Pictorial Guide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt304f55cec3d49cee/69884c4135ba6f3f85c0ce1d/140725-paris-chicken-nina-leen-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Walking Your Chicken in Paris With Style: A Pictorial Guide by [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) ## Liz Ronk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2014 12:25 AM CUT  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite (right) and her chicken, Paris, 1956. Not published in LIFE. Marguerite (right) and her chicken, Paris, 1956.Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Liz Ronk](/author/liz-ronk/) ## Liz Ronk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2014 12:25 AM CUT Ah, Paris. The City of Light. The home of Notre-Dame, Montmartre, [the Eiffel Tower](http://life.time.com/culture/the-eiffel-tower-at-125-a-paris-landmark-captured-in-a-classic-photo/#1 "undefined"), the Louvre, the Seine, the Marais and countless other celebrated neighborhoods and attractions. Thousands of years old, and yet perfectly modern; a world capital of fashion, cuisine and intellectual pursuits; a city rich in character and in history; the perfect place to walk your pet chicken like a dog. Wait. What? Here, apropos of nothing, LIFE.com presents a series of photographs by the incomparable Nina Leen, chronicling the Parisian peregrinations of a woman named Marguerite. We know virtually nothing else about her. Her last name is lost to time. The reasons for her fowl habit are shrouded in mystery. But perhaps her anonymity, and the riddle of her daily, poultry-centric rounds, help explain the appeal of these pictures. After all, do we really need to know _why_ Marguerite is walking a chicken through the streets and parks of [Paris](http://life.time.com/culture/paris-photographs-black-and-white-pictures-of-the-city-of-light-1946/#1 "undefined")? Can’t we just appreciate eccentricity for its own sake, without getting caught up in explanations, reasons, justifications? It’s just a woman and her chicken. Walking around together. In Paris. And to be honest, that’s good enough for us.  Not published in LIFE. A woman named Marguerite with her chicken, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. A woman named Marguerite walks a chicken in Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite (right) and her chicken, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. A woman named Marguerite walks a chicken in Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite (center) and her chicken, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite and her chicken, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite (left) and her chicken share a park bench with a woman who appears rather tense, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. A woman named Marguerite walks a chicken in Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite and her chicken, Paris, 1956. Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Marguerite and her chicken, Paris, 1956. 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