From the July 21, 1907 New York Times:

“Atlantic City–Miss Ella Hall, a Georgia society belle, is the possessor of a pet chicken, which she brought all the way from her home in the South to the shore. The other day she created quite a sensation when she took the chicken in bathing with her, and in the way of a novelty she has the ‘Teddy Bear’ girl beaten. And the chicken seemed to enjoy the novelty of bathing. It cannot swim, of course, but the fair owner has taught it to be perfectly still when she places it in the water, and it floats as lightly as a cork.”