He ran a-fowl of the law.
A feisty all-white rooster ruffled feathers Wednesday when he was spotted strutting his stuff on the streets of lower Manhattan — prompting cops to cart him away to a police station.
Neighbors began squawking about the bird as it ran free near the busy waterfront intersection of South Street and Catherine Slip at around 11:15 a.m.
An onlooker named Cano caught the cocky little clucker and placed him in a cardboard box as another neighbor called 911.
A bystander named Cano caught the rooster and put it in a box. William Farrington
Cops took the rooster to the 5th Precinct, where he could be heard crowing. William FarringtonCops then flocked to the scene and nicknamed the rooster Chad — possibly after a “chicken”-like co-worker — before hauling him into the 5th Precinct.
When The Post stopped by to learn the fate of the city-dwelling squawker Wednesday afternoon, the sound of the rooster crowing could be heard booming from inside the police station.
The feathered loudmouth will soon be transported to an upstate animal sanctuary, which will place him in a home, a police source said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the rooster was a pet or where he’d come from.
