Don't kill chickens in your skivvies

Well, I seem to be on a kick today, but what the hell, I'm going with it. Came across this horrifying story this morning as well.

As any good friend would, I shared this story with Other Gus, who quickly pointed out a few crucial journalistic details that have been mysteriously omitted from the story.

How was it chopped off - one fell swoop? And if he was wearing underwear, wouldn't that have restrained him at least enough to recognize he was holding the wrong thing? Was he just swinging wildly at the chicken and missed? Details are critical to understanding how on earth something like this could happen...