Fowl play?

A pair of dead chickens were found on the Upper West Side for the second time in four months — suggesting a secret religious ritual is at play in the ritzy nabe, according to experts.

The two lifeless golden-feathered birds were discovered Tuesday morning, laying head-to-claw along the median on Broadway and West 91st Street, West Side Rag reported .

The jarring discovery marked the third time in the just over a year that a pair of nearly identical chickens were laid out within a three-block stretch in the area.

Two chickens similar to this one was found on the Upper West Side on

Tuesday just four months after a nearly identical pair were found just

blocks away.

Animal rights experts said that the similar dates and locations suggested that the chicken killings were part

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