I've perused the topics here a bit but was unable to find an answer for this question that's been nagging me! Any help is appreciated to satiate my curiosity.

I forget where exactly in the game, but there is a character that has been soulforged with a chicken, but has lost the animal. I was able to find the right chicken easy enough and found that killing it results in the man's death. My boyfriend and his brother have both tried chasing the chicken back up to where the soulforged man is but have been unsuccessful.
Has anyone ever managed to reunite man and chicken or is it even possible? If so, what type of reward do you receive?