by Emma Wilkinson
The joke ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’ was given an entirely new meaning in Bradford this morning, but this was no ‘yoke’.
Commuters’ schedules were scrambled due to poultry blocking Toller Lane, just outside the city centre.
During morning rush hour, three chickens clucked around the middle of the road, holding up traffic and bus services before police officers arrived to deal with the issue.
First Bus station manager Sam Jack believes the chickens belonged to a local man and had somehow escaped on to the busy road.
He said: “It’s very unusual, I’ve been working here thirty years and I’ve never come across it
“People on the 620 bus were just laughing. They were very understanding though, we’re a nation of animal lovers, none of us want to endanger any kind of living species, including chickens”, he added.
It’s thought the birds were returned home safely and the 620 bus service was only delayed for around eight minutes.
But Sam Jack said he’s not EGGspecting a similar situation to arise in the future.
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