If traffic in southern California isn’t bad enough, they didn’t need bird brains to bring cars to a standstill.

(No we’re not going with the “Why did the chicken cross the road” spiel this time.)

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Police responded to the 605 Freeway around 6 a.m. local time to round up two dozen chickens before they became tenderized cutlets, KTLA reported.

The question was: How did they get there?

The California Highway Patrol believes they may have fallen off a truck.

One lane of a ramp to the highway had to be closed for about an hour as CHP officers ran around collecting the birds from the fowled roadway, KTLA reported.

Several of the chickens were injured and are to be euthanized.

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In this file photo from October 2024, Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler and teammates react after losing to the San Diego Padres 5-4 in San Diego. The Braves and Soler, who now plays for the Los Angeles Angels, face a lawsuit by a fan injured at a 2021 World Series game at Truist Park in Atlanta. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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