Chicken truck overturns on Delaware highway; birds sent flying

An unusual traffic jam was ruffling the feathers of rush-hour commuters in Dover, Delaware Thursday morning.

A chicken truck overturned on a highway, according to the Dover Police Department, which tweeted a photo of the feathered chaos:

Police said the truck overturned before 6:30 a.m. on Route 13 and there were no reports of injuries, according to WBOC-TV. There was no immediate word on what caused the truck to overturn.

The accident was causing traffic delays as the cleanup continued, the police said on their Facebook page.