HEN ARRESTED FOR CAUSING TRAFFIC NOW HAS VARIOUS PARTIES ASKING TO TAKE HER IN

A 'felonious' chicken who stopped traffic on San Francisco's Bay Bridge by trying to cross the road is at the center of a five-way custody battle.

The brown hen was 'arrested' by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on Wednesday - and now has multiple parties asking to take her in.

The chicken, who is being called Chip in homage to the CHP, was taken to the Oakland Animal Shelter after patrolmen took her in.

Officers described the Chip as a 'felonious fowl' after she somehow got onto the toll plaza of the busy Bay Area bridge and got in the way of rush-hour traffic.

But despite her jay-walking, Chip still has more offers of a home than she can handle. According to the Oakland Tribune, three people have said that Chip belongs to them and are willing to take her in.