Cock a doodle doo.

A trio of young men have been arrested after stealing a statue of a chicken which measured in at 9ft.

Putnam County, Florida-based Darrin Edwards, 19, Tyler Jones, 21 and James Smith stole the statue – which is made from aluminum and weighs around 42 stone – from the home of local resident Ben Smith.

According to the Metro newspaper, Mr Smith was getting ready for a day at work when he heard a commotion outside his home. Amid the “screaming and hollering” he could hear, Mr Smith went outside and saw his statue – which is worth around £1,500 – being dragged away behind a Chevrolet truck.

The statue was dragged down the road for around a mile with one of the riding with it, before it was unhooked from the van. The men then drove away.

Detective Shannon Depew, leading the investigation into the stolen chicken statue, told the publication that the three men were arrested the following day and were charged with theft.

“The chicken sustained a broken leg, broken claw and there was extensive damage to one side,” Detective Depew said.