A 46-year-old man was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly assaulted a man dressed in a yellow chicken suit in Halifax.

Patrol officers were flagged down by the mascot in the 5600 block of Spring Garden Road around 7 p.m.

He told the officers he had been promoting a local establishment from the sidewalk when a man punched him in the head.

Police say the suspect fled on foot to a nearby store where he was arrested without incident.

The mascot wasn’t injured.

The suspect was released from custody and is due to appear in Halifax provincial court at a later date to face a charge of assault.