Adult, standard breed domestic chickens can’t fly. There’s no worry that your flock of backyard chickens are going to fly away if you don’t feed them enough yummy treats. They won’t migrate to Florida when it gets cold (although I do have to say we see far more airborne chickens in the winter than the summer!)

Can they fly far? No. Naturally speaking domestic chickens aren’t good flyers – their body weight is too heavy for their wings to carry them any distance. They tend to do a kind of hop and flap motion.

Other breeds that can fly are Fayoumi, Jaerhon, Lakenvelder, Ameraucana, La Fleche, old English Game and Appenzeller Spitzhauben. Some of the hybrid breeds such as Red Stars can also be escape artists if they have the inclination. Many of these chickens will roost in trees if they are allowed to do so.

The longest flight for a hen, with no cliffs or hills involved, is almost 92 metres, covered in 13 seconds. With a hill slope in front of them and a backwind behind them, chickens may be able to fly even further, though. So, it isn’t really true to say that chickens are flightless like penguins or ostriches.

Rather, chickens are terrible fliers because their wings are too small and their flight muscles are too large and heavy, making it hard for them to take off, said Michael Habib, an assistant professor of clinical cell and neurobiology at the University of Southern California and a research associate at the Dinosaur …

A male peafowl, known as a peacock, displays its amazing tail feathers. And now we celebrate what is perhaps the most spectacular tail feathers among birds anywhere.

Is it legal to own a pet Kiwi? No, it is not. We have made this article as many people are interested in having a kiwi as a pet. However, we must inform you that due to the fact that they are wild and endangered animals, many countries and organisations have made it illegal to have them as a pet.