Can chickens swim?

[kittykittykitty]

Well can they??

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

I would say no. They can struggle a little and move some to try and get out but it would count as swimming. In fact I and all of my friends take special precautions about it. I had a friend lose a chicken to drowning in a horse trough. Now she and every she knows with chicks float some pieces of wood such as 2x4 sin their troughs to help any chicken that falls in to get out.

 

[Cats Critters]

Check out this thread, it should answer your question: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=538337

 

[AuberyMirkwood]

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That's really awesome :-D maybe they don't sink because they don't struggle

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Even if they do not struggle, eventually the feathers will become waterlogged and they will sink.