Can chickens swim?

[brooster]

I was just wondering, does anyone know?

 

[MsBentleyboy]

You must have read my mind because I was wondering about this too.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

No. They flop around and then sink.

-Kim

 

[EweSheep]

No, not for long they would drown! Had that happened to me when one of my White Rocks hen fell in the horse trough and died.

 

[Alabama_boy]

I have seen plenty drown. Haven't seen any swimming.

 

[Flyingbavarian]

 

[MsBentleyboy]

Quote:

That was too funny! Makes me sad though because it looked like a barred rock and I just gave away my first BR roo.

 

[ashyannehand]

My grandma says she has never seen a chicken swim. She use to live on a farm with a pond and plently of chickens.

The video was great!

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I am willing to bet that roo did not enjoy that. Look how exhausted he was once removed from the pool.

I guess, on rare occasions, a chicken can swim. But I wouldn't bet on it. They weren't designed for it and can't do it very well.

-Kim

 

[silkiechicken]

Not really... they can float and bob around for a while, flapping and peddling like they can swim, but as soon as their feathers lose their water resistance and become waterlogged, they start to sink like a ship with a hole.

When I give birds a bath, they bob at the top of the bucket for a bit, but during the final rinses, you have to hold them up.