How high can chikins' fly?

[dollarbill]

Any info?

 

[sourland]

My bantams used to sleep 50' up in my white pines.

 

[donrae]

I had large fowl roost 20 feet or so in a tree. Not in one flight, but at least 6 foot "steps", one to the top of the coop, then up into the tree, then just up to the perfect branch.

 

[centrarchid]

I love this kind of question!. My games can power up vertically 20' to land on power line. Same birds have been known to roost 60 feet up in oak trees because I harassed them every night when the roosted lower. With free ranging games, I could slowly drive them on ground a 1000 feet or so away from barn into woods and then flush them; so that after flying about 200 feet horizontally they were already flying among tree tops (80 feet up) as they flew back to whole in loft of barn that was at most a foot wide and almost 30 foot above ground. Most breeds, including other games are not so capable. Experience and training can impact performance for all types of flight as can what is motivation. Predator threat gets birds to turn on afterburners.

 

[sourland]

Predator threat gets birds to turn on afterburners.

The large window in our bathroom faces the backyard. One morning in response to a ruckus, I quickly looked out the window just in time to see a bantam rooster lift off and clear the house. Shortly thereafter a fox shot across the yard.

 

[dollarbill]

 

[dollarbill]

Holy Schnikees ! 20 to 60 feet?

The pic above is the bridge. A couple of people from this website,told me about this. I apologize Im horrible at names and theres a million. You guys rock tho!

Thats the bridge. The door to our run is at the opposite end of the coop till today. The last few days they jump out of the coop and run like ducks in a line to the coop door and into tthe coop. Well almost all of em. Some try to get thru the chain link but a little coaxing works.

Sorry not trying to turn my own thread. Ha.