I found out what my chicken is...

[Mark_Khrushchev]

I always had a weird chicken in my coop. She has shanks like a rooster and was very feisty. And know I know why... She turns out to be a RED JUNGLEFOWL. If you don't know this flightless bird originated in Southeast Asia and are part of the genus Gallus of the family Phasianidae. Pretty much they are the ancestors of chickens. More about this in this video made a great Youtuber.

. Anyway this had no point but I was shocked.

 

[cavemanrich]

I had a Red Jungle Hen some years ago. They are not quite flightless. There are actually varieties that were able to fly over water from Island to Island. (not far distances BTW) Only breed known to do such.
Can you post a pix of your chicken.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

 

[Willowspirit]

I had a Red Jungle Hen some years ago. They are not quite flightless. There are actually varieties that were able to fly over water from Island to Island. (not far distances BTW) Only breed known to do such.
Can you post a pix of your chicken.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

I would love to see a picture also. How exciting!

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

They can actually fly pretty well

 

[Mark_Khrushchev]

Yeah, one time it flew to my neighbor's house.

 

[The Moonshiner]

How did you come to the conclusion she is a red junglefowl?
The skeptic in me would also like to see a pic?

 

[Mark_Khrushchev]

How did you come to the conclusion she is a red junglefowl?
The skeptic in me would also like to see a pic?

I searched up "Red jungle fowl hen" and the image was exactly like it. I don't even need to take a picture. It's like a clone of mine.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That's where my skepticism was headed.
Couple problems with doing that is that Google images is really good at showing pics as certain breeds that they really aren't.
But the bigger issue is that the red jungle fowl is the ancestor to all chicken breeds and their pattern as well as many of their features are seen in many different breeds.
Those breeds are also far more common then true RFJ so odds are if someone has a bird that looks like a RJF that it is almost always not really one.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I had a Red Jungle Hen some years ago. They are not quite flightless. There are actually varieties that were able to fly over water from Island to Island. (not far distances BTW) Only breed known to do such.
Can you post a pix of your chicken.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

Sumatras and Javas are best known for that since they come from Islands. Although today’s Javas are probably a bit heavy to fly as far as the first ones discovered on Java.