Should I move my run away from the walnut tree?

[Coopscraft]

My concern is people who read this thread may take their chickens and dump them in a pool to see if they'll swim.

I doubt if I would get much dissent if I stated that monkeys can't drive.
But, I've seen monkeys drive three wheeler rickshaw type cabs in Asia, with careful supervision from a human. So, for the pedantic, monkeys can drive.
Most if one wrote that dogs walk on four legs would accept this. There will however be one or two that will post a video of their dogs walking on two legs and contest the four legged walking statement.
If I post stating chickens can't fly, lots of people will write that their chickens can fly. I have bantams here that will, under pressure 'fly' over the roof of the main house here.
Most scientists would put the chicken in the flightless fowl category because while they can spend a limited time off the ground there are a great many other things that contribute to a reasonable definition of flying that chickens can't do.
In order to conduct a rational debate some kind of reasonable definition of what being able to fly, swim, walk, is necessary.
Swimming and flying are not really something to be done in half measures.

It has already been acknowledged that chickens don't swim as well as ducks for example.
In the video of the single game fowl in the water the human trainer is semi crouched waiting for the moment when the fowl doesn't have sufficient strength to paddle any more.
He knows that chickens can't swim. You wouldn't be that attentive if say a duck was 'swimming' and that's because ducks can swim.
In the videos water is being used to train the chickens. In one string is used to help support the chickens in the water while in the other the trainer is waiting close by in order to rescue the chicken should it stop paddling. They have to do this because chickens can't swim.

Sumatra chickens can fly. Bonefide. Most other breeds can do an aerodynamically assisted jump.

 

[aart]

But they are made by chainsaw processing of firewood.

I would categorize that as saw 'dust'.
They might work fine, but are small enough to 'pack' so could get gunky.
These are what I consider wood 'chippings':

 

[ValerieJ]

Hmmm...I never considered using the chips from our wood chipper for the chickens. Will nave to ask DH to start a pile of wood chips devoid of the cedar.

 

[aart]

Hmmm...I never considered using the chips from our wood chipper for the chickens. Will nave to ask DH to start a pile of wood chips devoid of the cedar.

Even aromatic cedar(which might not be what you have) is fine if it's outside.

 

[Quackter]

Sumatra chickens can fly. Bonefide. Most other breeds can do an aerodynamically assisted jump.

Is it wrong that I think that would be like the real life best version of "Duck Hunt" ever?

Had some chickens free ranging for a bit, until the neighbor got upset. LtS Of all the birds, a cornish cross, stalky little meat bird would come flying by my shoulder as I was going to feed.

 

[jsr5]

Lazarus the chicken got herself out of a moving current. Of course that was 37 years ago back when chickens were real chickens and were used to scratching through 27 feet of snow to get a single seed and having to fly upwind both ways to reach the nest box which was invariably guarded by a starving wolf.

Has been a while since anything has actually made me laugh out loud. This one did it. Thanks I needed that.

 

[Rommy]

Lazarus the chicken got herself out of a moving current. Of course that was 37 years ago back when chickens were real chickens and were used to scratching through 27 feet of snow to get a single seed and having to fly upwind both ways to reach the nest box which was invariably guarded by a starving wolf.