Some questions...

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

Heya! I have some questions today regarding exercise and the keel bone on a hen. I hope you guys don’t mind me answering them:
1. How do chickens exercise? Does pecking and jumping around count as exercise?
2.How should the keel bone feel like or how prominent should it be?
Thanks in advance

 

[arwoon]

1, yes, I think scratching, pecking, running(in my hens case chasing butterflies and grasshoppers)
2, I am not positive, but I think you should be able to feel it, however if there's more than like a centimeter between keel bone and breast muscle, than the chicken is underweight.
(I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the case)