▲ 170 ▼ How did you get your username? (pawb.social) submitted 2 years ago by Interstellar_1@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 308 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] livus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) @treechicken they fly up into them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] treechicken@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes much more sense now that I think about it. I think debate about whether chickens could fly was the reason this came up way back then actually... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* @treechicken normal healthy chickens can fly in a limited way, eg to chase insects or to get up into trees (they like sleeping in trees because it's safer) or on the roofs of barns etc. People who keep poultry sometimes clip their wings (cut off the flight feathers) to stop them doing stuff like that. Factory-farmed chickens are too deformed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] treechicken@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That makes much more sense now that I think about it. I think debate about whether chickens could fly was the reason this came up way back then actually... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* @treechicken normal healthy chickens can fly in a limited way, eg to chase insects or to get up into trees (they like sleeping in trees because it's safer) or on the roofs of barns etc. People who keep poultry sometimes clip their wings (cut off the flight feathers) to stop them doing stuff like that. Factory-farmed chickens are too deformed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* @treechicken normal healthy chickens can fly in a limited way, eg to chase insects or to get up into trees (they like sleeping in trees because it's safer) or on the roofs of barns etc. People who keep poultry sometimes clip their wings (cut off the flight feathers) to stop them doing stuff like that. Factory-farmed chickens are too deformed. permalink fedilink source parent