Why can free range chickens from rural farmers swim in the river? Are you also accustomed to water?

Introduction: The reasonable explanation for this problem is that the local chickens raised in the countryside are more petite and the local chickens are healthier. No matter what breed of chicken, it is unlikely that they will be accustomed to water.

In other words, free-range chickens in rural areas are not accustomed to water. Anyone who has lived in the countryside knows that local chickens have many skills. Since there are many small rivers in the countryside, most of the local chickens can swim more than ten meters away in the water.

A lot of people are amazed at this. Most people believe that only ducks can swim, and that chickens can only live on land. In fact, this view is not quite correct.

Ducks can also live on land, but need to catch food in the water. Native chickens can also float in the water, but not for too long. If it takes too long, the local chicken will also drown.

The main reason why native chickens can swim in the water is that they are relatively small. The local chickens raised in the countryside are basically free-range. After hatching, the chicks follow the hen to forage for food.

Although farmers also feed food, local chickens mainly forage for food on their own. Therefore, the size of local chickens is relatively small. Another reason why native chickens can swim in the water is that native chickens are healthier than caged chickens.

Due to the larger range of movement of the native chicken, the native chicken will carry out non-stop exercise every day. Since the native chickens have to forage for food on their own, the native chickens begin to learn various survival skills from the time they emerge from the shell. These are incomparable to caged chickens.

In the countryside, some children are more naughty, so they will chase local chickens. This is a very normal thing, but the local chicken can make a leap in a short time. This scene surprised many people.

Many people think that only birds can fly. In fact, chickens and birds are similar in other aspects, except for the fact that native chickens can't fly for too long. There are some local chickens that also have special personalities.

If you chase this kind of chicken, you may be pecked by this kind of chicken. Compared with caged chickens, the meat quality of local chickens is more delicious and mellow. For many pregnant women or mothers, local chicken soup is a very nutritious tonic.

Although it takes a long time to stew, the local chicken soup is not only delicious, but also has a very high nutritional value.

Since most farmers raise ducks and chickens together, it is not surprising that swimming occurs, but chickens are not accustomed to water and cannot be like ducks.

There are some chickens that can also learn to swim, and most of them are in some shallow places, so many chickens are not afraid.

Because the physical fitness of these free-range chickens is relatively good; That's not true.

Chickens, ducks, and geese are three common types of poultry in rural areas, and it is well known that ducks and geese can swim for rural friends who are accustomed to seeing these three kinds of poultry. Even the city children who have never seen these three kinds of poultry carry the ancient poems of "white hair floating in green water, red anthurium plucking clear waves" and "spring river plumbing duck prophet" every day, and they all know that ducks and geese are master swimmers.

But as for whether chickens can swim, since ancient times, there are really few written records. Rural friends who deal with chickens every day are afraid that they have rarely seen it with their own eyes. However, as Mo Shanghua, who grew up in the southern countryside, he has really seen chickens fluttering in the river.

Free-range chickens, due to the relatively open living environment, free foraging, good at running, jumping, lively and active, like to perch on tree branches. Free-range chickens are generally aggressive, preferring to run on land and frolic in the water. We've also seen local chickens playing in the water on TV, and we have concluded that they are swimming chickens, which I think is debatable.

When I was a child, I asked the grandfather in our village "the question of whether chickens can swim", but they were all negative, and there was no article on chickens that could swim when I checked the literature.

When chickens enter the water, they can row in the water for a very short distance, and they will sink to the bottom of the river for a long time, which gives us the illusion that "chickens can swim", in fact, chickens are playing more in the water than swimming. The reason why chickens can't swim is actually closely related to its own structure.

1.Chickens belong to land birds and live on land all their lives, and have no physiological structure adapted to life in the water.

2.There are no webs between the toes, and there is no impetus for paddling.

3.The tail fat glands are underdeveloped, and the feathers are easily wet by water. The tail fat glands are essential for swimming, and their secretions are evenly applied to the feathers, which can make the feathers waterproof, and the water cannot penetrate the feathers, so the buoyancy is good.

4.The bones of chickens are heavier than those of ducks, geese and other waterfowl and cannot carry the function of swimming.

5.The feather stem of the chicken is solid, while the duck's is hollow, the hollow is filled with air, and the buoyancy in the water is good (I heard my grandfather say it when I was a child, and later learned that it was true after dissection).

Waterfowl are generally swimmers, and their living environment is generally small streams, and domestic waterfowl have ponds along small rivers.

Therefore, the argument that native chickens can swim and learn to water is untenable

Many people often keep ducks and chickens together, so there are some opportunities to learn to swim, most chickens don't know how to swim.

I don't think chickens swim but play in the water, they are fluttering in the water. The feathers of chickens are solid and their bones are heavier than those of animals such as geese and ducks. Chicken feathers get wet easily. They are not swimmers by nature, but more in the water, and they will sink after a long time in the water.