Can chickens find their way home?

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Bizzi Lizzi

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Can chickens find their way home?
« on: November 11, 2010, 07:56 »
Here's a daft question from a non-chicken keeping person - several times this week I have spotted a number of chickens running along the main road seemingly miles away from any farm or allotment.  Do chickens have the ability to find their way back home?   :mellow:

I suppose I could have stopped the car and tried to rescue them but do what with them next, supposing I could have caught them in the first place! :blink:

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Re: Can chickens find their way home?
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2010, 08:28 »
yes they can, mine wander along the bridleway and in the nearby fields scratching around for food and mice. The chances are they lived far more local to where you saw them than you realised, you don't need a farm or allotment  :)
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Re: Can chickens find their way home?
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2010, 09:18 »
yes they can, mine wander along the bridleway and in the nearby fields scratching around for food and mice. The chances are they lived far more local to where you saw them than you realised, you don't need a farm or allotment  :)

Thanks for this info.  I felt really bad about just driving past them and not doing anything but I was on my way to work both times.  You're probably right about them living locally as they seemed totally unphased by the cars passing by.

I'm a much happier rabbit now and not feeling guilty any longer. :D

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Re: Can chickens find their way home?
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2010, 09:23 »
and had you stopped and scooped them up you may have had a very irate chicken owner thinking you was stealing her birds (if I caught anybody scooping mine up I would be irate  :lol:)

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Re: Can chickens find their way home?
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2010, 09:29 »
You're right of course but I was ignorant at the time and now I know, thanks to you. :D :D



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