Because chicken as we know them, are a degenerated breed of the wild chicken that is fitter and is actually able to fly
As an analogy, imagine an alien has never seen any human other than the average US citizen (morbidly obese)
Suddenly he see a freak obese US citizen but with leg instead of arm that walk on 4. The alien will say that it's much better looking because it's closer to a cow
Have you ever raised chickens? They absolutely can fly like their nondomesticated brethren. Home flocks either clip a wing or deal with them flying. I can't tell you how many times neighbors called to come collect my chickens that flew over the privacy fences.
Ours could fly about 100ft distance at about 5 feet high. They’d do it when we first let them out of the run to free range for the day. Some f the younger ones would fly over the 5ft fence for part of the day then come back later.
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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 29d ago
Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?