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Flying Chickens

 Create a race of chickens which can fly
 
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We assume modern chickens are descended from birds which could fly, hence the presence of wings. Would it benefit us to reverse this process by selective breeding in order to produce chickens which are capable of sustained flight rather than that silly flappy falling thing they do?

Possible benefits: More meat on breasts and wings. Possible downsides: Ecological impact, eggs falling out of the sky.

I believe it could be achieved by only allowing the most proficient short-distance flappers to reproduce from a breed selected for their inherent tendancy to attempt to fly short distances and low propensity for vertigo.

—Prak, Apr 01 2004


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       <old joke>
"I've got to ask you, why are you pounding on the side of your trailer like that?"
"I'm hauling chickens, there is a weigh scale just around the next bend and I got to keep them, (THUD THUD THUD), flying."		   

       "Possible benefits: More meat on breasts and wings" actually, they try to keep the birds as stationary as possible and shove hormones down the throat...fat chickens...
—buddymatt, Apr 01 2004
   

       Can you imagine the film Chicken Run if they could fly?
—MikeOliver, Apr 01 2004
   

       It would be an interesting exercise in genetics.
—mailtosalonga, Apr 01 2004
   

       Yes, breasts would be bigger (and who doesn't want that), but tougher. There's a reason veal calves are locked up, you know. It keeps the meat tender-er.
—imagine002, Apr 02 2004
   

       Why chicken? Canada geese have become a pest in many places. Go and get some.
—kbecker, Apr 02 2004
   

       Wait a moment...Chickens can't fly
1 - because the farmer took the wings off ("cliped") so they couldn't ecape.
2 - they are too fat.
—my-nep, Apr 04 2004
   

       Ha, ha, ha. 'Course battery hens can get farther than plugged-in broilers.
—FarmerJohn, Apr 04 2004
   

       [prak] chickens *can* fly. Trouble is that their flight feathers are clipped to ensure that stock doesn't fly away. Secondly, we have bred strong flight ability out of the species.   

       But, trust me, run at a chicken, she'll fly.
—jonthegeologist, Apr 04 2004
   


 

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