yea i do the same with mine, they roam free in the garden during the day and have a protected outdoor and indoor area so its basically a large playground for them and still the behavior you mentioned is what i see as well. also chickens in the wild? the measures i had to take to keep my chickens safe from foxes, martens, cats, dogs... is just crazy, they have zero defense capabilities so i dont know how they survived ubtill we kept them as livestock

[–] Slowy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Chickens originated from the red jungle fowl which is a much leaner and flighted bird (as are certain breeds of chicken) We’ve made modern chickens into something that can’t survive in the wild, much like we turned wolves into pugs!

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This all reminds me I miss having chickens and ducks. One of the bad sides living in a big city for work, I guess

[–] DigitalWanderer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

i love my chickens, they eat all my scraps and weeds from the garden, fertillize my garden, fresh eggs every day which i trade with neighbors for his surplus veggies or a a batch of waffles. its a nice way to live