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i love to ride
Aug 6, 2011, 07:39 PM
About chickens a question

Aurora_Bell
Aug 7, 2011, 03:40 PM
Have never had a chicken sit still long enough to count ;)

Lyra123
Aug 7, 2011, 03:43 PM
It's a little hard to count when they get all flustered and get their feathers in a bunch

Wondergirl
Aug 7, 2011, 04:27 PM
From answerbag.com --

The number of feathers a bird has depends very much on its size and where and how it lives, in general a third of a birds feathers are on its head.

The bird with the least feathers is the Ruby Hummingbird Archilochus colubris with only 940 feathers in total

The bird with the most feathers is the Whistling Swan Cygnus columbianus which can have as many as 25,000 during winter.

Aurora_Bell
Aug 7, 2011, 05:00 PM
So how many do chickens normally have?

J_9
Aug 7, 2011, 05:10 PM
so how many do chickens normally have?

15 :d

J_9
Aug 7, 2011, 05:11 PM
Okay, my smilies aren't working! :mad:

Aurora_Bell
Aug 7, 2011, 06:00 PM
:p

Lyra123
Aug 8, 2011, 12:04 AM
None, I prefer no feathers on my meat please :)