Ophelia wrote:
"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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Dunno. But I do recall a couple of hours before it started to snow one
winter a feral chicken that had spent the summer living wild on our land
and roosting in trees (after escaping from a neighbours flock) turned up
outside the hen pen wanting to be let in.

It had proved impossible to catch on several occasions as it was sleek,
fast and flew surprisingly well. The others all flew like bricks. If it
had understood how chicken wire worked it could easily have flown high
enough to get over the fence.

lol I love it) Did it live with your others from then on?

Yes. It was called "little black hen". It was happier roosting in trees
rather than the henhouse though. Much lighter and a lot more athletic
than the other birds could fly about 10' into the air from a standing
start! I think it liked the easier living since it didn't run away from
us the next summer. But it liked to roost in the conker tree.

All black and I never did figure out what breed it was. I thought it
would be a bit cheeky going round to the neighbour and asking (they had
a flock of hundred in several varieties).

Regards,
Martin Brown