If hens/roosters can't fly, then why do they have wings?

Dude, chickens can fly. It never made much sense to me why people say they can't. Lemme give you the best example. At my grandparents house (father side) there was a big chicken in the front yard. Its a big front yard. And my uncle (aunt's husband) and I tried to catch the chicken. read more

Chickens have wings because they can, and do fly. They don't fly for long stretches, but they do fly up to perches at night, or if they're trying to get away from a predator. read more

Roosters use wings to balance while impregnating hens. Someone once developed a wingless chicken, no wings means increased tenderness of the breast meat, but the birds could not reproduce. The moral of the story is, you don't have to fly to have fun with wings. read more