Why do chickens have wings?

Answer 1

Yes, but the wings are too small for it to fly

UPDATE:

A big misunderstanding, chickens can't fly. I myself have chickens, and no, they can't fly for hours like birds can, but when in danger, (my neighbours cat often wanders into our garden) they can fly up to the rooftop. In the wild, chickens sleep in trees, also for safety, so foxes and other small predators can't get to them when they're sleeping. So there's you answer: Chickens can fly, not for hours though. They need their wings to protect them from danger. How high a chicken can fly, depends on the way they're built. I have Japanese Chiba's Rich are really small, they can fly over our rooftop if necessary (They don't do that very often though, the cat is more afraid of them than the other way around and they always come back to their own trusted, home made, bright pink :D hen house.) The bigger the chicken, the shorter the "flying distance" (exceptions are clipped wings of course, but I don't do that)