What prop does the recurring Knight use to hit characters?

The recurring Knight hits characters with a rubber chicken. Wearing full medieval-looking armor, he would suddenly enter a sketch, strike someone on the head with the absurd prop, and then leave without explanation.

The Knight was one of Monty Python’s favorite devices for ending or interrupting sketches. His appearance transformed a scene’s escalating nonsense into a visual punchline: rather than resolving an argument or story, the program simply sent in an armored figure to deliver a bonk and cut away. The prop’s silliness deliberately clashed with the Knight’s supposedly heroic costume.

Fans sometimes confuse this figure with the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They are different characters. The Black Knight is a speaking opponent in the 1975 film, while the recurring Flying Circus Knight is largely silent and carries a chicken. Some descriptions call it a raw or plucked chicken, but the standard quiz answer is rubber chicken.