Did you ever “hypnotize” a chicken?

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April 16, 2019, 12:03 PM

Pipe Smoker

Did you ever “hypnotize” a chicken?

When I was a boy, we kept chickens. For eggs and chicken-every-Sunday.

I used to “hypnotize” chickens. Lay one flat on its back, stroke its head, and it would go to sleep in about a minute. It would then be a couple of minutes before it would wake up. Odd, but true!

Most often I did it just for fun, but also to make it easy to chop its head off. Handy skill!

April 16, 2019, 12:44 PM

Woodman

I briefly dated a vegan who could hypnotize a chicken.

April 16, 2019, 12:50 PM

Floyd D. Barber

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
When I was a boy, we kept chickens. For eggs and chicken-every-Sunday.

I used to “hypnotize” chickens. Lay one flat on its back, stroke its head, and it would go to sleep in about a minute. It would then be a couple of minutes before it would wake up. Odd, but true!

Most often I did it just for fun, but also to make it easy to chop its head off. Handy skill!

How do you keep it still long enough to put it on it's back?

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April 16, 2019, 01:11 PM

Pipe Smoker

quote:
Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
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How do you keep it still long enough to put it on it's back?

It was no problem – the chickens were used to me. I fed them and collected eggs. They were calm when I picked them up.

This thread was prompted by an article I read that said chickens could recognize human faces, and they clearly recognized me.

April 16, 2019, 01:17 PM

architect

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
quote:
Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
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How do you keep it still long enough to put it on it's back?

It was no problem – the chickens were used to me. I fed them and collected eggs. They were calm when I picked them up.

This thread was prompted by an article I read that said chickens could recognize human faces, and they clearly recognized me.

So the ones whose head you chopped off weren't squawking to their buddies?

April 16, 2019, 01:17 PM

grumpy1

We do that to our pet rabbits sometimes when we want to trim their nails if they do not cooperate and call it trancing.
http://www.mybunnies.com/trance.htm

April 16, 2019, 01:24 PM

mojojojo

Yes, but did it a different way. Push their neck down against the ground and draw a line in the sand running out away from their beak about a foot. Repeat that several times and they are glued to looking at the line. Plenty of time to go get the hatchet or whatnot.

April 16, 2019, 01:27 PM

chongosuerte

Hmm...wish I’d known that when I was growing up. Had more than one chicken run around with a half-chopped of head due to their wriggling.

Gators do that too. Lay them on their back and they go to sleep.

Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here.

Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard.
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April 16, 2019, 01:27 PM

cslinger

Say what now??

Can you get one to climb into a bucket?
Maybe get one to cluck like a human?

April 16, 2019, 01:42 PM

Never mind. I thought this was about an Iggy Pop song.

April 16, 2019, 02:02 PM

RichardC

No, but I've choked one.

April 16, 2019, 02:08 PM

thunderson

Tucking their head under their wing puts them out as well.

April 16, 2019, 05:31 PM

HayesGreener

Never got that cozy with a chicken. My first job on the farm that I recall at about age 5 was holding the chicken on the stump while my Mom swung the axe. That experience probably influenced my choice of careers later in life....

April 16, 2019, 06:11 PM

cas

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

I used to “hypnotize” chickens.

Is that what they called it when you were a kid?

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April 16, 2019, 06:23 PM

vthoky

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
Gators do that too. Lay them on their back and they go to sleep.

Sometimes I feel pretty bold, but I'm not about to try that!

April 16, 2019, 06:35 PM

TigerDore

quote:
Originally posted by thunderson:
Tucking their head under their wing puts them out as well.

I learned to do that in South America. One of the local men would tuck the chicken's head under its wing, then pick the chicken up and waive it around in a vertical circular motion, like an "O", and then set it down. It would just stay there immobilized for quite a while. When I tried it, it worked like a charm.

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April 16, 2019, 06:38 PM

Sig2340

quote:
Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
How do you keep it still long enough to put it on it's back?

Super glue.

A thousand and three uses.

Nice is overrated

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April 16, 2019, 06:39 PM

Archie Teuthis

Animal folks call this a tonic state or tonic immobility.
There’s a fellow in Jupiter, FL I’ve watched do this to sharks. He then removes fishing hooks.

April 16, 2019, 06:49 PM

sandman76

The head under the wing and wave them around method is the way that guys that run canned pheasant hunts plant the birds in the field before the hunters come along a while later.

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April 16, 2019, 06:49 PM

BrianC

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:

Gators do that too. Lay them on their back and they go to sleep.

I'll take your word for that.

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