You must have come across a chicken or a group of chickens being hypnotized in various social media. In these videos, the chickens’ heads are usually very close to the ground and a straight line is drawn from their eye level. Here are the hypnotized chickens (!).
In this way, chickens pay attention to the line in front of them, It becomes motionless within seconds. Pretty interesting, isn’t it? In fact, there is not one but more ways to put chickens into this trance, and the result is always the same for the poor animals.
Well, a chicken How is it so easy to be hypnotized?
As seen in the video, the fact that the chickens go into a trance within seconds is actually the result of tonic immobility rather than hypnosis.
Tonic immobility, which is quite different from hypnosis a response that reinforces fear and the chicken is faced with an involuntary paralysis, convinced that it will die. Tonic immobility causes physical limitation but is reversible.
In fact, farmers and scientists have been familiar with this response from chickens since 1646. Additionally, this reaction most commonly in domesticated birds such as chickens and quail is seen. A study also conducted in 1928 reveals that lizards and rabbits also undergo tonic inactivity.
We, as well as animals, may face tonic immobility due to various traumatic events. At this point, researchers monitored the brains of a group of people who had been traumatized and found that most of them had increased heart rates and a so-called tonic inactivity. an involuntary defensive strategy revealed that he developed
Let’s get back to the chickens.
Chickens exposed to tonic immobility for 15 seconds; While their heartbeat, respiration and body temperature accelerate; This 15-second process can go up to 20-25 seconds in cages instead of pens, in large flocks instead of small flocks, and in birds taken from their flocks.
Many methods can be applied to get the chicken into this trance state. For example in the oscillating finger method Lay the chicken on a flat surface and make sure that its top is facing the ground. A wing is placed under his body and he is allowed to lie in a side position.
Next, one of the fingers of the hand is placed in front of the chicken’s beak. is moved back and forth and the finger is moved forward from the tip of the beak without touching the beak.
The chalk line method, discovered by an old farmer named Almanac, starts by laying the chicken on its back with its beak down.
Using your finger or a stick, draw a straight line about 30 cm on the ground. So the chicken Pay attention to this line and tonic immobility will occur.
Another way to put a chicken into a trance is the mimic method. This method is possible by imitating the movements of the chicken. Namely, after the chicken is placed on a flat surface, its head is tucked under its wing and His whole body swings sideways.
Constantly shaking chicken jerks and When the movement is suddenly stopped and dropped to the ground, the tonic passes into stillness.. This inactivity usually lasts between 30 seconds and 1 minute, but if you look into the chicken’s eyes during all this, the chicken can continue to remain in tonic inactivity for about 3-5 minutes.
We still recommend that you do not knowingly subject chickens and other animals to tonic inactivity, as this will You may face many physical and mental problems Let’s not forget to remind you.
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