![]() ![]() ![]() (The unofficial world record for a chicken trance: 3 hours, 47 minutes.) You can also awaken the chicken yourself by clapping your hands or nudging it gently. It will lie perfectly still in a trancelike state for several seconds, several minutes, or even an hour or more before it comes out of the trance on its own. Its breathing and heart rate will slow considerably, and its body temperature may even drop a few degrees. That’s about how long it takes for a chicken to go into a trance. Whichever method you try, keep at it for several seconds. If one method doesn’t seem to work, try another. Still others say all you need to do is stroke the chicken on its head and neck with your index finger. Other practitioners say that drawing a circle, not lines, in the dirt around the chicken’s head works best. Trace your finger back and forth along the line for several seconds. Some hypnotists advocate placing a finger on the ground at the tip of the chicken’s beak and drawing a line four inches long in the dirt extending out from the beak and parallel to it (picture Pinocchio’s nose growing). Either way, the disoriented bird will need a second to regain its bearings, but once it does it will not be bothered by being in this unfamiliar position. Others say that turning the chicken upside down, lying on its back with its feet up in the air, is best. Some methods call for laying the chicken gently on its side, with one wing under its body, holding it in place with one hand so that your other hand is free. ![]() Techniques vary widely from place to place. (Who knows-you might even win a bar bet.) Turn the page to find out how. Not anymore-how many people can say they know anything about chickens, let alone how to hypnotize one? But if you ever get a chance to place a chicken under your spell, give it a try-it’s fascinating to watch, harmless and painless for the chicken, and it provides an interesting insight into animal intelligence and behavior. It wasn’t very long ago that most Americans lived on farms, and lots of people knew how to hypnotize chickens. (This article was originally published in Uncle John’s Weird Weird World EPIC.) As Sir Edmund Hillary would say, “because it’s there.” (And it’s a lot easier than climbing Mt. When Uncle John learned that it was possible to do this, his first thought was, “Why would anyone want to hypnotize a chicken?” Good question. ![]()
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