Anyone found music chickens like?

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

Who pays for stuff like this!? Where do I sign up to do science!?

There are sites online to become a test subject and get paid quite a bit ! I know some friends who do it.

 

[PoppasGrill]

Who pays for stuff like this!? Where do I sign up to do science!?

Ill call Nutrena and ask if they will pay for a comprehensive study on this.
Problem is, I’m not consistent enough to do this research.
Next weekend I’ll have my music on when out in the coops/yard, but it’ll be based on my mood at the time and not observing the Ladies reaction.
At least until the Tom’s ,or my wife ,don’t like the noise, then I change up or turn it down.

 

[The Sniper]

If it is worth anything, I never have observed any different behavior playing sabaton to the chickens

 

[Eroica]

I know mine love Beethoven's 9 symphonies, and other classical pieces.

 

[cundare]

Just out of curiosity, I know that when I take my speaker out to work on the coops, I get a reaction from our Turks ( they like folk music, freak out on rock and grunge, and go nuts over Hugo Montenegro orchestra).

The Ladies don’t seem to care one way or the other.

There was an interesting article in Scientific American a few years ago describing new discoveries about how birds perceive music. Kind of surprising.

You can find a copy at:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...isten-for-in-birdsong-its-not-what-you-think/

 

[Wol1]

I used to sing opera while doing chicken chores around the barn. It seemed to calm everyone down to contented clucking. (NOT my family, though... I am not a trained vocal performer by a long shot.)

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I used to sing opera while doing chicken chores around the barn. It seemed to calm everyone down to contented clucking. (NOT my family, though... I am not a trained vocal performer by a long shot.)

"Nessun Dorma" at roost time!

 

[Carontheroad]

I play classical music (the quieter arrangements) at 432 hertz morning and evening in the coop for several hours in an effort to calm my cockerels who share the coop with the hens but are separated. Seems to help and glad to hear others are using music too! The hens seem to like it too. I haven’t tried other types of music.

 

[Carontheroad]

I used to sing opera while doing chicken chores around the barn. It seemed to calm everyone down to contented clucking. (NOT my family, though... I am not a trained vocal performer by a long shot.)

Man, that would be something to see!

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

I had a hen that turned out to be a roo, but we had no idea until I played Pussycat Dolls while I was cleaning their coop. Once they started playing, he would NOT stop crowing until I turned them off to call the breeder who sold him to me.
I never got my "guaranteed" money back from the breeder (who turned out to be a real piece of work), re-homed the roo (he was gorgeous), and learned a valuable lesson about not buying chickens at swaps unless they're from NPIP certified breeders with excellent reputations.