Chickens and music

[Rondack]

A few months ago I heard of a study done with plants and music. The plants reacted differently to each type of music: Rock: growing away from the speaker, Classical: growing towards the speaker.

I tried it with my favorite Aurocana Chicken. Whenever I play classical music the chicken sat calmly beside the speaker, when I played something more dissonant/loud/non-classical the chicken got more nervous.

Have any of you tried anything like this?

 

[azygous]

Only with my own singing.

Chickens don't seem to appreciate it much. But then, neither did my church choir teacher back when I was ten.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Several years ago I put a cheap radio in the coop to play music for the girls but the radio just got dusty and didn't work so well. If you have an idea to protect the device i'd love to hear it

 

[Rondack]

I think You could cover it with fine mesh. I think that classical music would actually promote egg-laying as well as calm the chickens down.

Where are you? What climate? Do you have real winter?

 

[Cebarmlds]

Yes it would be classical.
Winters are very real here in Minnesota and i'm waiting for spring. Where are you?

 

[Embden Geese]

Sometimes sleep music or meditation music can calm down the most aggressive poultry, another thing I tried was to play a video of geese and swans honking and mine reacted in the funniest way they imitated them and tried calling back to them, they also like videos of chicks and goslings.

 

[CABINHOLLOWNC]

Only with my own singing.

Chickens don't seem to appreciate it much. But then, neither did my church choir teacher back when I was ten.

Mine don't care for my singing either...LOL!!

 

[Rondack]

I live in upstate NY. I like the idea with the swan honking noises. what chickens do you have?

 

[Embden Geese]

Silkies, goslings, mixed breeds, call ducks Muscovy ducks and bantams

 

[Nardo]

I'm mulling this over because on the weekends I work in my shop and play classical music or jazz. On the weekdays I'm at work and don't get to the shop much except to get something or set something down. But I'm halfway thinking that the chickens are more active and 'chipper' on the weekends but it could be because there's more activity going on around them. Or maybe they like Vivaldi.