NO, I'm not imagining this....

Our chickens know how to turn on the radio!!! We have been wondering about this for the past year or so, during which time we've gone through two or three radios, they don't last long in the barn. There is no alarm set or no way to trigger the radio to turn on by itself...just not sure how they're turning it on, whether they land on it, peck it, or what!!! Usually, if we know we are going to be away from home past sundown, we will turn on the radio and a light in the barn, to try to discourage predators til we can get back to close the barn up. Well, the other day I forgot to turn the radio and light on. When I came home shortly after dark, the chickens were all roosting, and two hens were cuddled on the shelf beside the radio, which was on. They were listening to a NASCAR talk show. After I closed up the barn I turned the radio off...as soon as I did one of the hens moved away and went to roost elsewhere. This has happened lots of other times too...usually in the morning if we are late to feed, when we come out the radio will be on. The radio (s) have been in different locations, and as I said this has happened with different radios, but the chickens have always been able to reach them. I'm thinking of setting a camera up in the barn if I ever get time!!!! They haven;t figured out the light switch yet