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(81,859 posts) Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:45 PM Jun 2016

Do chickens sleep on their backs?

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Do chickens sleep on their backs? (Original Post) Renew Deal Jun 2016 OP

Apparently. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #1

Whew! For a second I thought she was pining for the fjords. pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #2

Geez, can't a girl get a little beauty sleep around here without getting poked? Fla Dem Jun 2016 #3

You can hypnotize a chicken libodem Jun 2016 #4

The Dominique. ChickenGuru Jun 2016 #5

mine make me do double takes quite frequently. mopinko Jun 2016 #6

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)

1. Apparently.

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Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:50 PM

Jun 2016

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. Whew! For a second I thought she was pining for the fjords.

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Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:57 PM

Jun 2016

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)

3. Geez, can't a girl get a little beauty sleep around here without getting poked?

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Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:48 AM

Jun 2016

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libodem

(19,288 posts)

4. You can hypnotize a chicken

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Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:47 PM

Jun 2016

Like that. Lay then on their back and stroke their necks or take a piece of chalk and draw a line while the chicken watches. They will fall asleep on their backs.

ChickenGuru

(53 posts)

5. The Dominique.

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Thu Jun 9, 2016, 01:08 PM

Jun 2016

Considered America's first breed of chicken.
Very hardy birds. Good foragers and decent egg layers.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)

6. mine make me do double takes quite frequently.

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Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:27 PM

Jun 2016

tho usually on their sides, stretched out like they were knocked over.

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