Tim

Hen nights

on January 24, 2007 9:53 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

We all like listening to music when we're working, right.

Well it's not just us. Chickens do, too.

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Yes, quirky goings-on in the Cotswolds where one farmer has decided to install radios in his hen houses because he reckons chickens are more relaxed - and so lay better eggs - when listening to music.

As for which songs Philip Lee-Woolf will be playing, I reckon Crazy Chick by Charlotte Church might be popular, as will be Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra.

It's not the first time that theories about farm animals and cds have been put forward. Scientists at Leicester University have claimed that cows produce more milk when music is played in the parlour.

Not content with playing music to the birds, Mr Lee-Woolf has also installed a webcam (they call it a hencam) allowing live coverage of the birds to be broadcast on the internet. This could, to steal a Wimbledon expression, spark widespread hen-mania!

Customers at Harrods, which is one of the stockists of the free-range eggs, can also watch the chickens as they shop in the top London store on a large screen.

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Richard Allison

It reminds me of Sheepdrove Organic farm where they play sounds recorded in the fields to young chicks in the brooding sheds.

They believe it helps birds get used to the sounds of tractors before they go outside, so minimising stress.

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