My disabled hen, Latias, seems to calm down when I turn on the radio?

[Athenaeum]

Okay, as the title goes: my hen, Latias, seems to relax a lot when I turn on the radio and play music for her while I do my own things. Literally, I just watched her hunker down while the song "Treat You Better" played and her tail feathers lifted up once she was comfortable.

The question I have is pretty simple, but is this normal? Do chickens like music? Or is this a side effect from my singing to her and her siblings as chicks to get them to relax??

...Also, as an off-topic, but important question, does anyone else's disabled hens still lay or get broody? I ask mostly out of curiosity and to make sure I keep my eyes on her for any signs of laying. She's only down a leg (and eventually three toes), but still.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

I dont have any experience with this, but i'd be interested to know the answer! Sometimes i play classical music to my chickens, but i think they hate it lol

 

[Athenaeum]

I dont have any experience with this, but i'd be interested to know the answer! Sometimes i play classical music to my chickens, but i think they hate it lol

To be fair, even as chicks, my husband and I usually played music around them (both her group and the group before) because neither of us keep on task sometimes if we don't have music to help along.

Maybe you could try a different music? Because "Please Please Please" is on and she's still vibing, even after "We Didn't Start The Fire" just ended. Doesn't like the commercials, tho.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

To be fair, even as chicks, my husband and I usually played music around them (both her group and the group before) because neither of us keep on task sometimes if we don't have music to help along.

Maybe you could try a different music? Because "Please Please Please" is on and she's still vibing, even after "We Didn't Start The Fire" just ended. Doesn't like the commercials, tho.

Maybe i will try some different music! I remember i was playing rock music for myself, and they seemed to love it! Lol

 

[tlcmurphy]

If I sang to my chickens, they’d make a run for it, and my neighbors would report me for disrupting the peace…
Seriously though, many animals seem to be soothed by music, I’m sure chickens are the same!

 

[Athenaeum]

If I sang to my chickens, they’d make a run for it, and my neighbors would report me for disrupting the peace…
Seriously though, many animals seem to be soothed by music, I’m sure chickens are the same!

My mother-in-law said about the same thing, that birds tend to be soothed by music when I told her about my discovery. I'm just happy that Latias seems to be happy.

 

[Athenaeum]

Maybe i will try some different music! I remember i was playing rock music for myself, and they seemed to love it! Lol

Fair! I know the station I have on now actually plays pretty similar to what my hubs and I tend to sometimes listen to for background, when we don't have specific vibes. Just a lotta variety. I hope you find a music they like!