How to Hypnotize a Chicken!
Rest assured that no chicken is hurt during this, not even its dignity is shaken (unless you can ask it to run around like a human when it is in the trance.) This is one of several ways to lull a chicken into a stupor - just make sure you are gentle and quite! 1. Place the chicken on the table, laying it on its side with one wing under its body.Hold it down gently with its head flat on the surface. 2. With one finger from your free hand repeatedly trace a straight line, about 30cm (1ft) long, in front of the birds eyes - outwards from its beak - tip and along the table. Alternatively, take a piece of chalk (a color that contrast with the surface) and draw a 30 cm (1ft) line from the beak - tip out front of the bird. Hold the chicken still for a bit as it stare ahead along the line. Soon it will be in hypnotic trance. How long it remains in that trance varies from seconds to hours but sudden movement or noise will bring the bird to and with a squawk of surprise it'll be up and off...