Weโve seen howling huskies, cackling cats, chirping chicadees and yetโฆ weโve never seen a singing chicken! โHenโ is about to change that for you. Hen is Alice Bishopโs pet chicken,
and she has a healthy set of pipes.
Hen sings along with Aliceโs piano playing in her own weird chicken way!
Hen will usually find her way around the piano, doing her own odd chicken dance as she goes! Alice of course loves it. Oddly enough,
Hen only sings when Alice is playing piano!
She sings for a good variety of music but Disney music is her favourite!
Henโs YouTube channel has videos of her signing Let It Go and A Whole New World, from Frozen and Aladdin, respectively.
Even if her voice isnโt really your thing, Henโs singing is undeniably hilarious!
Itโs just so veryโฆ Hen somehow! And the faces she makes only add on to the comedic aspect!
In her YouTube โaboutโ page, Alice describes Henโs journey from outcast to star!
โBored during the Covid-19 quarantine, we discovered Hen can sing! Hen is four years old. A few years ago she broke her leg. We never found out how. We found her in the coop huddled in a corner.
โShe had been pecked to bleeding by the other chickens.
โWe brought her into the house. It was touch and go for a few days, but she was strong and determined. She lived in the house with us for 3 weeks while we nursed her back to health. Having had chickens for awhile, we knew she would probably be rejected by the flock.
โWe got a new batch of chicks and she became their mama.
โHen lived with them until it was time to introduce them to the coop. We introduced all of them, including Hen, one night. It went great!
โIf anyone tried to pick on her, the babies were right there to protect her.
โWithin a few days, she was part of the flock. She still walked and ran with a limp, but kept up great. She has always been extra special to us.โ
Weโre happy that Hen has found her voice and her true life calling! Itโs so funny and such a unique twist on animal singing!
As it turns out chickens really do understand music!
Theyโre often looked down on as not so intelligent farm animals, but according to yourchickens.co.uk:
โThere is, however, plenty of evidence that chickens do respond to music.
โStudies on day-old chicks have found that they prefer music to random noise.โ
โA study was conducted by Bristol university in which they played pop, rock, classical or silence in nestboxes and monitored the laying chickensโ preferences. They found that the chickens were much more likely to lay in the โmusical boxesโ, and that they had a slight preference for the classical music.โ
So not only do chickens like music, but they like the classiest kind of music!
This might explain why Hen only likes singing along with certain songs!
Disney songs often have extremely classical elements to them and are what we consider traditionally pleasing music!
This is of course different than a lot of modern music that takes risks with its sounds and creates sour or disharmonic notes for effect!
Weโre hoping to see a lot more of Hen as she continues to hone her talents and the Bishops find exactly what she loves and what makes her tick!
Judging by the overwhelmingly positive response, the internet is hoping for the same! You can watch the video showcasing Henโs talents below!
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