sentences.text: A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance, by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: hypnotized
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: put
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: trance
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: holding
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: down
sentences.text: against
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: continuously
sentences.text: drawing
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: line
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: stick
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: starting
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: beak
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: extending
sentences.text: straight
sentences.text: outward
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: front
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line.
sentences.text: If
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: hypnotized
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: manner
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: will
sentences.text: remain
sentences.text: immobile
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: somewhere
sentences.text: between
sentences.text: 15
sentences.text: seconds
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: 30
sentences.text: minutes
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: continuing
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: stare
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: line
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This may not be clinical hypnosis, but instead a case of tonic immobility.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: may
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: clinical
sentences.text: hypnosis
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: instead
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: case
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: tonic
sentences.text: immobility
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Instead of a hypnotic state, the chicken's reactions are more akin to a turtle moving into its shell, or a deer freezing from a spotlight--a defensive mechanism intended to feign death, albeit poorly.
sentences.text: Instead
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: hypnotic
sentences.text: state
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: reactions
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: more
sentences.text: akin
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: turtle
sentences.text: moving
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: shell
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: deer
sentences.text: freezing
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: spotlight
sentences.text: --
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: defensive
sentences.text: mechanism
sentences.text: intended
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: feign
sentences.text: death
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: albeit
sentences.text: poorly
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This technique is useful for farmers who need to slaughter a chicken and do not have help immediately available.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: technique
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: useful
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: farmers
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: need
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: slaughter
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: do
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: help
sentences.text: immediately
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It is also useful in feeding large pet reptiles who are too slow to catch a moving chicken.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: useful
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: feeding
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: pet
sentences.text: reptiles
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: too
sentences.text: slow
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: catch
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: moving
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The first known written reference for this method came in 1646, in Mirabile Experimentum de Imaginatione Gallinae by Athanasius Kircher.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: first
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: written
sentences.text: reference
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: method
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1646
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Mirabile
sentences.text: Experimentum
sentences.text: de
sentences.text: Imaginatione
sentences.text: Gallinae
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: Athanasius
sentences.text: Kircher
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Another technique of hypnosis is to hold the chicken face up with its back on the ground, and then run your finger vertically downwards from the chicken's wattles to just above its vent.
sentences.text: Another
sentences.text: technique
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: hypnosis
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: hold
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: face
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: then
sentences.text: run
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: vertically
sentences.text: downwards
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: wattles
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: just
sentences.text: above
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: vent
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The chicken's feet are exposed, which allows easy application of medication for foot mites, etc.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: feet
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: exposed
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: allows
sentences.text: easy
sentences.text: application
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: medication
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: foot
sentences.text: mites
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: etc
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: To wake up the chicken, clap your hands or give the chicken a gentle shove.
sentences.text: To
sentences.text: wake
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: clap
sentences.text: your
sentences.text: hands
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: give
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: gentle
sentences.text: shove
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: One can also hypnotize a chicken by mimicking how it sleeps - with its head under its wing.
sentences.text: One
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: hypnotize
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: mimicking
sentences.text: how
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: sleeps
sentences.text: -
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: under
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: wing
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In this method, you hold the bird firmly, placing its head under its wing, then, gently rock the chicken back and forth and set it very carefully on the ground.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: method
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: you
sentences.text: hold
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: bird
sentences.text: firmly
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: placing
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: head
sentences.text: under
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: wing
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: then
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: gently
sentences.text: rock
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: forth
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: set
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: very
sentences.text: carefully
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It should stay in the same position for about 30 seconds.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: should
sentences.text: stay
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: same
sentences.text: position
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: about
sentences.text: 30
sentences.text: seconds
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: H B Gibson, in his book Hypnosis - its Nature and Therapeutic Uses, states that the record period for a chicken remaining in hypnosis is 3 hours 47 minutes.
sentences.text: H
sentences.text: B
sentences.text: Gibson
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: book
sentences.text: Hypnosis
sentences.text: -
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: Nature
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Therapeutic
sentences.text: Uses
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: states
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: record
sentences.text: period
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: chicken
sentences.text: remaining
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: hypnosis
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: 3
sentences.text: hours
sentences.text: 47
sentences.text: minutes
sentences.text: .
text: A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance, by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line. This may not be clinical hypnosis, but instead a case of tonic immobility. Instead of a hypnotic state, the chicken's reactions are more akin to a turtle moving into its shell, or a deer freezing from a spotlight--a defensive mechanism intended to feign death, albeit poorly. This technique is useful for farmers who need to slaughter a chicken and do not have help immediately available. It is also useful in feeding large pet reptiles who are too slow to catch a moving chicken. The first known written reference for this method came in 1646, in Mirabile Experimentum de Imaginatione Gallinae by Athanasius Kircher. Another technique of hypnosis is to hold the chicken face up with its back on the ground, and then run your finger vertically downwards from the chicken's wattles to just above its vent. The chicken's feet are exposed, which allows easy application of medication for foot mites, etc. To wake up the chicken, clap your hands or give the chicken a gentle shove. One can also hypnotize a chicken by mimicking how it sleeps - with its head under its wing. In this method, you hold the bird firmly, placing its head under its wing, then, gently rock the chicken back and forth and set it very carefully on the ground. It should stay in the same position for about 30 seconds. H B Gibson, in his book Hypnosis - its Nature and Therapeutic Uses, states that the record period for a chicken remaining in hypnosis is 3 hours 47 minutes.