A Laughing Chicken? Say WHAT?
As it turns out, laughing chickens are real!
They are technically called Ayam Ketawa and are a rare breed of chicken originating from Indonesia. Their crows are unusual and long – sounding hilariously similiar to a human’s laugh.
They were a status symbol of the Buginese royal family and originally could not be owned by the public.
Long-crowing chicken breeds are characterised by the unusually long-drawn-out crow of the cocks, which may in some cases last for up to 60 seconds.
Long-crowing breeds are found in the Far East, in Turkey, in the Balkans and in western Germany.
In general, these breeds are tall, with long legs and neck.
Long-crowing breeds world-wide include the following:
Ayam Ketawa ("Laughing Chicken", also named "Ayam gaga")
Ayam Pelung
Berat, Bosnia
Bergische Kräher (large fowl and bantam), Germany
Denizli (Denizli horozu), Turkey
Yurlov Crower (Jurlovskie golosistie)
Kokok Balenggek (Ayam Kokok Balenggek)
Komotini Long Crow Chicken, Greece
Kosovo Longcrower
Palama Crower, Greece
Shōkoku
Tōmaru
Tōtenkō
Koeyoshi
Kurokashiwa
In conclusion, this is a proud chicken with heritage.
We are not laughing at the chicken. Rather we are laughing with the
chicken.
The Laughing Chicken (Ayam Katawa).
What is amusing is the likeness to human laughter.
VIDEO
Have a look at the video It is quite amusing despite the poor quality
ORIGIN
Chicken origin
Ayam Ketawa, or "laughing chicken", is a breed of chicken originating from the area of Sidenreng Rappang in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
It is one of several breeds of long crowing chickens prized for the clarity
and unusual length of their crows The crow of Ayam Ketawa cocks has an unusual similarity to a human laugh.
The breed was originally held as a status symbol in Indonesia , and today it is still seen as a symbol of courage, social status
and heroism, and they often compete in contests for the most perfect crow.
STORIES
Once upon a time in the olde barn
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the chicken keepers from the local farms had a meeting at the nearby barn down the road.
There were 23 such keepers.
Gossip had it that it was a bit of a birthday do as there was ale and dancing.
But these are just stories.
The statistical probability truth is that there was more than a 50% chance that two of the keepers had birthdays on the same day.
(Same day not year!). A strange but true paradox for only 23 people.
There is also the "almost" birthday calculation, which asks the number of people needed such that two have a birthday within a day of each other.
The answer is that 14 people suffice, but, again, that's another story.
