He Thought His Chicken Was Dead but Was Pleasantly Surprised When He Poked Her

A viral video that's been circulating around Facebook shows a frightened man approaching one of his chickens to see what was happening to it. What he found gave him goose - not chicken, ha! -bumps.

He thought his chicken was dead but was pleasantly surprised when he poked her
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He thought his chicken was dead but was pleasantly surprised when he poked her

For ages, we've been asking ourselves what came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, here's another question: What scared this guy the most? The belief that his hen had died or what he discovered afterwards? Judging from the video, it's safe the say the latter was more terrifying.

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The video spread like wildfire on social networks, especially on Facebook, where users have been commenting on and sharing the post non-stop. And we have to admit that, if you look past the man's panic, it's quite entertaining.

In the images, you can see how the hen's owner approaching her and finding her lying on her back with both legs in the air. He assumed she was dead, but when he poked her, he had the biggest scare of his life.

In the end, the hen was playing a prank on him. "Hey, what are you doing?!", you can hear the man say in the footage. From the looks of it, it wasn't the first time the playful chicken pulled this prank.

He thought his hen was dead but got a surprise when he touched it He thought his hen was dead but got a surprise when he touched it