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Chickens

Episode 2 of 3

Jimmy Doherty reveals the hidden lives of farmyard animals. He visits a farm in Devon to find out how chickens work out the pecking order and how they communicate with chicks.

Jimmy Doherty embarks on a quest to reveal the hidden lives of farmyard animals. He finds out about chickens: often taken for granted, what really goes on inside their brains? On a farm in Devon he finds out how chickens decide the pecking order. He also tries to find answers to questions such as how do chickens communicate with their chicks? How can chickens look in two directions at once? And can hens really change sex?

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Apr 2020 02:30
BBC Four

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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:06

    Mumford & Sons

    The Cave

  • 00:10

    Mumford & Sons

    After the Storm

  • 00:33

    Sigur Rós

    Ba Ba

  • 00:52

    Noah and the Whale

    2 Atoms in a Molecule

Credits

Presenter Jimmy Doherty
Director Ishbel MacDonald
Producer Ishbel MacDonald
Producer Colin Cameron
Executive Producer Greg Lanning

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Jul 2010 20:00
    BBC Two
  • Thu 15 Jul 2010 22:00
    BBC HD
  • Sun 18 Jul 2010 23:35
    BBC HD
  • Mon 19 Jul 2010 20:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 20 Jul 2010 00:20
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Tue 20 Jul 2010 00:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland
  • Wed 1 Sep 2010 00:00
    BBC HD
  • Mon 20 Sep 2010 03:35
    BBC One
  • Mon 2 May 2011 23:30
    BBC HD
  • Sat 27 Oct 2012 18:15
    BBC HD
  • Sat 31 Aug 2019 20:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 1 Sep 2019 02:55
    BBC Four
  • Sat 11 Apr 2020 19:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 12 Apr 2020 02:30
    BBC Four