Chicken Powered Steadicam - Smarter Every Day

I waited a couple of years for someone to make this video, so I finally decided to do it myself. I shot the video about three months ago and just now edited it down.

The micro camera website mentioned above has lots of examples of what this camera is an how to operate it. You'd be pretty amazed how many uses there are for one.

I hope you enjoy! If you enjoy my stuff, I would appreciate it if you subscribe! I've also posted another video which investigates the "Backdriven reflex" in more depth. It can be viewed here:

People are often worried about how tight the binder was on the chicken's head. You'll note I said "without hurting the chicken". I stretched the binder out so it had a very light clamping force.

Also, this video inspired another user, Jeremiahjw to create his own chicken powered steadicam. His video can be seen here:

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[smartereveryday]

@RoughOutlineProduce
Thank you for being a voice of reason. Many of the people on here have never touched a live chicken and feel the need to berate me about hurting the chickens. I'm glad to have someone else chime in who understands what the birds were experiencing.

[DougFalcon]

"I've discovered that you gotta keep 'em calm."

Don't tell me you tried strapping a camera to an ANGRY chicken...

[smartereveryday]

@pbalwaysinformed
We always treat our animals with great care. It's important not to spoil the meat.

[zlac]

You should breed two different types of chicken, or maybe use a chicken and a swan. Breed them to have different cutoff frequency. Then you mount small bird to a big bird. The big bird filters large amplitude low frequency shaking like running, and small bird filters high frequency small amplitude shaking of hands, heartbeat etc, classic double stabilized system!:D

[smartereveryday]

Check yourself brother. My grandfather (in Alabama) helped put man on the moon. We probably have more rocket scientists per capita than anywhere you know. In fact, who knows, if you've ever got a YouTube comment reply from Alabama it was probably a rocket scientist. That's how crazy the statistics are down here.

[Jogwheel]

It's hilarious... because it works.

[piero]

The man: * leaves *
The chicken just 5 secs later: my moment is here

[TheKneppMeister]

3:20. please crap on the table 3:26 YESSSS!!!!

[sagejake]

i imagine this is an alien encounter for the chicken

[smartereveryday]

I'm sorry about your leg. I hope you get to feel better soon.

[smartereveryday]

@davidrigel

Yeah, I have one of those.... I don't have high speed internet so it might take a day or two to upload.

[dkwroot]

This needs to be a hilarious kickstarter prank. Just imagine a commercial for Chicken-Cam.

[wmarzan]

I can't believe there's a smarter everyday video of a camera strapped to a chicken

[KafshakTashtak]

Dude, I just remembered that LG made a commercial with your idea. Went back to their video and boom, you were there.

[thepoint]

0:38 You know that fuzz in the background? That's the chicken's thoughts. ;)

[DanB]

3:23 Pretty sure that's a bit of revenge right there. xD

[iRoxproductions]

Einsteins theory is wrong. There is a fixed point in space, and it is the chickens head. Everything in the entire universe revolves around the chickens head.

[MrFangyPants]

This is so awesome! You know having a chicken as a camera man is a great idea. Now all you have to do is train two chickens to be actors. I'm sure it would be better then a few independent films I've seen.

[iAmTheSquidThing]

What type of bird can I use for a DSLR stabiliser? Is a swan big enough? Or am I going to need something more like an emu?

[TheTransforcer]

Honestly impressed and amazed that you actually made a chicken cam.
And I totally saw coming the chicken on table but still almost woke the house up containing laughter!