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A hen pecks out "America the Beautiful"

A key lights up, and Jokgu pecks it. Then the next one glows, and slowly a song takes shape. It is "America the Beautiful." more

Jokgu is a barnyard hen with yellow feathers and black markings around her neck, and she has a keyboard of her own at home. She leans right over it, her head down near the black and white keys, and gets to work.

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Jokgu leans over her keyboard and starts pecking out the first notes of the song.

The secret is in the lights. Each key glows when it's time to play it, and Jokgu pecks the one that is lit.

Note after note, she stays bent over the keys. "This chicken can play better than me," one fan admits, and a teacher jokes that some students have spent two years trying to reach her level.

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Well into "America the Beautiful," Jokgu keeps her head low over the keys, one lit note at a time.

Jokgu belongs to Shannon Myers and Sei-Hee Arii, and her gift isn't as odd as it looks. Backyard Poultry says chickens are smart and easy to train, hens most of all, because they're such curious birds.

When the music stops, the praise comes fast. "Good girl, good girl, Jokgu," a voice says, and then, "Here you go," the best words a working hen can hear.

A chicken with yellow feathers and black markings around its neck in a home setting, surrounded by household items like a keyboard and a chessboard. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
A key lights up, and Jokgu pecks it.

She's not the only player in the family. Her sister Aichan joined her for a second act on America's Got Talent, a duet of "Born to Be Wild," but the two got stage fright and chickened out.