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Tiny chickens

A bit about tiny chickens, as when Hank blames his illness on a tiny Detroit chicken whose eggs hatched in his head.

Origin on the channel: Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken from Detroit whose tiny eggs hatched in his head, the chicks eating his brain and pooping out his nose. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th 00:00:00

in-group term (bit) · in 15 videos, 2007–2026 · peak 2009 (5 videos) · still in use in 2026

Videos per year: 2007: 2 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 2 · 2012: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2026: 1

Forms heard

How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.

form videos first heard last heard
“tiny chickens” 7 2009-03-03 · Eating Man Meat 00:00:00 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us 00:00:58
“tiny chicken disease” 5 2009-03-29 · Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail 00:00:00 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41

Every video

2007

date video use what is said
2007-01-11 Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th 00:00:00 origin Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken from Detroit whose tiny eggs hatched in his head, the chicks eating his brain and pooping out his nose.
2007-01-27 Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel 00:03:59 joke Hank blames his illness on a tiny chicken's eggs hatching in his head. — “They're eating my brain and their poop is coming out my nose.”

2009

date video use what is said
2009-02-25 I Know (A Song in Ten Words) 00:01:34 callback Hank, ill with the flu, says the tiny chicken long-time viewers remember has returned and is laying eggs in his brain.
2009-03-03 Eating Man Meat 00:00:00 callback Hank says the tiny chickens have all but fled his system and now reside only in his larynx.
2009-03-29 Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail 00:00:00 callback John calls his sinus illness 'tiny chicken disease', the chickens blocking his sinus passages. → John is ill and put on antibiotics and steroids (2009) (followed over 2 videos (2009), 2009-04-01)
2009-04-01 A Few Of My Favorite Things 00:03:15 callback Hank says the drawings are mixed with 'tiny chickens on the brain', which John is still battling.
2009-12-27 How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:02:23 callback Hank defines tiny chicken disease; John glosses it as a common cold.

2010

date video use what is said
2010-02-19 Henry's Pee and My Gut 00:00:01 callback John says tiny chickens are breeding inside his head, filling it with pain.
2010-03-01 The Marriage Ref SUCKS 00:00:00 callback John blames his hoarse voice on the tiny chickens migrating down into his throat.

2012

date video use what is said
2012-05-08 Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote 00:00:14 callback John explains 'tiny chicken disease' to nerdfighters in training: tiny chickens invade your nose and poop snot; he has caught it from the Yeti.

2014

date video use what is said
2014-03-25 I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration 00:00:02 callback John blames his husky voice on 'a little bit of the tiny chicken disease'.
2014-09-30 Keeping it EVEN REALER 00:00:13 callback John blames his husky voice on 'a little bit of the tiny chicken disease', caught, he jokes, from his virus-carrying children.

2019

date video use what is said
2019-04-19 Making your Nothings into Somethings 00:00:00 callback Hank says his brain has tiny chickens in it and he isn't thinking clearly, but John's video made him think and he wants to work through it as a back-and-forth.

2023

date video use what is said
2023-12-24 John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41 callback A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign.

2026

date video use what is said
2026-07-10 How Status Destroys Us 00:00:58 callback Hank cites tiny chickens as part of Vlogbrothers' decades-long history.