This is a square tune with two parts. Key of A modal (A major with G major chord).
The Hillbillies [old record on the tube]. This might be the best known variant.
Grayson & Whitter on a collection of old recordings of chicken songs [mp3 at Old Hat Records].
John Ashby's version. Old recordings of John Ashby on [tube] and [mp3 at Slippery Hill]. Bigfoot performed this version onstage at Clifftop [tube].
Variants at Slippery Hill: Clyde Davenport includes fiddle plucks [mp3]. Ed Weaver key of G [mp3]. Find about 10 with this search.
Good instructional solo banjo on the porch, key of G [tube], by Aubrey Atwater.
Wild performance video by Toubab Krewe with Rayna Geller on fiddle [IndyMusicTV]