Taps itself dates to the American Civil War era and became the standard United States military bugle call for lights out, flag ceremonies and funerals. This chicken version has no documented single creator and spread online as a novelty soundboard clip, shared because the melody is instantly recognisable even when clucked. Its humour relies on that familiarity, so creators reuse it whenever a tiny, trivial loss needs the gravity of a formal military farewell, keeping the joke readable without any visual explanation or dialogue.