As cool as the implications of sending tactile information over the Internet may be, I find it rather more than simply "eccentric" to develop a human-poultry interaction system.[1] It is quite frankly bizarre and disturbing. What happened to the good old days when we did our research with cats and dogs and other mammals? Who in their right mind would want to pet a chicken (except maybe a child)?
Still, as it develops, some of the other applications, such as helping people learn to dance, or interacting with other people, or even interacting with a guard dog, are interesting. It will be interesting to see this area of research develop.
[1] http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67513,00.html