Have you noticed that a lot of old saying refer to chicken keeping?

[scbatz33]

Birds of a feather?

When the cock crows

don't put all your eggs in one basket

 

[Judy]

children who don't want to leave the nest

empty nest symdrome

 

[Crickett]

Going to bed with the chickens


He certainly crows! (Refers to bragging)

 

[LA~Poulet]

hen-pecked (referring to a husband)

 

[scbatz33]

strut your stuff

 

[scbatz33]

His head was on the chopping block (getting fired)

 

[Luvin Life]

 

[Davaroo]

THe opposite of going to bed with the birds - "Up with the chickens."

Truly, man and the chicken have a long cultural bond. This is global and isn't something that has sprung a new - it goes back thousands of years.

Every culture on the planet duplicates this culutral bond that you've observed.

 

[astylishgirl]

Like a mother hen

 

[mrbstephens]

Wow! These are great! A couple I've never heard before. Amazing!