Popular Saying That Originated From Chickens

[Sitka]

Get paid "chicken feed" (i.e., not much)

"Chicken-scratch" handwriting (i.e., messy)

Like a fox guarding the henhouse.

Rare as hen's teeth.

 

[tampitt]

Quote:
i haven't heard that one, my mom's favorite was "teets on a bore hog"

 

[Phox01]

how about "flew the coop " just like my girls do every morning when I open the door to the run.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

"Earnest Tucker"-Pure country when he told George Strait about lieing to Harley

he said "You know that lil white speck on top of chicken "crap" (yes sir) well it's still chicken "crap".

 

[allmychickens]

" My Chicken is smarter then your dog..."
" You aren't a crazy chicken lady until you find feathers in your cereal... and eat it anyway..."
" I love you sweetheart but will you sleep in the living room? The chickens want your spot..."
Lady walks out of a salon "whoa!!!! Is that a frizzle on your head"
Son walks up to his balding father and touches his head " Whoa daddy!! You are molting!"
" I count my flock 5 times a day... Is that wierd?"
" If It has a chicken on it... I want it."
" I got feathers in my hair so that my chickens would stop making fun of me..."
" I have conversations with my chickens..."
" I swear they understand me!"
" If your daughter asks santa for a chicken... you raised her well!"

 

[SuperChickenDude327]

'Cowardly chickens' is something I say when I let out one of my pigeons. My girls act like I've willingly let a fox in the henhouse! They leap, jump, cackle and cower in fear as the poor pigeon thinks, Was it something I said?

 

[Blonde]

Quote:

'That's like six cence an hour!"

 

[ChickLover98]

These are great sayings!

 

[eenie114]

Madder than a wet hen! Which doesn't make any sense, but still.

 

[SuperChickenDude327]

My hens are always mad when they get wet.

The only thing madder than a wet hen is five hundred of 'em.