Quotes about chickens wanted

[jvls1942]

found this on a different site today

a whistling girl and a crowing hen will come to a no good end..

an old neighbor used to tell me that a hen lays and egg and walks around and says
"look look look what iii did"

and the rooster says.

"coulda took twooo coulda took twooo"

and the hen said." taaalk talktalktalk, taaalk talktalktalk......."

 

[onefatgerman]

"Hhm hmm, Finger licking good."-Col. Sanders

 

[Amyable]

Got this one from Storey's Illustrated guide to Poultry Breeds:

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately. - Oscar Wilde

My hubby makes fun of me because I like that book so much!

 

[donnaIL]

This really isn't a quote, but I'm sure you have heard the saying "they were egging me on". Well when my chickens go to the nest box to lay, the others "egg them on" by clucking and making alot of noise.

 

[omelette'smom]

which came first, chicken or the egg.
sorry, thats all i could contribute but noone had mentioned it yet!

 

[deenamr]

Thanks for all of the great responses. I really appreciate everyone's input.

 

[banter]

Round as a ring but gold within- what am I?

An egg of course! well-at least oval

 

[FarmerDenise]

"Scarcer than hens teeth"

 

[Fudgie]

Better than chicken lips!

 

[annmarie]

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. White

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
Isaac Bashevis Singer