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Chickens Quotes

Farmyard wit, from free-range roots to dinosaur trivia.

This page gathers chickens quotes that range from nostalgic memories of a free-range childhood to a painter's daydream of raising chickens instead. Readers curious about Animals quotes will find a similar mix of everyday observation and humor here.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Quotes by Aesop

My mom used to call us 'free range kids,' like free range chickens... We roamed the countryside.

Quotes by William Moseley

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

Quotes by Tony Curtis

Animals Quotes

I haven't checked, but I highly suspect that chickens evolved from an egg-laying ancestor, which would mean that there were, in fact, eggs before there were chickens. Genius.

Quotes by Ta-Nehisi Coates

If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

Quotes by Seymour Cray

I just love chickens.

Quotes by Patti LuPone

If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick.

Quotes by Pamela Anderson

While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of human antibiotics to chickens presents a much graver threat.

Quotes by Michael Greger

Antibiotics Quotes

Scientists suggest that the link between consuming poultry and cancer spread may be due to carcinogens in cooked meat. For unknown reasons, these carcinogens build up more in the muscles of chickens and turkeys than in those of other animals.

Quotes by Michael Greger

I know that organic farms can be industrial and just as large and impersonal as conventional farms. Sometimes the free-range chickens aren't even allowed outside, and so they cluck-walk packed tight in a dim lit barn. But organic farms use...

Quotes by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

I have four chickens. I have four laying hens. And I have 50 fruit trees. I make apricot and plum jam every summer. I brought Memphis to Malibu.

Quotes by Linda Thompson

Many dinosaurs were smaller than chickens.

Quotes by Ken Ham

My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.

Quotes by Joel McCrea

Any Quotes

Our main deal is pastured livestock. So we have beef cattle, pigs, turkeys, laying chickens, meat chickens, rabbit, lamb and ducks - egg-layer ducks.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

The cows shorten the grass, and the chickens eat the fly larvae and sanitize the pastures. This is a symbiotic relation.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

I grew up in the English countryside, raising ducks and chickens.

Quotes by Jessica Henwick

I'm not counting any chickens.

Quotes by Jeff Bridges

Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.

Quotes by Jack Horner

Become Quotes

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

Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of chickens quotes are on this page?
This page collects short, real quotes that mention chickens directly, from childhood memories of free-range life to jokes about how small dinosaurs actually were. They're pulled from interviews and public remarks rather than written as generic farm sayings.
Why do people search for chickens quotes?
People look up chickens quotes for captions on farm or homestead photos, for a laugh about backyard poultry, or simply because chickens show up in surprisingly varied conversations, from cooking to childhood nostalgia.
Is there a quote here about free-range chickens specifically?
Yes. One quote recalls being called a 'free range kid' by a parent, comparing how the family roamed the countryside to free range chickens, which gives the collection a nostalgic, memoir-like angle.
Does this page include any humorous chickens quotes?
Yes, including a line noting that many dinosaurs were actually smaller than chickens, and another admitting the speaker has never seen a genuinely organically grown chicken. Both use chickens to make a wry, offbeat point.
Are these chickens quotes from farmers or celebrities?
The quotes come from a mix of public figures, including someone who says they'd have raised chickens if they hadn't taken up painting, showing chickens quotes aren't limited to agricultural voices.

Several lines poke fun at how little we actually know about where chickens or their eggs come from, organic labels included. Anyone who enjoys quotes that turn ordinary farm animals into a lens on modern life should also browse Become quotes for more reflective sayings.