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Follow us A spring chicken is a young bird bred for the table. Earlier, chicks would not survive the cold winter months, so a chicken in spring was prized for its flavour. A spring chicken is a young bird bred for the table. Earlier, chicks would not survive the cold winter months, so a chicken in spring was prized for its flavour. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in spring fetched a better price than the old ones who had weathered the winters. When farmers tried selling the older ones as new spring-born ones, the smarter village folk complained that a tough fowl was 'no spring chicken', thus triggering the negative usage of the term, which refers to women past their days of youth and beauty.- Aparna Kishen, Gr Noida End of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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A spring chicken is a young bird bred for the table. Earlier, chicks would not survive the cold winter months, so a chicken in spring was prized for its flavour. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in spring fetched a better price than the old ones who had weathered the winters. When farmers tried selling the older ones as new spring-born ones, the smarter village folk complained that a tough fowl was 'no spring chicken', thus triggering the negative usage of the term, which refers to women past their days of youth and beauty.- Aparna Kishen, Gr Noida End of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA