DYK: “You ain’t no Spring Chicken!”

You’re no Spring chicken – Before incubators, chickens couldn’t be raised during winter. New England growers found that those born in the spring brought premium prices in the summer market places.chicks-900x595

When these Yankee traders tried to pass off old birds as part of the spring crop, smart buyers would protest that the bird was “no spring chicken.”
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