The cock suggests male sexual characteristics and so the need to be more assertive. It is also the symbol of the new day and of keeping watch. Less positively, it might suggest that you are being overbearing and trying to rule the roost. The hen suggests being totally immersed in the concerns of motherhood.
If a hen crows in your dream, this is taken to represent maternal domination. A group of hens may symbolize gossip and calamity. It may also suggest being ‘hen-pecked’ or that you feel being picked on, like chicken feed. Chicks represent babies or very young children in your life, or your feelings about your own childhood. They can also point to vulnerability. Are you counting your chickens before they have hatched? [1]
Running aimlessly around: Lacking personal direction, racing from worries or doing so much that everything loses focus (e.g., “like a chicken with its head cut off’).
An omen or message. Among the Romans, chickens were used to foretell the outcome of battles by observing their movements and clucking.
Health matters (stemming from the idea that chicken soup is a panacea of sorts).
In a roost: Good planning and foresight; preparing for an arrival, sometimes that of a child.
Appearing on a doorstep: A portent that foretells the arrival of guests. [2]
The common phrase “like a chicken with its head cut off” brings the meaning of ignorance and stupidity into the symbolic mix.
The chicken in your dream may be relating to one of these principles. There is some spiritual connection to the rooster through Chinese astrology.
The power of creativity or the feminine.
Fear or cowardice.
Caution or skepticism.
Common sense (or a need for more of it).
Dreaming of this animal can represent too much or not enough of one of those qualities, or someone or something you associate with the quality or animal.
Consider also the animal’s actions, context, and your feelings about it.
A live chicken may mean that there is a pecking order of dominance within a group that you are involved in; it could be a response to your feeling hen-pecked. [5]
If you dreamed about eating chicken, there is some backstabbing going on. Either you or a good friend is not being entirely loyal, especially with her talk. [6]
2. Word play “chicken” as in afraid;
• Hen
1. Defender of the young; Luke 13:34 finger,
• Chicks (Baby Chickens)
1. Children of God;
2. Your offspring. Matt. 23:37.
• Rooster
1. Boasting
2. Bragging;
3. Proud [7]
The message of this dream is to move through your fear. [8]
The chicken can also represent stupidity and cowardice. [9]
2. Nourishment. [15]
A chicken in a dream also represents a woman who takes care of orphans and raises charities for their sake, or it could represent a blond woman, or a servant. Owning a chicken in a dream means dispelling difficulties, or it could be a show of happiness. Hunting a chicken in a dream means receiving lawful and easy profits. Slaughtering a chicken in a dream means deflowering a virgin servant.
If one sees a chicken or a female peacock hooting inside his house or garden in a dream, it means a calamity which is met with a belligerent character. Seeing one’s house filled with a large number of chickens in a dream means wealth or presiding over people, or it could mean dispelling one’s fear and establishing one’s rank.