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Digby chicken [< Digby, N.S.] Maritimes 
a small smoke-cured herring.
See also: Digby chips Digby herring
- a1820 (1838) A small species of herring afforded the inhabitants a staple commodity. They are extremely delicate, and are salted in great quantities every year. They have gained the nick-name of Digby chickens, and are exported to different parts of the province in barrels.
- 1894 The Dove lay at Liverpool wharf taking in dried cod, tubbed mackerel, pickled herring, smoked alewives, digby chickens--a small, smoked herring--maple syrup, maple sugar and apples, and potatoes.
- 1958 Digby is noted . . . for fish, including cured herrings known as "Digby chickens"; and for the world's largest scallop fleet.
- a1820 (1838) A small species of herring afforded the inhabitants a staple commodity. They are extremely delicate, and are salted in great quantities every year. They have gained the nick-name of Digby chickens, and are exported to different parts of the province in barrels.