[guitarplayer1953]

God told them that sin must be covered by blood, God ordered it so are they going to go against God's orders? Yes I know that Christ blood was shed for all and they have placed themselves under the law.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This almost sounds like a quasi-religious superstitious practice, intended to symbolize the ancient temple altar sacrifices of lambs. For those too poor to purchase lambs, sacrifices of small birds were authorized in the bible, but there isn’t any authorization in the bible for use of a chicken this way.