The Chicken and the Pig

When producing a dish made of eggs with ham or bacon, the pig provides the ham or bacon which requires his or her sacrifice and the chicken provides the eggs which are not difficult to produce.

The basic fable runs:[1] Sometimes, the story is presented as a riddle:[citation needed] The fable has been used mostly in contexts where a strong team is needed for success, for example in sports or in Agile software development.

This analogy is based upon the pig's ability to provide bacon (a sacrificial offering necessitating the pig's death) versus the chicken's ability to provide eggs (non-sacrificial).

For example, variations of this quote have been attributed to football coach Mike Leach who said, on the officials in the 2007 Tech-Texas game in Austin: "It's a little like breakfast; you eat ham and eggs.

"[5] In 2019, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison used the fable (attributed to his rugby coach) to make the case that ministers should decide policy, not the public service.