In the May 12, 1988 draft, Slimer's dream involved the food dancing to and singing the first two bars of Los Lobos' "La Bamba" a la the California Raisins in "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."
In the May 12, 1988 draft, a lunar eclipse was also involved.
In the May 12, 1988 draft of the episode script, the music Slimer was listening to was from a new James Brown tape.
"Chicken, He Clucked," another chicken themed episode, is often confused with this one.
One of the were-creatures mentioned by Ray as he looks up Werechickens in Tobin's Spirit Guide is "Werebears". The Werebears were soft and cuddly teddy bears that would turn into werewolf-like creatures when their heads and paws were turned inside out. They were especially popular in the United Kingdom during the 1980s.