Trivia

'Chickens Come Home' is a "three-reel' sound remake of the two-reel silent, 'Love 'Em And Weep' from 1927, which was also made at the Hal Roach Studios. Oliver Hardy (who had a bit part as a judge in the silent) plays the featured part, which was originally played by James Finlayson in the silent version. Finlayson is relegated to the small part of the butler in the sound version. Stan Laurel and Mae Busch play the same parts in both films.

This film was also simultaneously produced with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and a Spanish speaking supporting cast and released as Politiquerías (1931). Laurel and Hardy read their lines from cue cards on which Spanish was printed phonetically. At the time of early talkies, dubbing was not yet practical.

This bit of Laurel and Hardy insanity may qualify as a goof as well as trivia. When Stanley arrives at the house of Ollie's Old Flame (aka Ollie's Blackmailer, played by Mae Busch) to "get her organised" (i.e., keep her busy while Ollie has his dinner party), he's wearing a heavy overcoat with a coat-hanger sticking out of the neck. This could not be a mistake, and it is there throughout the scenes in Mae's rooms. When they begin fighting and go out in the hall, just before Stan falls out the window and they go to Ollie's house for the showdown, the coathanger is no longer to be seen. Nor is it ever mentioned nor explained.

This is the only L&H film in which Thelma Todd and Mae Busch, their favorite female co-stars, share scenes.

There's a large Coat of Arms on the dining room wall behind Hardy during the first scene at his home. Underneath in Old English letters is the name Norvell, which is Hardy's middle name, and the name his family called him as a boy.