Running around like chickens tearing our hair out

At a conference, the speaker said, “if it was easy, we wouldn’t be running around like chickens tearing our hair out.” This is a mashup of “run around like a chicken with its head cut off” (run around frantically; to be in a state of chaos) and “tear (one’s) hair out” (to be extremely worried or stressed about something). Both phrases describe a stressful situation and the speaker may have been confusing “head” and “hair”. Anyway, makes a very nice visual. A big thanks to Marcia Johnston for hearing this one and sending it in.