Appreciate the compliment, but we had to use free assets for this one since it's our first jam. Below are the links to the assets.
As for strategy (in it's current form), you would want to look away from the chicken as you hit and then lean back into the chicken. I would like to change this though in future updates as I've gotten the same feedback and I personally don't like the gameplay in it's current form. Feel free to come back and check it out once you see version 2.
Thank you for trying it out and leaving some feedback.
Assets: