The Chickens

I find if I leave the chickens until last of my first clear they are super easy.

What champion did you play as? What skill did you start with? Did you start red and then go for the chickens right after? Did you kill the smaller chickens before hitting the larger one to minimize Chicken DPS? Have you ever considered purchasing a chicken or a chicken accessory?

New jungle is brutal, ask for a hard leash.

Not really. I find that if I go Blue (smite) > wolves > raptors where I hit level 3 and then I can back for the jungle item I want and head back to pick up the red buff. In the old jungle I'd usually go Blue (smite) > wolves > wraiths (smite) > double golems (hitting level 3) > red (smite), so it's taking about the same amount of time to get to level three and then get the red buff. The new jungle is definitely more about managing your health and mana, and it definitely wants you to back more... unless of course you're playing Warwick.

Dont start on the buff, start the frog or the krugs, then go for the buff. The smite bonuses help clear a lot

Some junglers have a camp or two they want to avoid early game. Fighting the Gromp as is brutal.

Most junglers benefit from killing the smaller chickens first in the early-mid game.

Chickens hit harder then the rest of the jungle, I don't start buff jungle first, I start krugs or froggy, still hurts regardless what time the game is.

News flash, so does the rest of the jungle...