What does the chicken simbolyze?

I'm not sure about the specific chicken. Many people associate food with comfort, warmth, and family but not Coraline. Coraline’s food is often cold, tasteless, or just plain weird because of her father’s culinary experimentation and/or her mother’s busyness. The quality of Coraline’s food serves as a symbol of her parent’s indifference towards her. The Beldam on the other hand serves her delicious, familiar food but despite its appeal and savor it too is created without love or regard for Coraline as it is primarily used to bait her.