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Yep...ridiculous. That is, unless the way she's getting her feet wet is in a stew pot, then it would be true. She will never lay another egg in that case.

Quote: "egg tooth"?? A hard little cap at the end of their beaks when they are hatched....it sloughs off shortly after hatching. It helps them penetrate the shell without injuring their flexible little beaks. Their beaks lose that level of flexibility as they grow.

Fiction. My hens have little flashlights to use and do, indeed, lay eggs when it is dark. They creep off the roosts and into the nest boxes, little flashlights in hand, turn off their lights and lay eggs in the dark. I've talked and talked to them about this practice but they are...

Quote: Very sorry! I guess I just assumed you were a guy because you were willing to stick your finger up your chicken's butts to check to see if they were laying... Most women I know aren't willing to do that. All of them, if you don't count me, LOL. No prob! I'm a nurse....I've...

Quote: He replied on post #54. Here's another green egg joke... I have a bunch of Guineas and chickens free ranging around the house and farm. One of my faithful egg customers finally got up the gumption to ask me what color guinea eggs are. I paused, a little confused as to why he...

......and legally blind?

Quote: erm... gotta ask... why were you taking a rooster to church? Lady at church needed a roo and I had a spare. There were a few old biddies shaking their heads and muttering about bringing a chicken in the church....I said, "He is one of God's creatures!"

You don't need a list to know that!! Whole lotta....well.....let's call them "uninformed" ~to keep it nice~folks out there. Sad when one comes to think of it. I took a rooster to church the other day and a little boy there thought it was a turkey!! What has America come to when a...