Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Page 23

Originally Posted by In the Wild 

You guys have have it SO EASY. Let me explain. We move to the 'country', 3000 miles away from our former home to embark on our huge lifestyle change. We find something that is roughly 20 miles round trip to the post office. We set up camp on our Fabulous Five acres and start aquiring livestock. Less than 3 weeks into it, Nosie Nellie sports her Hoveround, Lark (whatever) down our drive. SO IT BEGINS. These are exact quotes. "Where's your rooster? If you're gonna have hens, you have to have a rooster." No, to have chicks I need a rooster. "You cannot possibly free-range those chickens!" WHY? "You'll lose some." "Do you know how to candle an egg?" WHY? "If you EAT an egg with a blood spot, you can get VERY sick." WHAT? "You have to feed chickens grains. They'll starve if you don't. They won't survive." HA! "Your chickens are screwy. They range too far. You need to pen them." ??? "If you don't feed them layer mash, they won't lay." chickens...  So, the entire garden that I prepared for the chickens doomed them to death?  It is a new growing season. I would love to tell this woman to......eff off. How do I bring this well-meaning so-and-so to heel? She takes my eggs readily enough. "Oh, your Americana eggs are so sweet. Please, no duck eggs, they disgust me." She has even informed my husband that he knows nothing about horses (we have 5) and called animal enforcement on some unsheared sheep at a neighbors. Any advice would be....advantageous. Does anyone else have it this bad? AND....If you you do, in which section should I post this?

Originally Posted by alyscr1913 

 

Tell them that the aliens that abducted you told you to do it. Maybe that'll satisfy them.

Originally Posted by alyscr1913 

 

Tell them that the aliens that abducted you told you to do it. Maybe that'll satisfy them.

Originally Posted by anbsmom 

I've been buying eggs from a local produce market for a year. A little boy raises chickens for FFA and I buy those. I'll never buy grocery store eggs again. Never.

Originally Posted by AleCat22 

Both my husband and I are Vegans but we  have always been very vocal when it comes to raising our own food. My husband said he'd eat our chickens eggs because he knows where they come from and that they are happy, healthy, well taken care of. And if I ever had enough room to rise chickens for meat that he would eat those as well. (I became vegan for him so th
ese where all my ideas in the first place) But many friends ask us how we would be willing to eat those eggs but not store bought ones. Also that it's terribly cruel for me to raise something I would just kill....  Crazy people! I try and try to explain to them but than they tell me I'm just being a hypocrite.

 

Originally Posted by ChickiesInUtah 

I know this has probably been said over and over but my boss expressed disappointment when I told her I'd have white eggs. "I only eat brown eggs" she said. 

 

*sigh*

 

I briefly & gently explained it all depends on the breed, eggs shell color doesn't matter, but didn't push the issue.

 

More eggs for everyone else!