Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

[eggbuster]

I had a fellow this spring who wanted me to raise some free range meaties for him. Just one caveat. Could I please make sure they didn't eat any bugs; I had to decline on the grounds that it would not be in their best interest to put a rubber band around their beaks and there fore I could not guarantee bug free, free range chickens.

 

[Santa Walt]

A lot of people continue to as Beekissed why she/he took a rooster to church. She/he answered in a post 12/01/2010 9:46 pm.

Beekissed: "Lady at church needed a roo and I had a spare."

 

[itsdamamma]

Eating eggs will raise your blood cholesterol. Not only is this not true but it is still believed by many medical professionals. In fact, the opposite may be true.


REALLY??? I have eaten every egg my chickens have laid. (they just started and I am too excited to sell or give them away at this point) I thought that the egg were bad for you! So, it's ok that I consume everything my birds lay? lol... cool!

 

[Cowgirl71]

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[Sgsf]

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Uhm, Roosters don't lay eggs?

 

[sewingca]

I have to tell this story. With the recent rash of salmonela in the big egg production operations, my niece's mother-in-law felt she could not make her wonderful egg nog recipe that contains raw eggs. My sweet niece called me to bum 6 eggs 'cause she knew my girls and their eggs were very clean. I was glad to oblige!

Regarding the "eggs without roosters", I explain to my girl friends how eggs are produced in our own lives. This is a family forum, so each of you can explain it to your kids and close friends.

 

[patman75]

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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!"

I just found this thread and I have reading only to find out why Beekissed brought a roo to church. Whew, I was thinking I might never find out.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My daughter who has never lived around chickens but has only been around them when visiting us, asked me once when we had chicks if the hen was still nursing. I almost fell over.

 

[Mxmediamom]

Sorry, don't mean to be petty, but the quote" All creatures great and small" was not written by James Herriot, the line comes from a hymn.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

On colored eggs, when I informed DH I intended to have blue and green egg layers in my mixed flock he looked confused, so I showed him pics...

"I'm not eating THOSE!!!" "Why not?" "LOOK at them! They're OFF!

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All the more pretty colored eggs for me then!