Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

[new chick 203]

someone told me recently that her chickens lay better when she puts black pepper in the food, and that "everyone who keeps chickens knows that". Has anyone heard that?

 

[cami]

haha people think my silkies are mamals and when they see a picture of them they cant tell if its a chicken or an alpaca XD

 

[trunkman]

Someone told me that chickens were so dumb they will stand in the rain with their heads straight up with beaks open and drown. Well my chickens have been in the rain and I've yet to see one drown!!

 

[tammyd57]

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I've heard that one about turkeys. I don't think it's true about chickens or turkeys............but I once had a dog that was so dumb, I'm surprised he didn't do that!

 

[tammyd57]

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I've heard that myth, but it was cayenne pepper.

 

[queenbeezz]

My granmother was a prim and proper lady. One day she caught me whistling and in an effort to teach me proper form she told me that "Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end", I still whistle.

 

[leslierf]

When I was in my teens,I had six youngish turkeys who all drowned in their first and only rain.

 

[suburban]

Just had half of my list of "stupid" questions answered, Thankyou!

 

[Miss Lydia]

My mom and step dad bought young chickens and they did the same thing drowned in the rain.

 

[fl_deb]

When it comes to poultry suddenly dying from rain, or anything else, I strongly believe parents have propagated stories to lessen their child's sorrow when pets have been obtained for food purposes rather than to exist as a pet.

I would like to think I am wrong, but I have seen so much of this when children have become attached to animals that were obtained to meet food needs.