I shall first set the stage for you....I live on 2.5 acres most of which is in the side of a mountain and steeply inclined. I am outside working on my garden beds trying to beat the snow that was coming and a neighbor and her husband pull up for a visit. wonderful...*cringing*. They are an okay couple (up to that point anyway) a bit snooty but I was not in the frame of mind for unannounced visitors. Soooo, I stop what I am doing and invite them inside for coffee...this is where the excitement starts...
My 6 girls are just 8 days old and I am still tuned in to every noise they make ... okay I am still a nervous first-time chick mom...and one of the girls starts making a loud squeal...so I jump up and excuse myself as I am trotting to the master bathroom. I find my little SLW raising a ruckus while standing at the side of the brooder jumping and flapping. So, I reach in and pick her up and she immediately stops the fuss. That was all she wanted...attention. So, I perch her on my shoulder where she loves to sit and I walk back to the livingroom. I did not mention her and they did not notice her.
The conversation continues, Speckles is playing with my hair and looking around and suddenly the woman says rather loudly "OH MY GOD you have a chicken in your hair!" My first instinct was to give her the ole' 'No Kidding Sherlock" *smirk* but I said "yes, this is Speckles and she is a bit spoiled".
This woman jumps up, grabs her husband's arm and says "We have to go NOW!" So I asked her "Why she was leaving in such in a hurry as it was only a baby and not about to attack her or anything" and she says....
"Chickens are nasty creatures, mean, cannibals and disgusting." and followed that stupidity by saying "If I had known you kept such vile creatures and actually liked them, I would have never came near here."
Well now I am hacked because she had the nerve to show up uninvited, unannounced and sit in my home and insult me by being a .... BUT I kept my cool and tried to blow it off by saying... "chickens are very nice pets, great gardners, produce eggs and are not rabid killers"...
This woman says..."it may be a baby now but it will grow up to be a stupid disgusting cannibal that attacks small children and anyone who comes here"
So I lost it and told her that I would rather have my chickens, train them to attack fools like her and post warning signs up saying 'beware of killer chicken' than to spend one more second in her company. Then I graciously pointed to the door and gave her the doorknob warning.
Can someone tell me where these idiots come from? What scares me is that they reproduce, they drive and they VOTE!
Vent over....had to get it off my chest...it was bothering me so much I could not sleep! Poor Speckles sitting there and being startled by a raving lunatic in denim and an ugly sweater!
Oh here is a picture of the killer chicken that she was referring to....
My 6 girls are just 8 days old and I am still tuned in to every noise they make ... okay I am still a nervous first-time chick mom...and one of the girls starts making a loud squeal...so I jump up and excuse myself as I am trotting to the master bathroom. I find my little SLW raising a ruckus while standing at the side of the brooder jumping and flapping. So, I reach in and pick her up and she immediately stops the fuss. That was all she wanted...attention. So, I perch her on my shoulder where she loves to sit and I walk back to the livingroom. I did not mention her and they did not notice her.
The conversation continues, Speckles is playing with my hair and looking around and suddenly the woman says rather loudly "OH MY GOD you have a chicken in your hair!" My first instinct was to give her the ole' 'No Kidding Sherlock" *smirk* but I said "yes, this is Speckles and she is a bit spoiled".
This woman jumps up, grabs her husband's arm and says "We have to go NOW!" So I asked her "Why she was leaving in such in a hurry as it was only a baby and not about to attack her or anything" and she says....
"Chickens are nasty creatures, mean, cannibals and disgusting." and followed that stupidity by saying "If I had known you kept such vile creatures and actually liked them, I would have never came near here."
Well now I am hacked because she had the nerve to show up uninvited, unannounced and sit in my home and insult me by being a .... BUT I kept my cool and tried to blow it off by saying... "chickens are very nice pets, great gardners, produce eggs and are not rabid killers"...
This woman says..."it may be a baby now but it will grow up to be a stupid disgusting cannibal that attacks small children and anyone who comes here"
So I lost it and told her that I would rather have my chickens, train them to attack fools like her and post warning signs up saying 'beware of killer chicken' than to spend one more second in her company. Then I graciously pointed to the door and gave her the doorknob warning.
Can someone tell me where these idiots come from? What scares me is that they reproduce, they drive and they VOTE!
Vent over....had to get it off my chest...it was bothering me so much I could not sleep! Poor Speckles sitting there and being startled by a raving lunatic in denim and an ugly sweater!
Oh here is a picture of the killer chicken that she was referring to....
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