aggression?

[Nuggetsowner:)]

You guys crack me up!

 

[seminolewind]

Okay, my chicks are chickees, my horse is Sweetie, my mule was baby girl, but now she's Buttercup, no one is really baby.

 

[mtnchicks]

Wait a minute! Because my chickens are pets doesn't mean I don't treat them as the animals they are. My dogs are my pets, but they aren't my babies. They are dogs that are members of the family, but not equal to my kids. They are treated differently than a person, because they aren't people and it would be unkind to expect certain behaviors of them. The same with my chickens. I chose to get them as pets, not livestock, but I still understand that to anthropomorphize (sp?) them wouldn't be fair. I don't mean that they don't have feelings and aren't thinking creatures, just not in the same way as us.
Don't mean to argue, just think that there aren't 2 distinct categories of chicken owners. Just different degrees of the way we think about them.

 

[Davaroo]

Don't mean to argue, just think that there aren't 2 distinct categories of chicken owners. Just different degrees of the way we think about them.

I gotta admit I can't buy that middle of the road stuff. See, people tend to like neat little packages. Theywant to have an identity and not wade through grey, vague 'degreeisms'. They want to be able to place a frame of reference around others, and will do so regardless. I figure it's best to give them that up front.
Maragaret Thatcher once said something like "...the middle of the road is the worst place to be, since traffic hits you from both directions." So, I say, if you're a Chicken Pet person, proclaim it proudly! It really is okay.

But, maybe two more categories could be opened up. They are:

Chickens are livestock, but pets, too.

Chickens are pets, but livestock, too.

That should leave a nice safe zone for those who want one

Would you be surprised to know that some folks actually put diapers on their cluckers so they can run around in the house, watch T.V. and even sleep in their masters beds?
If these folks don't deserve a category of their own, then who does?

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

Nuggetsowner :

You guys crack me up!

Hey! I resemble that remark.

You must be a little EGGcentric

 

[seminolewind]

I agree to pets are pets, which is animals are animals. I treat my pets extremely well, but not like people. It doesn't really matter to me what people call their pets, baby, honey, pumpkin, ratface, whatever! My mother and father treat their dogs like people, call them my "sisters" (yuk) and it makes me want to barf.

 

[Davaroo]

It doesn't really matter to me what people call their pets, baby, honey, pumpkin, ratface, whatever!
I know, I know. But this whole "Chicken People" thing requires that you take hold of your tongue and place it firmly in your cheek. Go ahead, we'll wait..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

See, wasn't that fun?? That's it, friends - it's all in fun! We can all laugh at ourselves a little. Believe me, someone, somewhere, is doing so already.

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

aahhhhhhhhhhh "ratface" reminds me of someone from my past!

 

[silkiechicken]

Haha...

Is it wrong I call my chickens "my little babies"... and then talk about how good they will taste... and have no problem eating them?

I guess I did have a hamster called feces too... boy the looks when I said stuff like, "feces is so cute!," "feces has grown so much!," "feces likes to roll around in her ball."

A good laugh is always great.

Edit: Oh, and the worst one: "Let me go grab feces for you"

Terrible name.

 

[seminolewind]

Okay, okay, I will come out of the closet, my chicks are Henrietta, Charlene, and Mariska, Mariska always comes running first and jumps on my arm. I just got a BO, and her name is Clarise. And yes, I DO feel like a mother hen.