Anti-Chicken people - a vent

[Grace Boyer]

I'd recommend asking her respectfully to talk to you abou the germs, instead of talking to your son. It probably wouldn't be good to talk to her about it when you're all steamed up.
There are a lot of people who think that chickens are dirty, though, and when they're not telling a five year old that they're dirty, it can be pretty funny.
My piano teacher and I were looking at a program for the upcoming recital, and two of her other students that I know well were playing a duet called The Red Rooster. I asked if Sammie had chosen it, because she loves her rooster to death, and we got to talking about chickens. When I mentioned that 'King' plays dead on Sammie's lap, she said, 'They hold their chickens? No wonder those kids get sick so often.' I told her that I have chickens and used to bring them in the house quite a bit, and she sighed, rolled her eyes, shook her head, gave me up as beyond hope, and switched the conversation back to piano.

 

[Judymae]

And you pay her!?!

 

[Grace Boyer]

Yes, and she's an excellent teacher, and I wouldn't want to switch to another. How practical is it to pick your piano teacher on the basis of their views about chickens? She's just never been around them, and there's a lot of people that think chickens are dangerous. You just have to have a good sense of humor. Sammie's older sister and I have a lot of fun with that comment. Every time they get sick now we attribute it to the chickens. I know we shouldn't make fun of her, but sometimes I just can't resist.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I can agree with the reptilian thing...LOL
If you've ever seen a flock of hens going after a bug, just think of Jurassic Park and the Velociraptors...
I've been healthier since I've had chickens, so that's bull puckey...or chicken splort.

 

[Half-a-dozen]

This is just one of the many reasons why we don't run after my MIL who we have not seen or heard from for about two years now. What a miserable and arrougant woman... So Sad!
Just typical of something she would say/ Do!!

I could see it now- "Your kids are sick because of those chickens...... They probably got the bird flu and you just don't know it yet..... Tell your mother she should get rid of the chickens they are dirty"....
OOhh It would go On and On....

Now I have to laugh .... I have always wanted to post one of these

-LOL

 

[CarriBrown]

Quote:
Well, they are.... if you have a tomato in your hand!

 

[DuckLady]

Dangerous around Cheerios, too! I get trampled daily for Cheerios. Some day there will be a stench from my backyard and they will find my flat trampled body holding a beak-holedbox of Cheerios and a bunch of fat hens waddling around. LOL

 

[Betsy]

If chickens are so dangerous, how come I was allowed to take six of my month old chicks into a nursing home to see our neighbor today? I called the nursing home before I brought them to see if was okay, and it was. Our neighbor was thrilled to see the chicks, and so were several of the other residents that got to see them as well.
This whole thing about chickens being "dirty" and "dangerous" is nothing but ignorance, and it doesn't help that the government is promoting the myth that our healthy backyard birds will be the carriers of the bird flu, instead of the unhealthy factory farm ones.

 

[mom'sfolly]

You need to quote the research done that children raised around animals have fewer allergies. Something about a 'dirty' environment seems to strengthen the immume system. Tell you MIL that chickens are your cheaper and less painful alternative to allergy shots.

 

[Grace Boyer]

You don't even need cheerios for my chickens to swarm you. I went to my sister's car yesterday to get a CD, and Pet followed me and stood by the car the whole time I was there. Everytime I go outside they follow me around. Try letting them see you collect eggs. They'd follow you all the way inside if they could.