Announcement April Fools 2016 - New Development: Chicken Feed That Changes Egg Shell Color!

[ShrekDawg]

I think everyone of us has fallen for a joke at some point. I know I have. As a matter of fact I may be fallen for one right now on another thread lol.

Very true!! I fall for a lot lol

please don't. 90% of the people who posted here fell for it (some may not admit it ). I know I did. And I've certainly fallen for more embarrassing things on BYC



Great one, @Nifty-Chicken I must say, your introductory post was extremely well written.

Thank you!! That is very true!! And I agree with what you said to nifty. The fact it was so well written is why i fell for it i think!! Although surely you have not fallen for anything as embarrassing as this

I fell for it!!!

Thank you both! I think thats a big part of why it got me w4w. Plus the fact that it was sooo well written and scientific sounding that it really sounded possible!!!! I actually Googled to see if there was a news story or press release and found nothing of course and thought it was weird bit figured it hadn't been released yet LOL I wonder if it would eventually be possible????

This is almost as bad as the time in high school when my friend told me the cafeteria ceiling was red and I actually looked up....... they never let that one go

 

[chickenshiha]

i fell for it but figured it out because it was april fools

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

April 1 is my b-day

 

[Nin315]

Oh, man,, I see itts 12:19 a.m.,, technically, its over..just my luck,, no chance of a prize,, especially since now I see the cat was already out of the bag,, I just didnt read far enough..oh well,, good one, anyway! ; )

 

[ShrekDawg]

Okay.  But a comment about "[COLOR=FF0000]red[/COLOR] herring" in an April Fools thread about colored eggs is absolutely genius.  Great comment ... regardless of who said it.

When I remembered it was April Fools this morning, I hotfooted over to BYC to see what Rob was up to this year.  He comes up with some great AF jokes.  He got me bad the first year or two, and I felt a little betrayed.  But now I just watch the hilarity on April 1 at BYC.

I fell for it!

Interesting that the basket of eggs pictured is the same basket as post #6 at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/642677/my-light-brahma-lays-a-very-pink-egg 

That's cause it's an April Fool's prank

 

[kekstrom]

As soon as I read the little add on the top of the BYC homepage I thought, "What?! Oh, its April Fools Day". I never believe anything posted on the internet on April 1st.

 

[Augmoe]

Hilarious!
What if humans can select their babies color

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Quote: No no. These are real chickens! Honest!

So are these, poor things. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/06/the-dragon-like-legs-of-dong-tao-chicken.html

 

[Faraday40]

Okay. But a comment about "red herring" in an April Fools thread about colored eggs is absolutely genius. Great comment ... regardless of who said it.

When I remembered it was April Fools this morning, I hotfooted over to BYC to see what Rob was up to this year. He comes up with some great AF jokes. He got me bad the first year or two, and I felt a little betrayed. But now I just watch the hilarity on April 1 at BYC.

Me too! I laughed as soon as I saw the headline, but knew it was April 1st.............This time.

The one that really got me was
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ken-broodiness-by-up-to-48-with-aluminum-foil

Do you remember the pic of the hen wearing a tin foil hat?

I was so fooled that I tried to find the article several months later when I wanted to hatch some eggs.

 

[sjturner79]

I thought it was serious when I first read it, then a few hours later I had been thinking that the lack of details was weird, as the company would usually be the first thing mentioned, then I realized it was the end of March and it might be April 1 in America at the time it was posted.