Does your family make fun of your chickens?

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Thank you. I'm so hurt by their actions. The tough part is as we go into the holiday season. I'm EXPECTED to attend. But I think I'm out this year. I was feeling very guilty about that but they are making this decision easier and easier on me.

I have also distanced myself from my family, for different reasons. The Holidays were hard, but it gets easier, and the peace of mind is worth it all. And NO ONE makes fun of the flockers except me!!
 
I ignored all the teasing I got from my family and was patient. My family told me I had gone chicken crazy. Then I started incubating and they thought I'd really gone off the deep end.But about four days after my second run hatched I caught my brother standing at the brooder talking to the chicks saying " I see you, I see you, peep peep peep, peep peep peep.
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Now my mom wants to know when I'm going to set my next run!
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They both think my sister should have chickens too, talk about a change. Just don't let it get you down, enjoy your" feathered family". By the way they're going to miss those eggs and if they don't like it just tell them,
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Not a single person I know makes fun of our chickens, except my mother and she doesn't make fun of them, she is downright rude about it.
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Everyone else brings me chickens of all kinds. One guy at work even brought me a rooster and hen metal painted statues. He had purchased them for their house that was done in a country style and then they moved and changed the style. $60 worth of chicken decorations for free!!!

My mother can just go stuff it.
 
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Thank you. I'm so hurt by their actions. The tough part is as we go into the holiday season. I'm EXPECTED to attend. But I think I'm out this year. I was feeling very guilty about that but they are making this decision easier and easier on me.

Tell them you think you will not attend because your choice of pets makes them somehow uncomfortable and you don't want that for them. Then do something YOU enjoy. To h--- with holidays. I hate them.
 
So sorry to hear some of you are having to go through that. My family raised livestock, including chickens, when I was a kid. My brother & sister-in-law raise chickens, too. My DH's family is grateful for the eggs, and they find the chickens interesting & amusing. They LOVE the new baby chicks! Some of his extended family don't get it, but we don't spend any time with them. Let them judge, we don't care!
 
I'm pretty lucky, I get called chicken lady at work, but in good fun. They gobble the eggs, but also hung a first egg picture up for me this summer where everyone else hangs graduation and birth announcements. They are very concerned about the girls and always ask if they are doing well. The older ladies were concerned that the first egg would hurt the girls backside. They really took an interest.

My best friend since we were kids thinks I am having a midlife crisis, ordering 44 chickens when I've never kept one in my life. I told her she started it with her 6 laying hens in the city, she is just jealous because she can't have as many as I can! But, it is still all in good fun.

But, I really find it awful that there is no respect for you or your interests. I wish it would change for you, but make yourself happy. Try not to react too negatively to them, it will make you feel bad and they will feel justified making you feel bad with their comments. I know it is hard, but hang in there, and love your fuzzy butts!
 
My family makes fun of my chickens. And the people I talk to about my chickens. They say
"I was surprised one of you didn't lay an egg while you were talking."
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"Let's eat all of ******'s chickens!"

Not really mean, but annoying.

Last night a boy asked me if I had rolled around in the dirt. Why you would be asking? Because I had hay all over me and didn't notice it.
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Well, thank you all. That really makes me feel better.

Tomorrow is Hug a Chicken Day and I plan on giving both my girls a good hug from their Flock Mistress. And moving forward, eggs are for neighbors and co-workers ONLY.
 
Mothers "family" does - sure enough! Much of the time, I think it's more of a jab at me because they know I love them.

"Hey Adrian, you speakin' chicken yet?"
"What did you guys eat last night, chicken?"
"Your writing looks like hen scratch, girl!"
"The chickens staying in your bedroom yet?"
"I can't believe you call those things pets and give them names!"

But hey. Just relish the fact that you're the mature human being, and you've got pets that give ya something back (other than love, of course).
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