Dude, Am I the ONLY one who thinks this is just plain WRONG!?!?

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

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I thought the same thing!

Chicken foot key chains would sell like mad here at the local flea market.

 

[LilEmilysChknPen]

Ewww...I would never wear anything like that. Gross.

 

[AhBee01]

Chicken feet scare me! LOL! Makes me think of bad scary Voodoo! Like what you see in the Movies! No Not for me!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Native American's used to wear all sorts of animal parts... this one really isn't all that different.

 

[wegotchickens]

The chicken foot bracelet fascinates me. I coldn't wear it, but I could stare at it for ages!

The goose-foot key chain is kinda cool-looking, too. It would totally creep out my family

And then the cat would prbably steal it (she steals my rabbits foot, too).

 

[RoosterRehab97]

Disgusting!!!!!

 

[Lunachick]

Yuck. Not because it's a chicken foot, well, maybe but it looks like an old creepy hand!

 

[Zahboo]

That is absolutely disgusting

 

[ranchhand]

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Quite possibly.....he is a very bright child. However, I am still recovering from the skull he drug in screaming "OH MOM.......check it out....this one still has BRAIN!!!!!!" Not much freaks me out but all I could think of was DISEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As for the source of the feet.....I think it is a pretty cool idea if they can find someone to like them....just think of all the wasted parts every time an animal is processed.

Good point- as they say about pigs- using everything but the squeal- during the Not-So-Great Depression, that was the way it had to be done. Definately not to my taste- but?


Edited spelling.

Ok, I'm going to let the "convos", as they are called on etsy.com, speak for themselves.

From me, auntsallysattic, to seller of bracelet:

Hello,
I am an Esty seller also- and a member of the www.backyardchickens.com forum. I raise chickens as a hobby and as a source of income from egg sales. I am uncomfortable with this art piece- can you at least tell me where the chicken foot came from? No offense intended, just curious about it!
Thanks,
Sally
7 April 2009 11:15pm EDT



This is what I got back from the seller this morning:

Your too funny Auntsally,

I see a hen in an apron on your website. I guess she is about to cook something. Maybe a human or a chicken? I bought this foot and several others at a store called "FOOD CITY" here in Phoenix, Az. We have a large population of Hispanics (50). Many are poor. They use chicken feet in a soup, sounds delicious doesn't it?
Grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8 April 2009 10:24am EDT

And my reply this morning:

Whoa, hold up here- you have confused me with someone else. Probably another backyard chickens.com member- obviously someone with a different attitude from me! I actually posted in your defense, on www.backyardchickens.com, as user "ranchhand".
Sorry someone was rude to you- in my convo I sepcifically said "not trying to be offensive". I was simply curious- the piece is not to my personal taste, but I see nothing wrong with it- like with a pig, you use "everything but the squeal". When I was in college biology, we had to dissect baby pigs- I made earrings from the dried ears!
And I don't sell aprons- I am "auntsallysattic" and I sell vintage items. I also lived most of my life in Texas, after 2 years in Ecuador- I am fluent in the Spanish language as well as the cooking! We used the heads as well as the feet in soup. So, I don't have a problem, I was just interested. And the fact the someone was rude to you is regrettable, but I feel maybe you owe me an apology?
Yours in friendship and natural curiousity,
Sally
8 April 2009 11:31am EDT

So, whoever sent a rude message, thanks for getting me in hot water. Hopefully the seller will get her duck feet in a row and realize she made a mistake in messages.

The point I'm trying to make is about "disagreeing, without being disagreeable".

Sally

edited for clarification

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Well I don't think it is gross (but I'm odd anyway) but I do think it would be uncomfortable to wear- probably scratchy and would irritate your wrist. Overpriced, too.

I've had chicken feet hung from my rear view mirror before (decorated, of course

) I also have a chicken foot pipe - Haven't smoked it, but it makes a great conversation piece

btw - you can get smaller quantities of chicken feet at any Asian Market - they use them in Chinese cooking. They are pretty cheap - like $1.20 a pound, last time I checked.

I sold a lot of chicken feet on ebay after that Pirates of the Carribean movie (the second one) came out.

people will buy most anything if it has a movie connection/reference.

I also have various skulls and bones laying around (some of which I processed myself

) I made a snake vertebra choker once, out of a blue racer my BIL found on the side of the road. It was a fresh kill, so I managed to tan the skin, too - it was beautiful.

I realize I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't see a problem at all with recycling such things

Although, I doubt I'd find a good place to wear that bracelet and would never pay that much for one.
But, like the chicken foot pipe - it would make a fantastic conversation starter

muahahahahaha

meri