This was a conversation with my hair cutter yesterday. She asked me if I have any plans for the weekend, and I told her that I'm getting 4 new chickens to add to my flock. Then she said that's really nice, etc. After a pause she said, "So...question. Is a chicken a female rooster?"
I couldn't help it. I had to laugh. I explained to her that roosters are males and females are hens, but they are all chickens. She replied, "Oh, okay. I've always been confused about that. You know, I was at this place with my friends, and there were all roosters there. No female roosters!"
I said," Oh, really? There were no hens?'
"No! There were no female looking things! I thought it was really sexist."
All I could say to that was, "Okay."
Then she said, "The females are whitish, aren't they?"
I then proceeded to tell her about the different colors, sticking mostly to the basics. I left out the colors like Mille Fleur, Jubilee, Blue Laced Red, etc.
Then she said, "Oh, that's cool. So...what do we eat?"
I told her about CornishX, and how they are bred to get big and fat very quickly, etc.
Then she asked, "Do we eat roosters???"
I told her yes, we eat roosters and hens.
She replied, "Okay, good. Because if we only ate hens, then that would have been really sexist!"
I didn't know what to say, so I just assured her that we do eat the roosters.
She said, "Okay, that's good. I don't like roosters."
I asked her why, and she told me that she had chickens when she was a kid, and her rooster was mean. So, even if she was a kid, she had chickens at some point, and yet she doesn't know even the most basic things about them? Really??
I couldn't help it. I had to laugh. I explained to her that roosters are males and females are hens, but they are all chickens. She replied, "Oh, okay. I've always been confused about that. You know, I was at this place with my friends, and there were all roosters there. No female roosters!"
I said," Oh, really? There were no hens?'
"No! There were no female looking things! I thought it was really sexist."
All I could say to that was, "Okay."
Then she said, "The females are whitish, aren't they?"
I then proceeded to tell her about the different colors, sticking mostly to the basics. I left out the colors like Mille Fleur, Jubilee, Blue Laced Red, etc.
Then she said, "Oh, that's cool. So...what do we eat?"
I told her about CornishX, and how they are bred to get big and fat very quickly, etc.
Then she asked, "Do we eat roosters???"
I told her yes, we eat roosters and hens.
She replied, "Okay, good. Because if we only ate hens, then that would have been really sexist!"
I didn't know what to say, so I just assured her that we do eat the roosters.
She said, "Okay, that's good. I don't like roosters."
I asked her why, and she told me that she had chickens when she was a kid, and her rooster was mean. So, even if she was a kid, she had chickens at some point, and yet she doesn't know even the most basic things about them? Really??
