Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat - Part 2 : Chicken Boogaloo.

[ChickenLover200]

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I had a guy ask how many eggs I was getting from my chickens a day. I told him "None. They're 10 weeks old." He informed me (quite condescendingly I might add) that I was obviously not only an amateur, (which I am) but also very "out of touch with reality" for believing in, and feeding them commercial starter crumbles, which are actually designed to delay laying in chickens, so that you have to keep buying MORE from the companies that make the chicken feed. His proof? He has always had ALL of his hens lay 2-3 eggs per DAY by 10 weeks of age by feeding them dog food and a little beer. (Not enough to get them drunk of course; that'd be crazy!)....................
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Is this real?? It just sounds too dumb...

Me and my lil' brothbrother watched a so-called farm show where they were "supposed" to know what they were doing. They "told" us that each chicken lays up to 4 eggs a day I was gullible, ten years old, and didn't have any chickens then to know any better

 

[TroyerGal]

Wow!! Wouldn't that be convenient though? How handy... you would only need like, 2 chickens for an average family!

 

[ChickenLover200]

Lol, yeah

 

[JadedPhoenix]

Humm, my first batch of chickens did LOVE chowing down on my dog's food, and my dad did love sharing his beer with the pets, but I just can't see even him being drunk enough to believe that 10 week old chicks were laying multiple eggs a day; buzzed at that. LOL!!

 

[mimsy]

My husband and I were at a second hand store picking up some chicken painting to hang in the coop. The gal working there told us that her neighbor had 20 chickens, but one accidentally turned out to be a rooster and got them all pregnant and now they have over 100.

I wasn't really sure how to react to that.

 

[briancade]

Thank you

 

[ChickenLover200]

My husband and I were at a second hand store picking up some chicken painting to hang in the coop.     The gal working there told us that her neighbor had 20 chickens, but one accidentally turned out to be a rooster and got them all pregnant and now they have over 100.

I wasn't really sure how to react to that.

Oh my gosh...
You have no idea how hard that made me laugh

 

[7 Biddies]

My husband and I were at a second hand store picking up some chicken painting to hang in the coop. The gal working there told us that her neighbor had 20 chickens, but one accidentally turned out to be a rooster and got them all pregnant and now they have over 100.

I wasn't really sure how to react to that.

And, then the roo died of exhaustion?

 

[7 Biddies]

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And, the reason we've never heard about that *magical* effect is because Big Pharma has put a lid on it: don't want fertilized eggs cutting into their Viagra profits, don'tcha know.

(I'm not saying I trust Big Pharma, Industrial food, or the government, but you can add this one to that long list of *special* Conspiracy Theories.)

 

[7 Biddies]

I had a lady who was interested in buying some of my eggs. Wanted to know if they were free range , what they were eating BUT they also had to be vegitarian chickens NO eating of bugs and such. I told her that I was sorry but I could not quarentee that and to please let me know if she should ever find such a thing. AND THESE PEOPLE BREED AND VOTE

Well, she could buy the "free range" eggs in the grocery store: I'm pretty darn sure they've never even seen a bug or worm in the big chicken houses with one small door leading to a small, naked fenced in area that the chickens can't get to. But, they're labeled "free range", so they MUST be. You can find them labeled "organic", too. Better, yet, send her to me. I'll sell her some eggs for $25 a dozen and give her a guarantee that they've never eaten a bug or worm. (I mean, how does one go about disproving that claim?)

If she's such a strict vegetarian, what's she doing eating food that comes from an animal (eggs)? People really are silly. They contradict themselves all the time and don't even realize it. But, I love that moment when I help them to realize it: the look on their faces is priceless.