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

[ChickenLover200]

And then they get all "I could never kill an animal!" when you do have to put one out of its misery.

 

[junebuggena]

And then they get all "I could never kill an animal!" when you do have to put one out of its misery.

Right! It's like "What do you think happens when you take your dog or cat to the vet to be put to sleep?"

 

[junebuggena]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture.

My uncle's response- Chicken it's what's for dinner.
Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.
Uncle- wow brutal I kidding
Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.
Uncle-

Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it
Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....
Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute
Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.
Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.


Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.

 

[7 Biddies]

Two stories here, not directly about chickens, but certainly the ignorance of some:

1)  Here is Cheyenne we have a very large rodeo / music festival every year.  One year, my hubby was in the stands watching the rodeo and he overheard a man behind him tell his wife "See those little ones?  Those are female bulls". 

Um.... no, they are steers, castrated males.  And this is where the steak you will eat for dinner comes from, too.

2)  On a veggie gardening forum there once was a poster who kept asking, "is the stuff I grow safe if the cat once peed in the dirt" or "if there was old lead paint on a building two blocks away" or "if I used Roundup once near the garden".  After two weeks of answering her questions, she finally admitted that her husband wanted a garden but she was just simply grossed out by anything that grew out of dirt. 

Wow.

I totally feel her pain. I only eat stuff grown in styrofoam. Oy!

I've said on a BYC board somewhere that my next door neighbor's daughter, aged 46, once told me, "I don't trust anything natural". Now, before someone jumps in with a reason why this could be sensible (NOT), she was looking at my henhouse, free range chickens, and organic garden. She meant that she only trusts food from a factory. I only wished I knew the precise amount of rat hairs/feces permitted in that food, so I could have used it in a smart@** come back. Another missed golden opportunity.

 

[donrae]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture.

My uncle's response- Chicken it's what's for dinner.
Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.
Uncle- wow brutal I kidding
Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.
Uncle-

Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it
Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....
Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute
Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.
Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.


Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.

and that's just fine for him. Means there'll be more food for us

 

[eleaserek]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture. My uncle's response- [COLOR=1D2129]Chicken it's what's for dinner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- wow brutal I kidding [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.[/COLOR]

I feel your pain. I'm raising a small batch of CX for the first time and have gotten so much grief. Apparently I'm a heartless barbarian because I want to raise my meat so they live a happy (although short) life and are humanely dispatched of. My nephew, who is a 5th grader, had a small panic attack when I brought some chicken over for dinner. He asked me if it was one I killed!? All panicky because he didn't want to eat a chicken that was killed.... Anyone else see what wrong here!!!! Oye vey!!

 

[TroyerGal]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture. My uncle's response- [COLOR=1D2129]Chicken it's what's for dinner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- wow brutal I kidding [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.[/COLOR]

What breed of chickens are the two in the right corner?? I have two just like those

 

[junebuggena]

What breed of chickens are the two in the right corner?? I have two just like those

All of them are Easter Eggers.

 

[vr1967]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture. My uncle's response- [COLOR=1D2129]Chicken it's what's for dinner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- wow brutal I kidding [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.[/COLOR]

I think we all have one or two idiots in the family somewhere.

 

[ChickenHermit]

Conversation on facebook that started because I posted this picture. My uncle's response- [COLOR=1D2129]Chicken it's what's for dinner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- The red boy is a keeper. The other two will be invited to dinner once they are big enough.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- wow brutal I kidding [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- No. Brutal is eating grocery store chicken that was butchered at only 6 weeks of age. They still have chick down and are cheeping like babies when they go to slaughter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- [/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Yeah I know you're eating much healthier food but I guess I'm too chicken to kill my own food haha get it[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- You've eaten the fish you caught after going fishing....[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- it's funny cleaning fish is less scary somehow I guess because I'm not physically killing them and maybe because they're lower down the evolutionary chain than mammals or birds in other words not cute[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Me- By taking a fish out of the ocean, and subjecting it to an environment in which it can no longer breath, you are physically killing it. No matter how you look at it. Most people just don't actually think about where their food comes from or how it got to their plates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Uncle- I know doesn't make logical sense but it's just somehow less gruesome. I'd die from hunger if I had to survive in the wild. Civilization has made me soft. I'd have to bring you along if I had to be stranded on a desert island.[/COLOR] [COLOR=1D2129]Ladies and gentlemen, I am related to an idiot who would rather starve to death than kill and eat something 'cute'.[/COLOR]

Oh, man. That kind of thing drives me crazy. I am a vegetarian, specifically because I am of the opinion that if I'm not OK dispatching something to eat it, I'm just kind of universally not going to do so. I have no judgement or ill will towards those who do, though- if they've been given good lives and treated well, then hey, that's great. But the I-could-never-kill-one-but-will-happily-eat-factory-farm-stuff kinda bugs me. Especially when they specifically preventatively tell me when they year I don't eat meat that they don't want to hear about factory farms because it upsets them. I wouldn't push it anyway (I strongly prefer to let people make their choices in peace) but eesh.