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

[Kyanite]

Bwahaha! 7 Biddies, you pretty much just described most of my in-laws. They don't want to come visit because of wild animals and well water.

 

[Spartan22]

No wonder lots of people have dying brain cells from eating unhealthy food, can't distinguish good from bad, and lost common sense.

 

[junebuggena]

Mine must be defective. They dont like mealworms. Wont even taste one. I tried soaking them

Get them live ones from the pet store. They can't resist the wriggling.

 

[7 Biddies]

Bwahaha! 7 Biddies, you pretty much just described most of my in-laws. They don't want to come visit because of wild animals and well water.

You may have hit upon the perfect answer for keeping the in-laws at bay! In the meantime, people just don't stop and think: If well-water, or any water from the ground, was unhealthy, the human race wouldn't have made it out of the Garden of Eden. What do your in-laws think humans ate and drank 5000, or even 100, years ago? The only food that is a threat to their health is the factory made "edible food-like substances"* mankind is currently consuming. Just thinning out the herd. * Michael Pollan

 

[lazy gardener]

Originally Posted by TerryH

My mother in law is still dumbfounded that we have chickens that aren't white. She literally thought chickens only came in one color/breed/type/whatever.

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Several weeks ago, I met a man who raised poultry in one of the many poultry houses in my state, back when there was such a thing. At one time, my state had a thriving poultry "industry". (Not to mention dairy and meat cow farming, plenty of other farming, paper mills, shoe and textile factories... pretty much, every single one of those sources of earning a living have disappeared, or are in the process of doing so.) Any how... I asked him what kind of chickens he raised: His answer... "White ones!" Here's a man who earned his LIVING raising chickens, and he had no idea what kind they were. I asked him if they were meat birds or layers. He was able to tell me that they were being raised to be layers. He'd raise them till they were close to POL, then the company he worked for would pick them up, and take them to the layer houses.

Given the fact that someone who earned his living raising chickens was so woefully ignorant, it's no wonder that the rest of the city folks are out of touch with the food chain.

 

[TerryH]

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Several weeks ago, I met a man who raised poultry in one of the many poultry houses in my state, back when there was such a thing.  At one time, my state had a thriving poultry "industry".  (Not to mention dairy and meat cow farming, plenty of other farming, paper mills, shoe and textile factories... pretty much, every single one of those sources of earning a living have disappeared, or are in the process of doing so.)  Any how... I asked him what kind of chickens he raised:  His answer... "White ones!"  Here's a man who earned his LIVING raising chickens, and he had no idea what kind they were.  I asked him if they were meat birds or layers.  He was able to tell me that they were being raised to be layers.  He'd raise them till they were close to POL, then the company he worked for would pick them up, and take them to the layer houses.  

Given the fact that someone who earned his living raising chickens was so woefully ignorant, it's no wonder that the rest of the city folks are out of touch with the food chain.

Exactly. I live in the home of Tysons, Georges etc... This area is one of the biggest poultry producing areas on the planet along with cattle, pigs etc... There are literally thousands of poultry houses here full of "white" chickens and "white" turkeys. Betting that many of the folks raising them don't know any more than the guy that you talked to.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Luckily I haven't really had any stupid comments but when we first got our chickens we had a lot of people think you needed a rooster to get eggs. Even my mother. Even one of my aunts and my nana (who both live in western PA), thought that. Everyone we told thought that. I don't know, it's just not really common knowledge I guess.

Also I don't understand why some people won't eat colored eggs. Around here I think brown eggs are more common. Or at least we always bought brown eggs. But now we have our own chickens. Barred Rock, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, and Easter Eggers. They taste delicious. Althougv I must admit, and this is maybe somewhat hypocritical considering I don't understand why people won't eat brown eggs, but I don't really like or eat white eggs. Well, I've never really tried them tbh except once. I am sure they taste exactly the same though but I don't know. Is it just me or do the white ones seem to have thinner more fragile shells??? At least around here. That's my main thing with them.

 

[cutiechook1]

My friend, who is below 16, became a vegetarian when she was 6 because she didn't like the fact that she was eating an animal that was killed. She literally said that she would rather starve herself than eat meat!

 

[junebuggena]

Luckily I haven't really had any stupid comments but when we first got our chickens we had a lot of people think you needed a rooster to get eggs. Even my mother. Even one of my aunts and my nana (who both live in western PA), thought that. Everyone we told thought that. I don't know, it's just not really common knowledge I guess.

Also I don't understand why some people won't eat colored eggs. Around here I think brown eggs are more common. Or at least we always bought brown eggs. But now we have our own chickens. Barred Rock, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, and Easter Eggers. They taste delicious. Althougv I must admit, and this is maybe somewhat hypocritical considering I don't understand why people won't eat brown eggs, but I don't really like or eat white eggs. Well, I've never really tried them tbh except once. I am sure they taste exactly the same though but I don't know. Is it just me or do the white ones seem to have thinner more fragile shells??? At least around here. That's my main thing with them.

Eggs are eggs, no matter the breed. If the hens are raised the same, but all lay different colors, they will all taste the same. Egg flavor/texture is more about what the hens are fed, rather than what breed they are.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Eggs are eggs, no matter the breed. If the hens are raised the same, but all lay different colors, they will all taste the same. Egg flavor/texture is more about what the hens are fed, rather than what breed they are.

That makes sense, thanks. I figured they'd probably taste the same but if I remember right the white ones seemed to have thinner shells but maybe that's a product of the particular farm or their diet as well and factory farmed eggs in general, brown or white, seem to have thinner shells than my chickens eggs.

Also how do they get the eggs all so uniformly colored!? Even my brown egg laying chickens all lay a different colored egg. The same breeds may lay a similar shade of brown but it's still slightly different than their sisters and/or a different shape, etc., and also vastly different than another breeds. Yet store eggs are so uniform