Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[7 Biddies]

you mean like a showgirl??, couldnt find a sizzled one
(not my pic)

Are her feathers really pink, or is that just the light in the photo? Is this a naked neck/silkie cross?

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

you mean like a showgirl??, couldnt find a sizzled one (not my pic)

I want a showgirl so bad! They're so weird...

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Are her feathers really pink, or is that just the light in the photo? Is this a naked neck/silkie cross?

I think it's just the light, but I wouldn't really be surprised if they were really pink.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Egg-sactly!

*rim shot*

 

[Sunksschicken]

wait even better lol with my silkies I'll get is that thing real?

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[farmerChef]

Are her feathers really pink, or is that just the light in the photo? Is this a naked neck/silkie cross?

wait even better lol with my silkies I'll get is that thing real? 


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They are real, not an offical breed yet though i think, they are called Showgirls.

 

[oldrooster]

Can't use a shovel *tsk, tsk, tsk* Although most city people think I'm a horribly neglected child when they find out that I had to bury a pet when I was 11. Well, that's life isn't it?

I guess there was a lot of child abuse up to 50-60 years ago when children still had to help occasionally dig a hole in the family plot for Grandpa or Grandma when they died.....

I live in a small agricultural community in the mountains, 2 hours from anywhere. And, yet, when the locals see my assortment of chickens, they tell me they never saw any like these before. They had just plain brown or white chickens. Didn't know they came in all these colors. The coop *really* blows their minds!! All they ever knew about was chickens running around the yard, or those huge hen houses. They rarely use manure, choosing chemical fertilizers, too. Organic isn't in their vocabularies.

Of course, in this case, it's not stupidity or arrogance, it's a lack of exposure. But, it's really interesting to see how little "traditional" farmers know about raising sustainable food. They need almost as much education as the city folks ... in fact, sometimes it's harder to teach the farmers because they've been doing it this way for so long. I'd like to see a sustainable farming program implemented in our school. Now THAT would be a real education!

Until I started reading and then signed up here to participate in discussions I had no clue on Naked necks or frizzles or feathered footed chickens. I knew they came in all colors and standard and bantam sizes (later learned some breeds are almost as large as turkeys). but had no clue about the "fancier" breeds.

 

[oldrooster]

Thanks

My dad compares her to the popular girl at school, sometimes she's nice and your friend, other days she's an evil little brat.

That is my ENTIRE family. But I force myself not to become too attached to my animals other than a cat or dog because otherwise I would never be able to butcher or sell any animal (BTW my dogs and cats where always sterilized for the same reason). I forced myself to look at these animals as living beings and treat them humanly but also with the understanding their job (for me they have a job not true for everyone so don't take it as judging) is to provide food or profit for me. A horse might be a different story and fall under a pet even if I used it as a work animal, that being said I realize that I may have to say goodbye to my friend if I had a working horse that had to be put down, but I know I wouldn't like a long suffering death so why should I inflict that on another being?

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Yeah, I do think they have a job, but she knew that I really loved Buddha like a pet, and I was obviously really broken up about it, but she still said what she said. That's what made me really mad, and then she glorifies herself, even though she doesn't deserve it.

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

I'm sorry Back2MyRoots!

when we moved I didn't loose a chicken for 6 months, a record, since at our old house we noticed about 2 were missing every month, but most of them were feral ones that never came inside at night anyways. Anyways, the first one I lost was a Mottled Cochin named Buddah. We saw a hawk pick her up, break her neck, and drop her. (Guess who got sling-shot right in the back?) After I buried her we went to my grandma's. She asked why I was so upset, and I told her that one of my favorite chickens had died. She just said, "Well, stop crying about it!!! You know back when mom and dad had the egg business I was raising 200 chicks a month! I never cried when they died, so you stop it!)

I just yelled at her:

YOU did not raise those chicks!!!
YOU were not 11!
YOU did not have to bury them!!
YOU were 20 and more interested in the fact that you were pregnant!
AND they were all yellow and identical, and I'm sure you never handled a single one of them!!!
YOU will never understand how much I was able to LOVE these animals!

She stopped then.

That is so mean! The worst I've got is when my sister's friend came over and I was crying over a dead duck. She just didn't know what to think. My sister is kin of that way too. Although, she doesn't say anything until quite a while after it happens (several weeks at least). At least it's better than saying it while I'm still upset though.