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

[cluck-cluck]

I really shouldn't read this thread as it lowers my already too low a view of humanity, but then again, it's so amazingly funny!

 

[Bobby Basham]

Ya know, Folks,

I should not let what others dictate to control me, but that's all the more reason to stay at home and never leave the house. The stupidy of the young and old never ceases to amaze me. That's why I buy just about everything on line, including about $4,000 worth of new clothes.

No, I'm not rich by any means, just a responsible person, by the Grace of God, managed to pay off all my debts to finally reward myself for all the hard work over the years. And yes, the wardrobe is paid for.

All the unpredictable stupid drivers out there who won't use a turn signal to save their life, totally unpredictable. Left/right turns at a drop of the hat, unsafe lane changes, cutting folks off etc. I don't mean to bash folks, but those mini-van drivers are the most horrible. Sitting in the middle of an intersection....are they stalled, making a left turn...what gives? They pull INTO a parking space instead of backing in properly, doing that "in-and-out, back-and-forth" thing, and still end up three feet from the curb. Please don't flame me. I know they can be good utility vehicles, but please take the time to know how to drive them.

What is this world coming to? They put more and more features on these vehicles just to make those idiots more careless and clueless. All this auto self-parking and beeping to keep you from backing up over your favorite pet or kid is rediculous. Learn the nature of your vehicle and know it well. The Department of Transportation needs to make driver tests more stringent.

Back in the day, I had to do a Figure-8 on my motorcycle in a stall just to get that endorcement, and do a 3-point turn in a 1971 4-speed Ford-F150 truck.

My view of humanity has already been lowered over, and over again, and if folks don't wake up and smell the coffee, and reclaim that common sense and ingenuity we once had, we're doomed. And teach these kids some respect, they're supposed to be our future. It may be funny here, but actually, it's not a laughing matter. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[olefarmersdaughter]

IM SO PRINTING THIS UP INTO A POSTER!!!!!!!!

Now that would be a poster anyone 'fighting city hall' should have for ammo. Who would vote against backyard chickens with this in there arsenal?

 

[EMcD]

I helped at my daughter's 4-H club exhibit at a local PET Expo last weekend. It was mostly dog things and vendors. But there were several 4-H clubs there -- rabbits, guinea pigs, and our poultry club. We had chickens and guinea hens on display.

Let's see, there were lots of comments and questions. Many people were honestly curious and asked questions politely:

• What kinds of chickens are those? I didn't know there were so many different kinds (between the kids there we had: RIR, speckled sussex, SL wyandotte, silkie, EE, naked neck, and some bantams).
• Are those "chickens" or roosters (many people don't understand that hens can have combs too)
• How old are they?
• Do you need a rooster for eggs (I don't count this as truly stupid --it's a lack of knowledge)
• Do they lay eggs?

My 11-year-old has gotten very good at answering these. Her standard response to "don't you need a rooster to get eggs" is "Only if you want chicks!"

Most of the kids who came by loved seeing the egg that our RIR laid in the cage there. I think it was eye opening for them to actually imagine the chicken an egg came from!

But there were people who were more on the ridiculous (or rude) side:

• Those who ENCOURAGED their dogs (this was a dog-heavy event) right up to the chickens' cages and said "Look, lunch!" That's just rude, especially to the kids who are raising these birds.
• The grown woman who asked me If they were roosters, and I said no they were all hens. She asked me "What's the difference?" I very calmly said "boys and girls" And looked at her blankly.

I think it's good to expose people to chickens as much as possible. Our county in South Jersey still has a LOT of farms, but most people are more suburban (if not urban) and may not be exposed to farms other than to pick apples or pumpkins!

I'm glad my daughter enjoyed showing off the hens and she did a good job answering questions.I try to remember (and remind her) that we've only been doing this for 7 months now and there's lots of things we didn't know before either!

I love reading this thread!

 

[TallChickMagnet]

I helped at my daughter's 4-H club exhibit at a local PET Expo last weekend. It was mostly dog things and vendors. But there were several 4-H clubs there -- rabbits, guinea pigs, and our poultry club. We had chickens and guinea hens on display.

Let's see, there were lots of comments and questions. Many people were honestly curious and asked questions politely:

• What kinds of chickens are those? I didn't know there were so many different kinds (between the kids there we had: RIR, speckled sussex, SL wyandotte, silkie, EE, naked neck, and some bantams).
• Are those "chickens" or roosters (many people don't understand that hens can have combs too)
• How old are they?
• Do you need a rooster for eggs (I don't count this as truly stupid --it's a lack of knowledge)
• Do they lay eggs?

My 11-year-old has gotten very good at answering these. Her standard response to "don't you need a rooster to get eggs" is "Only if you want chicks!"

Most of the kids who came by loved seeing the egg that our RIR laid in the cage there. I think it was eye opening for them to actually imagine the chicken an egg came from!

But there were people who were more on the ridiculous (or rude) side:

• Those who ENCOURAGED their dogs (this was a dog-heavy event) right up to the chickens' cages and said "Look, lunch!" That's just rude, especially to the kids who are raising these birds.
• The grown woman who asked me If they were roosters, and I said no they were all hens. She asked me "What's the difference?" I very calmly said "boys and girls" And looked at her blankly.

I think it's good to expose people to chickens as much as possible. Our county in South Jersey still has a LOT of farms, but most people are more suburban (if not urban) and may not be exposed to farms other than to pick apples or pumpkins!

I'm glad my daughter enjoyed showing off the hens and she did a good job answering questions.I try to remember (and remind her) that we've only been doing this for 7 months now and there's lots of things we didn't know before either!

I love reading this thread!

 

[oldrooster]

I helped at my daughter's 4-H club exhibit at a local PET Expo last weekend. It was mostly dog things and vendors. But there were several 4-H clubs there -- rabbits, guinea pigs, and our poultry club. We had chickens and guinea hens on display.

Let's see, there were lots of comments and questions. Many people were honestly curious and asked questions politely:

• What kinds of chickens are those? I didn't know there were so many different kinds (between the kids there we had: RIR, speckled sussex, SL wyandotte, silkie, EE, naked neck, and some bantams).
• Are those "chickens" or roosters (many people don't understand that hens can have combs too)
• How old are they?
• Do you need a rooster for eggs (I don't count this as truly stupid --it's a lack of knowledge)
• Do they lay eggs?

My 11-year-old has gotten very good at answering these. Her standard response to "don't you need a rooster to get eggs" is "Only if you want chicks!"

Most of the kids who came by loved seeing the egg that our RIR laid in the cage there. I think it was eye opening for them to actually imagine the chicken an egg came from!

But there were people who were more on the ridiculous (or rude) side:

• Those who ENCOURAGED their dogs (this was a dog-heavy event) right up to the chickens' cages and said "Look, lunch!" That's just rude, especially to the kids who are raising these birds.
• The grown woman who asked me If they were roosters, and I said no they were all hens. She asked me "What's the difference?" I very calmly said "boys and girls" And looked at her blankly.

I think it's good to expose people to chickens as much as possible. Our county in South Jersey still has a LOT of farms, but most people are more suburban (if not urban) and may not be exposed to farms other than to pick apples or pumpkins!

I'm glad my daughter enjoyed showing off the hens and she did a good job answering questions.I try to remember (and remind her) that we've only been doing this for 7 months now and there's lots of things we didn't know before either!

I love reading this thread!

I am very ignorant on many things about farm life even though I grew up in a rural area, next to a large college town, but some of the stuff here makes me wonder how stupid some people are. I do not mean ignorant, there are examples on this thread, but I mean out right stupid. I am saddened even more many of these stupids have college edgeucations and flaunt it and they are sometimes stupider than a person whom drops out of high school for trivial matters.....

 

[oldrooster]

On the subject of human stupidity: My daughter lost all of her hearing from meningitis at age 3. She's grown now, brilliant, and reads lips like crazy. Can't tell you how many times people have asked her how deaf people have sex.

"As loudly as they want."

That makes me wonder how they have sex? I had no idea as man in his upper 30's it had to do with hearing or the ears, I thought it dealt with parts lower on one's body......

 

[Amarisus]

That makes me wonder how they have sex? I had no idea as man in his upper 30's it had to do with hearing or the ears, I thought it dealt with parts lower on one's body......

I thought the same thing when I read her post lol But maybe its best they think it has something to do with the ears so that they can't reproduce

 

[Gomes Bantams]

I helped at my daughter's 4-H club exhibit at a local PET Expo last weekend. It was mostly dog things and vendors. But there were several 4-H clubs there -- rabbits, guinea pigs, and our poultry club. We had chickens and guinea hens on display.

Let's see, there were lots of comments and questions. Many people were honestly curious and asked questions politely:

• What kinds of chickens are those? I didn't know there were so many different kinds (between the kids there we had: RIR, speckled sussex, SL wyandotte, silkie, EE, naked neck, and some bantams).
• Are those "chickens" or roosters (many people don't understand that hens can have combs too)
• How old are they?
• Do you need a rooster for eggs (I don't count this as truly stupid --it's a lack of knowledge)
• Do they lay eggs?

My 11-year-old has gotten very good at answering these. Her standard response to "don't you need a rooster to get eggs" is "Only if you want chicks!"

Most of the kids who came by loved seeing the egg that our RIR laid in the cage there. I think it was eye opening for them to actually imagine the chicken an egg came from!

But there were people who were more on the ridiculous (or rude) side:

• Those who ENCOURAGED their dogs (this was a dog-heavy event) right up to the chickens' cages and said "Look, lunch!" That's just rude, especially to the kids who are raising these birds.
• The grown woman who asked me If they were roosters, and I said no they were all hens. She asked me "What's the difference?" I very calmly said "boys and girls" And looked at her blankly.

I think it's good to expose people to chickens as much as possible. Our county in South Jersey still has a LOT of farms, but most people are more suburban (if not urban) and may not be exposed to farms other than to pick apples or pumpkins!

I'm glad my daughter enjoyed showing off the hens and she did a good job answering questions.I try to remember (and remind her) that we've only been doing this for 7 months now and there's lots of things we didn't know before either!

I love reading this thread!

Humanity respect: Lowered
Respect for those that farm with common sense: Bumped up

 

[7 Biddies]

That makes me wonder how they have sex? I had no idea as man in his upper 30's it had to do with hearing or the ears, I thought it dealt with parts lower on one's body......

It boggles the mind.