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

[Surjeet]

Here ya go - a real Nevada Longhorn rooster!

 

[cheeka]

that's a bummer Lucas... people are crass, especially at someone else's expense... I just get a lot of folks who think they can get free eggs... I only have 6 young girls, one who isn't even laying yet... it takes me 3 days to get a dozen, if I'm fortunate... I do have family to share with first too...

 

[duckinnut]

While it wasn't said to me but to my DW by a woman who she works with. Bear in mind this woman is in the nursing field but is what you would call a city slicker, where rats and mice are the normal creatures other than cats and dogs. What she said was and I quote 'Is there a hole where the egg comes out?'. Seriously? Now my DW always has something to say about everything(luv you honey) stood there with mouth agape in silence unable to respond to such a question.

 

[sezjasper]

sorta related to chickens...

i got this just now from the kid next to me, "What are you on? Some sort of Redneck facebook?"

Yep we all are rednecks here arnt we?

BTW give me a so-called "redneck" anyday. I can't stand people who think they are better / smarter / richer than everyone else!

 

[Darklingstorm]

I just have to tell ya'll about this one....OMG

So my chickens went into high production and I was getting a lot of eggs daily, too many. So I gave several dozen to a friend who was down on her luck. She in turns gives some to her parents.
She later tells me that "Thank you for the eggs but I don't like fresh eggs...my Dad said they have eyes in them."
Me: Um no they don't. I don't have a rooster so they are not fertilized.
Her: Well thank you again but we just can't eat them.
Me: OK, ???????

Then it hits me, the "eye" is the circle spot that a chick would start developing from if it was fertilized.

 

[appps]

Starting to wonder if some of these people think when its says they come from battery hens it means its not a regular chook but a fake one that runs on batteries LOL

Only reason I can come up with they think there is a difference between where store eggs come from and ours

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

My dad was mad because he thought eggs in the fridge were too old (they were about 2 weeks old). So I got an empty carton and showed him how to read the packed on date. THEN it hit him how old those eggs were.

 

[marlo1968]

My dad was mad because he thought eggs in the fridge were too old (they were about 2 weeks old). So I got an empty carton and showed him how to read the packed on date. THEN it hit him how old those eggs were.

How do you read the packed on date? I don't believe I've ever paid attention.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

My dad was mad because he thought eggs in the fridge were too old (they were about 2 weeks old). So I got an empty carton and showed him how to read the packed on date. THEN it hit him how old those eggs were.

How do you read the packed on date?  I don't believe I've ever paid attention.

There's a three digit code on the side of the cartons. It represents the date they were washed, graded, and packed. It goes from 001-365, with 001 being January 1, and 365 being December 31.

The "sell by" date will be about 45 days after the "packed on date". So, say you buy them two weeks before the "sell by" date, and keep them for another month. They're two months old at that point. Even older depending on how long you keep them or when you buy them.

Two weeks is nothin.

 

[marlo1968]

There's a three digit code on the side of the cartons. It represents the date they were washed, graded, and packed. It goes from 001-365, with 001 being January 1, and 365 being December 31.
The "sell by" date will be about 45 days after the "packed on date". So, say you buy them two weeks before the "sell by" date, and keep them for another month. They're two months old at that point. Even older depending on how long you keep them or when you buy them.
Two weeks is nothin.

ah ha...thank you!! Funny thing, I am allergic to eggs....but I have 29 hens and 2 roosters...and am looking to add a few more hens and one more rooster by spring. Thing is, store eggs give me headaches, runny itchy nose and eyes, almost instantly after eating them but the eggs from my hens don't do this to me, at all, I have absolutely no allergic reaction to them. I don't know if its the age of the store eggs, or what they are feeding the hens, so needless to say I won't buy store eggs anymore. But it will be interesting to go to the store and look at the codes to see how old they are.