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

[redandalusian]

A lady was buying a rooster from me so she could hatch eggs from her brown egg laying hens and she saw one of my Minorcas white eggs and said "wow I have never seen a real white egg"

 

[flockoffour]

I was telling a friend of mine about how I had chickens and I was planning on selling their eggs.

friend, "You've got a rooster, don't you?"
me: "No, hens don't need a rooster to lay eggs."
friend: "Eww, you still eat there eggs? That seems kind of wierd..."
me: "Why?"
friend: "Well isn't it wierd to eat eggs from your hens when they just lay egg whites?"
(face palm)
me: "They still lay eggs with yokes, they just can't hatch."
friend: "Oh, that makes more sense. So, how much are you selling them for?"
me: "A dollar above the store price."
friend: " Well shouldn't you sell them for less than the store price since their not 'store quality?'
(face palm)
(again)


"You eat those eggs even though they're green?"
"Yes."
"and there's nothing wrong with them??"

 

[maransfan16]

we stopped at a resturant to eat and left the doors open on the van since it was summer they were also in a wire cage as we were walking out of the resturant we saw a family looking at them as we were walking up i heard the dad yes the DAD say
"i don't know i think they are guinea pigs"

i was amazed and had to just walk away before i said anything offensive then when he asked what they were we told him they were chickens. then with the most confused look on his face the guy said " i thought chickens had fur not feathers"

i just had to bite my tounge and be nice

 

[maransfan16]

they were silver campines by the way two hens and a rooster

 

[DianeS]

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[bourbonpig]

I got a dumb question for u too. I was told that if I got chicks without them havin a rooster around them when there young they won't lay eggs. I've had chickens before but never had chicks. And my girlfriend really wants chicks. Lol any help would be much appreciated

 

[Amarisus]

When raising chicks the only thing you need is a heat lamp, food/water, and a safe place to put them

Roosters are only needed for fertile eggs for hatching or to just look pretty

 

[TallChickMagnet]

I got a dumb question for u too. I was told that if I got chicks without them havin a rooster around them when there young they won't lay eggs. I've had chickens before but never had chicks. And my girlfriend really wants chicks. Lol any help would be much appreciated

You can't help her. Send her to Craigslist or one of the shops that advertise on this site, like MyPetChicken.com

 

[ShellLea]

OK, I've been reading this thread sporadically for a while. It cracks me up! So my father-in-law was here for Christmas dinner and boy did he pass on some lovely little nuggets of wisdom.

"You have to separate the hens and give each group different food to get different colored eggs. I don't know what kind of food. You'll have to look that up."

"You can't get eggs without a rooster. Roosters are mean, though, and you have to declaw them or they'll kill the hens."

"If you want your hens to lay eggs every day you have to keep them locked in the coop. If you let them run around outside they forget what they're supposed to do."

He says he learned this from a guy who kept chickens on his farm. I think that guy had himself a good laugh when my FIL left.

The little old lady across the street has been lovely. She knows what she's talking about but all the cussing while she looks like she's ready for church every day cracks me up...

"You gone have roos? Mean @$$ &@$+@^%!. Git u a stick n a shawl. A big stick, mind ya! Gotta show em who the boss is. Don't be afraid to hit the %%&*(*&%%$."

I better get to looking up what foods to use for which colors...*sigh*

 

[Chicken Frenzie]

...

OK, I've been reading this thread sporadically for a while. It cracks me up! So my father-in-law was here for Christmas dinner and boy did he pass on some lovely little nuggets of wisdom.

"You have to separate the hens and give each group different food to get different colored eggs. I don't know what kind of food. You'll have to look that up."

"You can't get eggs without a rooster. Roosters are mean, though, and you have to declaw them or they'll kill the hens."

"If you want your hens to lay eggs every day you have to keep them locked in the coop. If you let them run around outside they forget what they're supposed to do."

He says he learned this from a guy who kept chickens on his farm. I think that guy had himself a good laugh when my FIL left. 

The little old lady across the street has been lovely. She knows what she's talking about but all the cussing while she looks like she's ready for church every day cracks me up...

"You gone have roos? Mean @$$ &@$+@^%!. Git u a stick n a shawl. A big stick, mind ya! Gotta show em who the boss is. Don't be afraid to hit the %%&*(*&%%$." 

I better get to looking up what foods to use for which colors...*sigh*
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