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

[Kiniska]

If what we women did every month was tasted as good as my girls eggs, I don't think I would hesitate to eat that too.

Yuck! Then again.... if it wasn't red and came in a nice neat package like a chicken egg I would consider.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Okay, I literally just had one of these moments. My grandma had chickens when my dad was a kid and, well, she pretty much thinks she knows it all. She just came over to me at the computer and said, "Boy, you're getting a lot of eggs! Those roosters are working!" I don't say anything out of respect, but that was a major eye roll moment. Especially since I don't have roosters in my main flock.

So i was laughing t this and all those other silly rooster comments when my husband asked when our pullets would start laying. My answer: "Roosters don't start laying until they are at least four, maybe five weeks old." He just stared at me with a funny look on his face until I got it. It was a misspeak, I promise!!!

I hope you meant months, too.

She meant, though, that the hens are laying well because of the roosters, but I don't have any roosters with my hens, so I'm not sure what she was thinking.

 

[jnntefend]

I hope you meant months, too.

She meant, though, that the hens are laying well because of the roosters, but I don't have any roosters with my hens, so I'm not sure what she was thinking.

LOL. Oh, for crud! I did mean months. sigh...

 

[jeepgirl13]

This a hilarious thread. The comment from the lady who wants us to feed babies to chickens had me in tears. How does she not know its "natural" for chickens to lay eggs! My goodness, some one failed biology, or just life in general. So I haven't really heard anything dumb, but my husband, who is just learning about chickens, keeps calling the waddles the gobbles. As in, " Honey! Look at that roosters gobbles! They've gotten huge since we've had him!" Its actually so.amusing I didnt tell him what they were called till a couple days ago, and only cuz.he wanted to know what was so durn funny.

 

[appps]

So I haven't really heard anything dumb, but my husband, who is just learning about chickens, keeps calling the waddles the gobbles. As in, " Honey! Look at that roosters gobbles! They've gotten huge since we've had him!" Its actually so.amusing I didnt tell him what they were called till a couple days ago, and only cuz.he wanted to know what was so durn funny.

This is funny but mostly because you actually got it wrong too, they are in fact wattles. Waddles is what ducks do . So he's got turkeys and you have ducks lol

Sorry couldn't help myself!!

 

[SillyChicky]

omg, *city people* (rolls eyes) LMAO... My stepkids were grossed out at first but they got over it fast.

Husband thinks chickens don't live long... His parents raised about 1400 layers in those nasty battery cages so I'd assumed they'd last maybe two years tops. I tried to tell him chickens live roughly 12 years when healthy and he didn't beleive me. We lost our last pet over a year ago and he swears she lived long passed her due date, she was only 4 :-S

 

[appps]

Maybe its a breed thing too, I was surprised to read faverolles live about 5 years. I really hope that's a typo though as its not real long is it.

 

[ronott1]

The Co Worker that I sell eggs to does not like the Olive colored eggs--they are too fluffy.

I told her it had nothing to do with the color--they are pullet eggs!

 

[Minchi]

So not a dumb thing just fun to do...

For a fun time try calling extended stay hotels and when they ask you if you have any pets (because site says pets allowed, not specific at to what kind of pets) say oh just the three chickens but they are rather quiet. That was fun to do to the Sheridan, with rooms at $120 a night, discount for extended stay.


I am in the middle of moving and she asked about my pets, I could not resist.

 

[ShellLea]

Holy crap! The neighbor is over and boy have I heard some good ones this evening!

If you go down there and blow on their private area you can tell if them chicks are girls or roosters.

You're not breedin just eatin so just build shoots out the nests. The eggs come out in jelly form and dry out on their way down.

You got enough females you can probably count on about 4 or 5 eggs a day once they get to layin. (23 females)

And my father-in-law wants to know if I got any of those double yolker breeds. According to him it's only certain breeds that lay double yolkers.