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

[RTFchickens]

I just graduated from high school last fall, out of my entire school there was only about a dozen people who hunted including myself, and I was the only one doing archery. I was really disappointed to find that all of the others I ever talked to  didn't have any respect for the animals it was "haha yeah I shot that @$%#@ in the head!!" And things like that, makes me really sad and disgusted. Not to mention the other 60 who give me the "OMG you shot Bambi, how sick!" as they eat a burger. I found out my city was legalizing backyard hens and the plotting began! Now alot of my friends think I'm even more odd with a yard full of chickens but that's okay, they're the ones missing out.

I'm afraid to paddle my children in public for fear CPS will come knocking. They have not come yet. Luckily my children are well behaved, and i have found that after following through with the threat of spanking children DO take you seriously the next time they misbehave. Often the threat works quite well!
As far as teaching gardening and farming in school, we have a laptop program at our school. Starting in 4th grade each child is issued a laptop. Unfortunately we have no gardening classes.
Hunting is a wonderful thing! I would much rather see a deer on my ate then rotting on the side of the road after it was hit! I think the only hunting/fishing laws there should be are whatever you kill, you eat!

 

[loveourbirds]

Hunting is a wonderful thing! I would much rather see a deer on my ate then rotting on the side of the road after it was hit! I think the only hunting/fishing laws there should be are whatever you kill, you eat!

I agree completely. I do hunt, my family loves deer. we live in a large wooded landmass and deer are very plentiful. the squirrels will almost carry you away. I don't personally hunt coon (because I cant bring myself to eat one), but I invite people to hunt them here, since I have chickens.
I do get laughed at sometimes because ive never shot a big buck deer. its not that I haven't had the shots, I just wont take them. ive said before that we used to butcher, butchering deer is part of how we kept our farm growing up. after a while of doing it, I noticed you can even smell the buck's musk in the meat. does are more tender, and typically sweeter. also I do aim for the head or neck since I don't want the mount. if you miss you haven't wounded the deer, if you hit it; I promise you it wont go over a couple of steps. besides, im starting to get a little older, and I really don't have the time and energy to trail one for half a day.
I also let pretty much anyone hunt on my land. the rules: 1 if you bring it with you take it back. 2 shoot to kill and take all the usable meat.

best of luck on your hunting and chicken adventures RHP63

 

[onedoodle3]

I have to share something a co-worker said to me the other night. We were discussing my chickens. She asked what color eggs they laid, and I told her I have 2 that lay light brown eggs and 1 that lays a rose colored egg. (for now...the others haven't started laying yet..). She looked at me quite seriously and said, "Are there any chickens that lay white eggs? How do the grocery stores get the white eggs? Do they dye them?" I was stunned. I couldn't help it, I busted out laughing. I told her different chickens lay different colored eggs. She was floored to hear some chickens actually lay blue and green eggs. She also wanted to know what kind of eggs a rooster laid. Yeah, she's never lived in the country or had to deal with real live chickens..... Needless to say she got educated that night on the subject of chickens!!

 

[Weirdness555]

I hear that if a rooster lays an egg and a snake incubates it it hatches into a cockatrice. Tell her that XD

 

[JNB]

I love coming to this thread when I need a smile or a good chuckle

The question I still get asked the very most.. " How do the chickens lay eggs if there's not a Rooster in with them ??" That seems to be the chart topper of questions around here

Another cute story.. When my nephew came to stay with us... one day he was collecting eggs for me and he came running in yelling "Call DR Seuss Call Dr Seuss" He was so excited and shocked all at the same time. I was confused until he held out the green Eggs that my EE hens had laid LOL He had no idea that there were different colored eggs


Then just today a lady stopped by to buy some eggs... She asked me.." How often do you have to oil the hens bottoms???"
I stared at her confused and said "What do you mean" She sweetly replied" You know oiling the bottom so the eggs come out naturally"
I asked Where did you get that idea?????

She explained that she is a nursing assistant in a birthing center an that they usually use some sort of lubrication during a birth......(????)

I told her that that concept was new to me (I'm also a Nursing Assistant) But I could see how that may be needed for some cases at some times. I then explained to her that chickens on the other hand do not need oiling as a normal daily practice. Only sometimes if there is an problem

She seemed embarrassed so I tried to soften the whole thing by telling her. It was "great chatting with her.... I think we BOTH learned something new" Even though I was still a bit perplexed by the methods she explained LOL......

 

[Kiniska]

I hear that if a rooster lays an egg and a snake incubates it it hatches into a cockatrice. Tell her that XD

 

[chooks4life]

Came across this one on The Accidental Smallholder site:

Quote: Now that's just staggering. LOL. How on earth could these people be successful keepers of any animal and be so ignorant? I guess they thought chickens laid eggs under a log or rock and left them like some reptiles do, or something. I've met some people who like practical jokes like this but must say I myself don't think they're the kindest thing to do...

 

[Lifestudent]

chicken manure is high nitrogen fertilizer, it can produce methane, and it will keep you lips from getting chapped.

on another note, if you use chicken manure for fertilizer, either compost it or use it very sparingly. labeled as fertilizer it would be something like 75-5-15. all the nitrogen in it can kill plants.

When I was staying with my grandma, she had me spread the manure from the chicken coop where we were going to plant our garden some time before planting to give the nitrogen time to dissipate. She didn't say anything about it keeping lips from getting chapped (yes, I caught your joke), but did say it was too high in nitrogen to put use right before planting. We did the same thing and our garden is doing great in spite of the higher than usual rainfall we've been having this year.

 

[tsuninight]

no Internet.

.... sacrilege!!!! I'm pretty sure I'd be in the nut house within a week... not to mention I'd eventually get fired from my job (both are required (though one is a cell phone) for work). I could actually care less about cable... .though I admit a mild addiction to the food network, HGTV and a few random shows. Come to think of it in AZ there is no way I'd want to live without AC either. I like modern society. lol

That being said, if your happy with it more power to you.

 

[tsuninight]

This boy went on and on and on! It was hilarious! Also a little sad. He's 16 and has never seen a chicken! At least he was excited and interested. There is hope for the next generation!

I always thought it was really odd that the zoo had things like goats, pigs, cows, horses, chickens, and rabbits for ppl to pet. I mean seriously, why would I go to the Omaha Zoo to see a goat?! And then we had exchange students from Germany who'd never seen any of these things. In fact a lot of the kids there had never seen farm animals. They loved it. Just like they loved Living History Farms in IA. It was like a different planet. After that I was glad they had the barnyard animals ppl could touch. I loved growing up on a farm. We didn't have chickens, dad got rid of the cows when I was around 8, but I still hate pigs and love horses lol. Overall though I think growing up in a farm type environment is good for people. Teaches responsibility, and gives a new perspective on where food comes from.

My fiance has a cousin (and I have no idea how she was this silly since she grew up in a small IA farming community), but she didn't know hamburgers came from cows. Seriously. When she found out she went vegetarian for 2 weeks. It completely baffled me that people truly didn't know that hamburgers came from cows, pork chops and bacon come from bigs, etc. I halfway wonder how many people out there think eggs come from a factory that makes them with a machine (not a live chicken).