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

[lilmynx13]

i love our ees and so does my 4 yr old they are her chickens.. and no i wont kill them as they suggested cause they lay bad eggs.. ugh. i love a colorful egg basket.. i might just start charging more for dark eggs. the ees we have are the sweet ones that like my kids.. so stupid. how the heck did people start with this brown eggs are the healthy ones ect.

all eggs are chemically the same. they would rather a med brown than a jumbo green.. these "city" girls have my dander up today
next think you know gurnsey cattle will give sour milk.

 

[CyndiChick]

I thought thats where chocolate milk came from!

 

[Weirdness555]

any of you ran into egg racists ie egg buyers that complain about shell color? currently the group we sell to have been complaining that we have EE's and some chickens that lay a light cream colored egg.. they only want the brown... that being said.. im thinking wow if i get some really nice marans that lay extra dark eggs i might charge them more.. i hate the pickieness they have about the shell color.

Cream eggs sound pretty, what breed is that?

 

[Soapfreak]

They made me take them after I bit the dog

JK, but I did bite the dog. She wouldn't stop nipping too hard, so first I made her bite her own paw, then when she continued I bit her.

I'm not mean but I don't put up with anything either lol
I had a lady at the grocery store today... I was checking out the itty eggs they had for sale and commented to my friend that my eggs were bigger and better. The lady actually said "oh my lord- YOU lay eggs? I thought only chickens laid eggs! " I just started laughing and told her once a month I lay an egg

 

[ShellLea]

So I discovered that the chickens love eating the earwigs, which I was very excited about because our property is absolutely infested with them. I came in the house to tell my husband who was talking to his all knowing father. Apparently I need to quit letting the chickens eat bugs because they can't digest them and if they eat one without killing it first it will live inside the chicken, eventually eating its way out. I really wish the old chicken farmer that he talks to would quit telling him all of these goofy things. I know he does it for a laugh but then I have to hear the lectures on everything I'm doing wrong...

*Edited for typo

 

[indigo3]

I have a coworker who asked to buy eggs from me and of course that's great. she told me that she buys free range eggs because she thinks keeping them caged all the time is inhumane, i agree. Unfortunately I have lost 3 birds since spring, two to natural causes and one to a predator. I was talking about setting a trap for coons and losing a bird and she got really upset. She didn't realize that free range birds are more likely to become prey. Had to explain that it suvks but it happens once in a while.


on the bright side no more loses since the
last repair. yay!

 

[loveourbirds]

I have a coworker who asked to buy eggs from me and of course that's great. she told me that she buys free range eggs because she thinks keeping them caged all the time is inhumane, i agree. Unfortunately I have lost 3 birds since spring, two to natural causes and one to a predator. I was talking about setting a trap for coons and losing a bird and she got really upset. She didn't realize that free range birds are more likely to become prey.

Had to explain that it suvks but it happens once in a while.


on the bright side no more loses since the
last repair. yay!

I deal with this question a lot, to free range or not free range. free range chickens are happier, but there is more of a problem with disease since they are exposed to more elements. as you mentioned there is also a higher chance of predator attack. being a breeder I cant let my chickens free range all the time. I live in the woods with coyote, skunks, mink, fox, coon, and other animals. I am so close to a road that cars are also a big predator. so I pose the question, what is more cruel keeping a chicken safe or letting it run. I think of my chickens as my kids, I would rather keep them safe.
at the same time, if you do cage your birds like I do; you need to make sure they have plenty of room. battery cages are cruel, and birds in to tight of confinement will injure or kill each other. caged birds will not do well on just corn and scratch, my wife and I have spent a lot of time and money developing a feed to give them what they need when they cant consume grass. we do have pens we let them out in to get grass and bugs, and have plenty of room to run and flap their wings; while keeping them safe from predators and separated by breed. on a side note, if you do decide to cage your chickens off the ground, do not use wire floors. wire is very hard on their feet, it doesn't allow them to scratch, and lice and mites will drive you nuts since they cant dust bathe.

so here is the question, is it more cruel to feed your chickens to predators, or keep them caged safe and healthy but not so much room to run?

edited to add:

 

[indigo3]

my chickens are not completely free range they do get cooped at night and such and honestly one loss to a predator is not cruel to me its nature. as far as raised cages they are generally only used on my property for rabbits, sometimes guineas or quarantine. I line most of mine with areas of newspaper and all have a perch and a board for foot relief. But like I said most of my birds free range all day except for my pullets they are in a tractor during the day so I can monitor growth and are waiting until I can integrate them into the rest of the flock

 

[SillyChicky]

Oh, my mom in law (sweet woman and I LOVE her) she commented right after I got chicks a few weeks ago "Are you going to try and keep them over winter?" Do chicks expire in the fall? lol

 

[tsuninight]

regarding egg racists.

I've met them. Actually I think I've met all of them in a grocery store. My last batch of eggs from the store had a pink egg. The lady picking out eggs next to me had just set the carton down. I picked it up because it's what I could reach. I opened it up to make sure there were not broken ones, and she said "Oh you don't want that carton, there's a bad one in there." I looked again making sure there wasn't one with a crack. She then pointed out, after seeing my confusion, that there was a pink egg in the box. The pink egg was a bad egg. I smiled and told her all the different colored eggs that actually occurred, even offered to show her a pic on my phone. She clearly thought I was insane.

I've also heard people swear that brown eggs are more nutritious by virtue of having a brown shell.