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

[MADZ of Animal]

"How ugly is THAT THING!!

My brother talking about my injured hen Jeannie, whose head is tore open and looks like a Guinea hen.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Right now the craziest thing I'm being asked is "how do you know the eggs are fresh" I take them from the nest after they are laid every day and bring to market every Saturday. Then I'm told they are "only fresh" if I get them "from the nests the same day I come to market". <facepalm>

This is one of the big reasons I don't do markets. People only wanting "today's eggs" at 7:30 am on Saturdays. As if there is a special breed that lays a week's worth of eggs between midnight and 4 AM on Saturdays so I can gather them, wash them, and put them in cartons before setting up my market booth.

 

[Sharon2012]

What's worse is the person saying this claiming they raised chickens all their lives.

 

[Sharon2012]

What's worse is the person saying this claiming they raised chickens all their lives.

 

[Sharon2012]

What's worse is the person saying this claiming they raised chickens all their lives.

 

[oldrooster]

Quote:
My grand parents sold "freshberries" at one time and due to electricity not being availible quite yet in that area and little space in the icebox (yes a true ice box) they put the berries in a can with a lid and tied it to a rope and lowered it into the well and also picked some fresh that morning to sell at the local market, the Citiots didn't notice any difference in the quality of the eggs so why tell them????

 

[Extra Java]

The In-Laws lived with us for about a year and REFUSED to eat our eggs. They said that they didn't like the taste of the rooster's sperm as he must have sprayed too much over the top of them.

We said, "WHAT?!" (They actually thought roosters fertilized eggs like fish).

They continued filling our refrigerator with store bought white eggs.

I also feed our chickens leftovers (including chicken) and they freaked out stating, "You can't feed them chicken...they'll get mad cow disease!!"

Shouldn't they know better... they are 75 years old?!!!

Here are our disgusting eggs and by the way, I enjoyed showing them my blue ribbons I've won for Best of Show & Peoples Choice Awards...though I doubt they care.

 

[Prettypuddles]

What BEAUTIFUL EGGS!
Congrats on your blue ribbons!

 

[Extra Java]

Thank you! This is a great place to vent.

 

[Irishhenman]

An elderly women told me when I was selling her eggs "why do you wash some of your eggs, I only like the brown ones" she was talking about the white eggs in the box.

We have had cockerels with all our hens for a few years now and we eat the eggs from them all the time so pretty much all of our eggs are fertile. I bought hatching eggs a while ago and when I was putting them under the broody on fell and cracked (a tiny little unnoticeable crack) so I told my mam that she could use it for scrambling. Her replie was "no there is a baby chick inside that" I burst out laughing and told her all our eggs are fertile and these hatching eggs are no different. She didn't look to pleased afterwords.

I have also gotten these as well
Why don't you keep your eggs in the refrigerator
What's that big chicken over there (pointing at a cockerel)
Why don't those hens crow