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

[cassie]

For those of you that asked, this is my cow story. I was milking about 250 Jerseys. Visualize a very long rectangle. The rectangle is the cow corral. The feed bunks are along the side. At one end of the rectangle is the holding pen and the milking parlor. Midway down the rectangle a new load of freshly cut alfalfa hay was delivered and unloaded a few feet in front of the feed bunks and in clear view of the cows. Even to me it smelled wonderful. All the cows were interested, but this one cow was staring longingly at that stack of hay. In fact, I had a hard time getting her up to the barn. I got her and the rest of the herd in the holding pen and started milking. I forgot all about that cow. Pretty soon she came in the parlor. Instead of going into a stanchion like she had always done before, she barreled straight ahead, gently pushed me aside, shouldered her way through the sliding doors and went on outside where she made a beeline back to that new hay. Bear in mind, she had to go a considerable distance AWAY from the hay to get back to it. She had planned out exactly what she was going to do. She left me watching her retreating backside with my mouth hanging open and scratching my head. All the other cows knew the hay was there and wanted to get to it, but she was the only one who figured out how to do so.

 

[GollyFluff]

Your story made me smile. I needed that. I'm sooo not a happy camper before two cups of coffee.

 

[cluckingcrazy]

I told my boss I raise chickens and asked her if she wanted any eggs. She asked me if they run around outside (free-range). I told her yes sometimes and she was instantly repulsed. She said free range chickens get dirt in their eggs from pecking the ground. I would have told her she is dumb for thinking that, but I didn't want to get fired

 

[RTFchickens]

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Yep, I'd seen that same column/letter to the editor.  Makes you wonder about the intelligent life left on this planet, doesn't it?
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Oh my goodness! The fact that a person would think this is alarming! The reality that they felt so strongly about this issue that they would write and publish it for the public to read makes my jaw drop! I am amazed at some of the things people post here. The remarks people make about "only wanting store eggs because they...." And all the misinformation they have about food etc. it's not surprising so many people are against back yard farming. They desperately need to be educated.
I greatly appreciate this community at BYC it is so informative! Some of these quotes posted here help me focus on how to educate and advocate for my back yard chickens!

 

[annewandering]

oh my gosh. I havent laughed so hard for ages! The cow jokes are just choking me up!!!

 

[oldrooster]

I told my boss I raise chickens and asked her if she wanted any eggs. She asked me if they run around outside (free-range). I told her yes sometimes and she was instantly repulsed. She said free range chickens get dirt in their eggs from pecking the ground. I would have told her she is dumb for thinking that, but I didn't want to get fired

Did she ever eat a bug by accident? or perhaps ate some dust because of a dirt/gravel road or freshly turned soil putting dirt into the air? If so does that mean all that stuff is in her children?

 

[TallChickMagnet]

Are you drinking chicken milk?

Chicken milk is the latest craze sweeping the globe. Due to an ever-increasing global thirst for milk, egg-heads have been working around the clock to find alternative sources of the white stuff.

And after thousands of experiments, there was one clear winner: Chicken milk. Chicken breast is best apparently...

http://action.raw.info/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=19727

 

[TREX]

I told my boss I raise chickens and asked her if she wanted any eggs. She asked me if they run around outside (free-range). I told her yes sometimes and she was instantly repulsed. She said free range chickens get dirt in their eggs from pecking the ground. I would have told her she is dumb for thinking that, but I didn't want to get fire

I guess that means she also expects to find whole corn and grains and whatever else the chicken has been eating inside the egg?

 

[Extra Java]

My sister says she will NEVER eat a free range egg because the chickens eat bugs! She is absolutely repulsed by them.
So...there's another person who boycotts my beautiful, disgusting, organic, colorful egg baskets.

The Chicken Milk add above is so good... how many people are going to believe it and flock to the stores for it? LOL

 

[TREX]

My sister says she will NEVER eat a free range egg because the chickens eat bugs! She is absolutely repulsed by them.
So...there's another person who boycotts my beautiful, disgusting, organic, colorful egg baskets.

The Chicken Milk add above is so good... how many people are going to believe it and flock to the stores for it? LOL

Fish eat bugs too. Wonder if she hates them?