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

[loveourbirds]

these are known for happy tail, they wag their tails and beat them against things until they are sore and infected. (kind of uncommon but possible) also if your working them as herding dogs you wouldn't want a tail that could be injured/bitten. if you just want a pet, or something to let you know when people are around; then it doesnt matter if they have a tail or not.

 

[TREX]

these are known for happy tail, they wag their tails and beat them against things until they are sore and infected. (kind of uncommon but possible) also if your working them as herding dogs you wouldn't want a tail that could be injured/bitten. if you just want a pet, or something to let you know when people are around; then it doesnt matter if they have a tail or not.

I have an American Bulldog that wagged her tail so hard against walls, people, chairs,( whatever happened to be in the way) that she injured it really badly. It healed with just a small lump where the injury was and but she still wags it almost as hard.

I don't see docking as anything unusual especially if they are working dogs who will be working with much larger dangerous animals. The less areas that can be injured the better. Docking while still young is the best way to go since it heals in just a few days normally as opposed to docking a full grown dogs tail which would require more healing time. I'm not sure why people get uncomfortable about docking when most likely they wouldn't think twice about putting a female dog through a major surgery to be spayed (taking out internal body parts!) or chopping off the boy bits on a male dog(again lopping off a body part). Seems to be the same thing to me. I'm sure if the male dog had the choice he'd let the tail go before the boy bits.

 

[Poulet Mama]

Not necessarily dumb, but really sweet: I was bringing my friend some fertile eggs to incubate and our other friend was so concerned about moving them, and their being transported in an egg carton. I think she was already imagining them as babies.

 

[Irishhenman]

What do you mean 'for good reason'? Do you think tail docking is cruel?

Yes I do think tail docking is cruel. Dogs use their tails for balancing, and for social reasons. They show their emotion with their tails. Would you like a part of your body removed usually without anesthetic and usually just for cosmetic reasons.

 

[TREX]

And now they make fake ones and broadcast them as real, thank you DC. Megalodon? Sorry guys, but I'm pretty let down by the "documentary" about finding that extinct shark last night.
/rant

So, I am often having to explain blood spots and how they're not babies, and yes you can scoop them out if you want and still eat the egg. I stopped trying to explain why it happens because their eyes kind of just glaze over.

Oh you saw that travesty too? So horrible, the acting was bad... so very bad. At first I thought it was going to be a show about maybe some new fossil discoveries of megalodon or something which would have been interesting to me. But that garbage? Blahhh...I really wish they would return to showing real science instead of docudramas.The mermaid show is even worse.I hope people don't actually think that photo shopped footage is real.

 

[Poulet Mama]

Sorry,Ii edited my response because when I got back to the thread, it had moved on and it no longer made sense where it got placed. I am SO GLAD

 

[chickenluver555]

What do you mean 'for good reason'? Do you think tail docking is cruel?

I don't prefer tail docking either, but as long as it is done in a humane way where the dog isn't hurt. Plus if the dog is being used as a herding dog then docking his tail is somewhat necessary so that it doesn't get bitten or caught in anything or stepped on, as long as the dog isn't injured by this procedure.

 

[Poulet Mama]

(con't) you caught my first response. It was tragic, that show. I, too, pine for the days of actual documentaries. I want to see artifacts, paintings, fossils!, not how "this is what we think Vikings were like, enjoy this crappy story" and "hell, if the coelecanth wasn't really extinct, this will REALLY surprise them". And yeah, the "amateur" photogs had pretty darn good equipment, and some nearly-awesome PS skills.

DC, thou hast betrayed us all.

 

[loveourbirds]

i did not realize this was illegal in other countries, or i wouldn't have brought it up. i am against dog fighting and docking for that reason, but i have dealt with happy tail in cocker spaniels. she had an infection going up her spine from a happy tail injury, we had her docked at a little over a year old. ive seen it done both ways and i know its easy on the puppies, as young as they are now there wouldn't even be much blood. as adults if i remember right she was in a cone for 3 weeks, she also never ran the same - i dont know if that was from the infection or docking.

we didnt dock her last litter, and it seemed like the response was about half and half on wanting it done.

at birth i dont think docking is bad, the bones are soft and the puppies havent learned to walk yet. i can tell you that the mother is docked and she has no issues with balance, speed, or jumping; she consistently jumps 5-6 feet.

keep in mind that these aren't "pets" but work dogs, as an owner of them i wouldn't recommend them as pets to anyone because of their tendency to bite.

 

[K Spot]

I live in a country where cropping and docking is illegal - I think it's a load of baloney.

The government should keep their noses out of people's lives like this. What someone wants to do with their dog; be it spaying/neutering, cropping or docking is no one's business but the pet owner.
I am pro-crop/dock. Just last week on a forum I am involved in, saw a Dalmatian have his tail amputated due to him continually injuring it from overenthusiastic wagging.
Docking is not only done for working purposes, it's also done as a injury preventative on breeds with thin, whip-like tails. Take boxers for example, when their tail is left un-docked, it becomes a whipping machine. Very easily injured and broken.

I respect other people's opinions of cropping/docking being cruel and unnecessary, but IMO, it isn't.

Just my 2c.