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

[RedneckGurl]

Originally Posted by BooBear

My Dad believes that fertile eggs taste better. (Well, all fresh yard eggs actually taste the same wether a rooster is around or not.)

Now I do have a friend that won't eat her chicken's eggs simply because of the strange eating habit they have developed. Her chickens clean up after her goat. The goat poops and the chickens eat the poop.

Her chickens will even peck the poor goats butt to get more poop.

So she gives her eggs away to others.
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I have one hen, Helen, who always wants to be in the coop when I'm raking up their poop (I have sand). I get it all nice and neat and piled up ready to rake into the dust pan and before I can she hops in the middle of it and starts scratching and pecking away. So, I figure they eat their own poop what's the difference? BTW, I don't give away any of my eggs. We either eat them or I sell them. It's not like the poop goes straight into the egg or anything.

 

[Kiniska]

I have one hen, Helen, who always wants to be in the coop when I'm raking up their poop (I have sand). I get it all nice and neat and piled up ready to rake into the dust pan and before I can she hops in the middle of it and starts scratching and pecking away. So, I figure they eat their own poop what's the difference? BTW, I don't give away any of my eggs. We either eat them or I sell them. It's not like the poop goes straight into the egg or anything.

Lots of animals do this. Rabbits have to eat a certain type of excrement for dietary health. I have a suspicion my chickens spend a lot of time in the goat stalls for more than just the spilt grain. I eat my eggs and would not give any away because of it either. It is still kinda gross.

 

[7 Biddies]

I do have a friend that won't eat her chicken's eggs simply because of the strange eating habit they have developed. Her chickens clean up after her goat. The goat poops and the chickens eat the poop.

Her chickens will even peck the poor goats butt to get more poop.

So she gives her eggs away to others.

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm in Virginia, has written many books. In one, he says he keeps his cows in [/FONT]special "savannah pastures rotated every few days with electric fence". Then, as the cows are moved to fresh grass, he brings the in chickens behind them to scratch through the poo for bugs, larvae, etc. and scratch up the ground. Then, the pigs follow the chickens, eating what's left and furrowing the ground well. Finally, the land sits idle for several months, during which time it comes back greener and healthier than ever. This cycle is repeated throughout the year. It's good for the land, and good for the animals; they get nutrition they need and parasites are eliminated. In fact, he says when the family originally bought the land, it was "the most worn-out, eroded, abused farm in the area near Staunton, VA". But, using the animals in this cycle, it is now one of the most fertile farms in the area. It calls it "beyond organic".

If you haven't heard of it, check it out: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/story/

 

[XtremeRooster]

Tonight from my lovely 47 yr old wife who is a nurse and part time country girl, She calls me at work , and I was kinda busy 'so yes baby what do you need", Her reply, Do chickens have sex?

Me literally rolling in the floor I was laughing so hard, "yes dear how did you think they fertilize the egg"?

her, then if not, "Well your rooster is raping one of the hens then".

Now I am laughing so I hard I can't help myself

, I said which rooster is it ? she replies, Oreo the barred rock, about the same time he lets out a super load crow in the background, I said well did ya let him finish?

I have not laughed so hard in weeks its gonna take a long time for that one to wear off after her sister and our friends get done with it.

 

[RTFchickens]

Kiniska, crazy question, but do you butcher and eat your goats? We have chickens for eggs, and considering getting a goat for milk. I'm reading a book on goat husbandry, and it talks about drowning male goats at birth if you don't need a male... I'm not sure i could do something like that. I would be able to slaughter it I guess. Just raise to maturity and slaughter. Is it similar to venison? The book said goats are more closely related to deer then cows...

 

[loveourbirds]

if you castrate unwanted males when they are young they gain better, and are more suitable for butchering purposes even in dairy breeds. yes they are more like venison, it is a very lean meat. if you castrate them, some people will buy them as weathers (spelling) for cleaning up brush, as they wont be as aggressive.

if your just looking for some milk you really dont need to buy a male. several people just take them to another farm to get them bred, then bring them back when the job is done. if you keep up with the milking, most goats wont need bred but once a year.

i know where there is a small starter herd of oberhasils (not sure of the spelling but great milk) for sale here in southern Ohio, if you are looking for something like that. i think its 3 does and a buck.

 

[mckenzy]

I have 4 chickens and was told that a duck might help scare away the wild birds that eat all my chicken feed. I told my wife I was thinking about a female duck so we'd have one more source of eggs. She said, "Eww! Duck eggs??! That sounds gross." I asked why and the answer was "because people eat chicken eggs, not duck eggs". Again I asked why, she replied "I assume because they're gross, obviously!" ... She's adorable.

 

[7 Biddies]

I have 4 chickens and was told that a duck might help scare away the wild birds that eat all my chicken feed. I told my wife I was thinking about a female duck so we'd have one more source of eggs. She said, "Eww! Duck eggs??! That sounds gross." I asked why and the answer was "because people eat chicken eggs, not duck eggs". Again I asked why, she replied "I assume because they're gross, obviously!" ... She's adorable.

Tell her she's mistaken; people most definitely eat duck eggs. My son's friend has been giving him some, and he's developed a taste for them. It took a little while as they're richer than chicken eggs. They're known for being wonderful for baking, too.

 

[cassie]

I have 4 chickens and was told that a duck might help scare away the wild birds that eat all my chicken feed. I told my wife I was thinking about a female duck so we'd have one more source of eggs. She said, "Eww! Duck eggs??! That sounds gross." I asked why and the answer was "because people eat chicken eggs, not duck eggs". Again I asked why, she replied "I assume because they're gross, obviously!" ... She's adorable.

Your wife may be adorable, but she is wrong, wrong, wrong. My mother used to make the best cakes to be found anywhere and she used duck eggs to make them. You just can't beat duck eggs for baking. I don't know if the duck would scare away the wild birds, though. Just as a matter of curiosity, exactly in what way is a duck egg gross?

 

[cassie]

Kiniska, crazy question, but do you butcher and eat your goats? We have chickens for eggs, and considering getting a goat for milk. I'm reading a book on goat husbandry, and it talks about drowning male goats at birth if you don't need a male... I'm not sure i could do something like that. I would be able to slaughter it I guess. Just raise to maturity and slaughter. Is it similar to venison? The book said goats are more closely related to deer then cows...

When I had my goat dairy, all the unwanted buck kids went for meat. Any males we raised for ourselves were castrated because once they reach puberty, buck goats produce a pungent musk. The flavor of the meat varies a lot depending on the age and what they are fed. If they are ranging on brush I would imagine they would taste a lot like venison. Ours tasted like a cross between beef and lamb but they were pen fed on grain and hay. I cooked the meat like lamb. If you have a lot of milk, you can leave the buck kids on their mother and then butcher them at three or four months of age or so. If you butcher them at that age you don't need to castrate them. Plump milk fed kids are delicious.