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

[7 Biddies]

(This was the same woman that asked me if I could take one of my hen's eggs to another farm to have their rooster spray it so that it could hatch. )[/quote]



Ok. Now, this is when I want to look at the person and ask, "Where did you get the idea roosters spray on the eggs to make them fertile? Did you read this somewhere, did you see it on the internet, or did someone tell you this?" I'm willing to bet they'd look befuddled and say, "No, I just assumed it".

People are just AMAZING!

 

[jesse0081]

My uncle asked me if anyone in my family has had convulsions or any other problems from eating our chickens eggs. True story.

 

[cassie]

Tell him yes, of course. Every day. That's why you have the chickens. That way you don't buy any illegal and expensive recreational drugs. Trouble is, he might believe you.... Ask him to please explain to you why he thinks your home produced eggsa are bad for you and exactly why he thinks store eggs are better. Ask him how he knows this. Then tell us.

 

[ozexpat]

(This was the same woman that asked me if I could take one of my hen's eggs to another farm to have their rooster spray it so that it could hatch.

)

Ok. Now, this is when I want to look at the person and ask, "Where did you get the idea roosters spray on the eggs to make them fertile? Did you read this somewhere, did you see it on the internet, or did someone tell you this?" I'm willing to bet they'd look befuddled and say, "No, I just assumed it".

People are just AMAZING! [/QUOTE]

In fairness to your dumb neighbor, that's how many fish fertilize their eggs.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Ok. Now, this is when I want to look at the person and ask, "Where did you get the idea roosters spray on the eggs to make them fertile? Did you read this somewhere, did you see it on the internet, or did someone tell you this?" I'm willing to bet they'd look befuddled and say, "No, I just assumed it".

People are just AMAZING!

Oh, I didn't even think to. I mean, she was nice about it, so I just corrected her and let her go on her merry way. She had all sorts of questions through that semester after she found out I had chickens, though that was the only 'facepalm' worthy one.

 

[AustinRhea]

Another one!!!!
I have co worker that always is asking me how many dogs/cats I have. She does that in front of people and she does it to make fun of me. She saw in facebook that I have chickens and asked about them again in a way I dont apreciate. I told her I did not wanted to discuss my chickens in front of the collegues because I dont want people to judge because of my lifestyle. Guess what!!! In this last meeting she waited to have a full table of people to ask me....."Remember you told me not to talk about your chickens in public? Why? Are you ashamed? You know she has chickens , Right? "
Now everyone was looking at me....and I felt my face was turning white. I just took a deep breath and told everyone about my chickens and their beautiful color eggs. I took my phone out and started passing it so everyone could see pictures of the eggs and my babies (chickens). Talked about all the troubles I encountered in bringing them here and the joys of eating healthy and not contributing to animal torture in the eggs factories. And that's how I got out of the last closet.
That happens to me for trying to keep some things in the closet for some people. The chick is out of the bag....yeayyyyy

By the way....I have 6 dogs, 2 cats and around 24 chickens. Love them all.

I have the same issue. We have 8 dogs, 4 cats, 4 breeding rabbits, 13 hens, 2 roosters, and a Vietnamese pot-bellied mini pig. We have "friends" that do the same thing to us around new people. I refuse to be ridiculed for being an animal lover. We have a few more dogs/cats than legally allowed (we have a little over 1 acre, so we can have 10 dogs/cats), but no one has complained to the authorities yet. And if they do I am sure we will be given an exemption since all our animals are well cared for and loved. If anything a few of them are too well cared for (ie. overweight).

Don't let one "bad egg" ruin your fun and love of your animals.

 

[CGinJCMO]

it is official, my faith in humanity is diminishing fast. on another site i seen someone looking for someone making chicken feed in my area, so i replied. someone else pointed out to look up the slang term - i feel like such an idiot.

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/slang/g/term_Chicken_Feed.htm

Just goes t show how nieve I am and I'd like to stay that way thank you. LOL
I'm so nieve, that at the school I work at, a 7th grade boy was wearing a Bob Marly shirt with gray squiggles. He asked me if I thought he'd have to change the shirt. I looked at it and didn't see any knives, skulls, beer or other offensive words. I just saw a face and squiggles. Later a teacher did know what those squiggles were and told him he couldn't wear it again to school. I had to ask what was wrong with the shirt and was told those were marajuana joints. Funny thing is, this same kid was wearing a church t-shirt later that week.

So long long ago I was looking for some cartoon pictures of chicken chicks. Something cheap to print on the posters indicating the way
to our poultry show.
You know like the pictures in colouring books for children. I typed in chicks on my Google search bar and without reading opened the first page....
Just then some friends walked in and I turned my head to greet. My friends were both unusually friendly when I turned back towards the
computer screen I got more than I bargained for.

Hehehe

Shall I call them 'natural' beauties displayed all. ***

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So when looking at Chicken Chicks on the internet. Remember to type CHICKEN before chicks....

I use as my search term "chick*" and usually get chicken or chicks because the * is looking for more than a chick.

Hopefully that sentence makes sense of what I'm trying to convey.

We could start a "things not to google while researching chickens" thread.

We're probably all on various watch lists now.

I am a crocheter. About 10-15 years ago, I was searching for free crocheting patterns. If I type for specific patterns, it's not usually a problem until you try searching for "granny square" patterns. Granny porn was NOT what I was searching for. LOL I have never tried looking for granny square crocheting patterns again.

CG

 

[Bill Matthews]

To Austin Rhea in Knoxville......What kind of idiots do you work with that you all tolerate that kind of crap....Sounds like you might need to get different "friends" or another job....Sounds so totally immature and ridiculous that it borders on bullying....Don't put up with anymore of that crap...Go to your boss and demand that she get off your back if you can't get it done yourself.....Take Care and God Bless

 

[Bill Matthews]

To AustinRhea...Sorry about my mixup...I was just skimming and failed to realize that you were replying to someone else...Take Care

 

[buttercup95]

So my friend this morning calls me up and asks me if I would take her chickens off her hands. She told me they were about 4-5 months and all of them were hens and she just couldn't afford to keep them. I later found out that two were not hens, but I mean come on she asked me if I would take eight hens right on the verge of laying... Sounds like a silly question to me. She did the hard part now I just have to wait for some eggs.