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

[Cknldy]

About extra roos hatched- dh says "I'm not eating that because you talked to it!" Says the same thing for if I were to get pigs or a cow to raise for meat.

 

[sepaditty1]

About extra roos hatched- dh says "I'm not eating that because you talked to it!" Says the same thing for if I were to get pigs or a cow to raise for meat.

. "If you like to talk to tomatoes, if a squash can make you smile, if you like to waltz with potatoes up and down the produce aisle..." You can talk to any of your food. Your DH must not, though.

 

[salt and pepper]

Just now, same relative who refuses my eggs due to chickens eating meat in occasional table scraps or because the rooster sperm might be /in the eggs...

My roosters got into another fight this morning when I let them out for some free ranging, but went on with roaming the yard. It's not the first time they've taken a jump at each other, and I don't pay attention unless they get serious. Boys are boys in the animal world.

Anyway, she scolded me in the living room, nose in the air, "It is inhumane and unethical to have cock fights."

Bahahahahahahahahah, I wonder what she would think if she saw my THREE roosters going at it?

 

[mrballance]

You just have to name them correctly. For instance, my two pigs were named Bacon and Sausage. My turkeys were Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't really name my chickens, other than a few of them, but I have a friend who names hers things like Original and Extra Crispy.

LOL, Love it

 

[dealswonderhens]

Quote: My cousin and I named a pig Wilbur after the character in Charlotte's Web when were young adults....
(pun alert)
Unlike Wilbur in the book there was no nosy spider that saved that pigs bacon..... He made for a great christmas dinner...

 

[ghostwolf211]

My 2 Barred Rocks are named Scrambled and Omelet

 

[TabbyCat2005]

when i had the babes in the house to keep em warm i would give them baths and then let them roam the house to stretch their legs and wings. lol if they pooed i'd clean it up they are all now out in their pen dont have a coop yet but gonna be building one soon ^^

 

[lovechickenswis]

When we first got chickens two years ago my mother (who grew up in the country) told us that we were crazy. She said we could not keep them through the winter cause they would freeze. I was like what? I asked her, didn't you say you had chickens when you were growing up? Her answer, yes but you do not have any cows to keep the chickens warm they will not make it. She was just amazed that they had survived the first winter with no cows or heat source.

 

[mrballance]

OK...I have a couple so far:

My mother thot I needed a roo to get eggs (she grew up on a farm), my grandfather thot you HAD to use straw or woodchips in the run & was amazed that I was using sand (this is the farm my mom grew up on)...

And not so bad since this came from kids under the age of 10 (more cute actually): a couple of the neighbor kids have asked something along these lines (pointing to my bantums) "Are those the big chicken's babies?"...ME "All of my chickens are young except those 2 small ones over there (bantums about a yr old) so none have babies. Those are just a different kind of chicken that doesn't get so big"...KID "Oh, I didn't know chickens came in different sizes."

As for my eggs (I only have 2 hens laying so far so it was easy to identify who was laying which egg) I told someone the other day that my white hen lays the brown eggs & my black hen lays the white ones...Their reply "That's kinda backwards isn't it?" (luckily they were just being silly & know chicken color doesn't determine egg color...lol)

I have to tell you I grew up on a farm in Missouri and NOBODY had sand on the floor. We had lots of rocks and gravel around but no sand. We used straw or leaves. So I didn't know about sand till a year ago and when I got into backyard chickens. I just turned 60. But I did know about roosters and eggs. LOL

 

[TabbyCat2005]

people keep telling me that hens cannot lay without a rooster... i'm thinking REALLY?!?! apparently they havent tried it before... :/ i have a whole flock of nothing but hens in various stages of growth no eggs yet but hopefully soon. i have friends who have chickens for eggs and meat and they love the eggs! they have roosters too tho for protection for one friends flock and both protection and fertilization for the other friends. i will be getting roos for both protection and chicks as well soon ^^ eeeek i cant wait. but i do think its silly that people think chickens need a rooster for eggs. XD thats my silly bit of info i know this same saying is a common one seeing as how not many even do the livestock thing anymore. kinda sad cuz my gals are fun to have around