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

[sarahswank]

I got a real crazy one from today. Not so much about chickens but related


I was talking about how I didnt get much sleep because my incubator chicks were busy talking and making frantic noises all night.

me: "yeah, everytime they start making a racket I have to get up and check the temperature and make sure one didnt get stuck in an egg. I am having a huge problem with this batch for some reason."

them: "Why do you care what the temperature is? Arent they cold blooded?"

me(looking totally shocked): "no! but even cold-blooded reptiles have to incubate their eggs at a certain temperature."

them (knowing I raise bottle calves every spring): "Oh.... so do the cows have to keep their eggs warm? Does she sit on them like a chicken would?"

me: "UMM, cows give birth to live young... "

(We all work in a BEEF slaughter facility as inspectors... We see the insides of every cow, including full-term pregnant ones.)

I was afraid to ask what she thought was in those enlarged uteri......

 

[Weirdness555]

I got a real crazy one from today. Not so much about chickens but related


I was talking about how I didnt get much sleep because my incubator chicks were busy talking and making frantic noises all night.

me: "yeah, everytime they start making a racket I have to get up and check the temperature and make sure one didnt get stuck in an egg. I am having a huge problem with this batch for some reason."

them: "Why do you care what the temperature is? Arent they cold blooded?"

me(looking totally shocked): "no! but even cold-blooded reptiles have to incubate their eggs at a certain temperature."

them (knowing I raise bottle calves every spring): "Oh.... so do the cows have to keep their eggs warm? Does she sit on them like a chicken would?"

me: "UMM, cows give birth to live young... "

(We all work in a BEEF slaughter facility as inspectors... We see the insides of every cow, including full-term pregnant ones.)

I was afraid to ask what she thought was in those enlarged uteri......

COLD BLOODED!?!?!?!

Thought of this immediately

 

[coffeychicks]

So why did the chicken cross the road ...... It was chasing a fat squishy grass hopper

 

[Cknldy]

LOL  Did you say no, french actually ;-)

Around here if it isn't a production breed the older folks don't know of them I did succeed in introducing him to Russian Orloffs though- a walk past the 'cool' chickens on the way to production chicks he was buying led to questions about them and an extra sale. See a business op here?

 

[cassie]

I am new to the chicken world and loving it. I spoke with a man yesterday and told him I had laying hens. He then asked me if I had a rooster and I told him no. He told me he had hens and roosters and eggs that were unfertilized weren't as good and fertilized eggs. I told him that mine were just fine and I've never heard of fertilized eggs tasting better. Has anyone else heard of this? I haven't and can't see anything that would make them taste different.

There isn't any difference except in people's minds. Some people think fertilized eggs are inedible and others will pay a premium for them. My mother, for reasons of her own, preferred fertile eggs and would buy them at Trader Joes. Me, I don't care one way or the other.

 

[maransfan16]

Around here if it isn't a production breed the older folks don't know of them I did succeed in introducing him to Russian Orloffs though- a walk past the 'cool' chickens on the way to production chicks he was buying led to questions about them and an extra sale. See a business op here?

same here i will have someone ask me about all my chickens and the types (the only chickens i have that aren't rare or unusual are six red production pullets i bought this year) i have and i will tell them about the marans, fayomis, campines,polish and such and with a blank look most of the time they will ask which ones are the red ones which are the white ones. and most of the time right after that they will tell me "i know all the red ones lay brown eggs and all the whites lay white eggs (sigh)

 

[DuckLady]

Thread has been cleaned up.
This is supposed to be a lighthearted thread, not a debate about Monsanto/GMO/hormones given to chickens.

Please stay on topic and have fun with this thread, as it was meant.

Thank you.

 

[scooter147]

Don't they run off?

Don't know why but that one always bugs me.

 

[salt and pepper]

Don't they run off?

Don't know why but that one always bugs me.

Why? It's true! Speaking of which.... I think I need to get my chickens out of my neighbor's yard....

 

[Majd]

One of the things I can remember now is...
Of course chickens don't lay eggs with no rooster...
Nahhhh..... no way eggs will hatch under a light..... in a box too.... hahahah....
You're crazy about these stuff.... can't you see that all what you do is a waste of time and money.....
Lolll...