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

[Amarisus]

yes they did kill him but we don't know exactly who it was as we didnt get to see the truck but it was a very loud one we are narrowing it down it was either the neighbors daughters boyfriend, the son, or some friend of the sons. i'm leaning toward the son because he has ran over a few of our guineas over the years and when him and his friends were fixing a four wheeler they got it running and were testing it by driving up and down the road and he swerved,drove through a ditch and tried to hit one of my peahens that was in a cornfield thankfully he missed her but when he realized i saw him do it they stopped driving the fourwheeler. it just amazes me that people like that find it so funny to kill animals and laugh i pity any animal he owns

Do they drive on your property to hit your animals?! If so do you have a gun and a good aim? Cuz if anyone did that to my animals, I would wait for them to drive by again and shoot out the tires on any vehicle they drive on my property. Seriously though, I wouldn't take that kind of crap, the police should be involved

 

[Araucana16]

Don't bother with the police.

As far as chickens go, they don't even sorta care. For dogs and such I don't think they'll be much better.

I have a story about the police

Recently my uncle died of lung cancer. He had a wonderful wife (my aunt) and three boys (one is a junior in high school, another I believe is a sophomore in college, and the last just graduated from college.)

The sophomore (we'll call him Bob for privacy's sake

) is I believe 19 (please don't count on any of this information like grades and ages

I tend to get this stuff wrong!), and nothing is really going his way. He now owns and runs the company of his dad, who is now dead (for just that I want to hug the poor guy constantly) and due to both of those things, his grades are falling and because he had his first big tests of the year coming up, he had to get good - great - grades on them to pass his classes with good grades.

So he drank. Not a lot, but enough to get him feeling a little foggy. He thinks someone is breaking into his house, and for pretty much the first time (his parents usually work from home - well his mom now) with his little brother. I don't know for sure if someone was, but Bob was scared (as I would be too!!).

One of his neighbor's is a police officer, so he went to his house and rather than helping Bob, the police officer arresting him for breaking and entering. Helpful. He was put in jail for a week after having done nothing wrong, but the police refuse to drop his felony. In fact the police officer plans to sue Bob.

Then Bob went to his neighbor's house and begged him to drop the charges because he did nothing wrong (well... besides drinking, but that's not a felony) and rather than showing any sort of compassion, he files a restraining order against my cousin.

Then he charged him with breaking the restraining order by driving past his house. Except Bob wasn't even in town that night. Then when he had just gotten cleared of all charges and was in the courthouse waiting to be released, two police officers came up and arrested him for violating the restraining order.

*Loss of all faith in the police.*

To the real point - you could certainly go to the police, but I doubt they'd help without complete proof. Probably wouldn't even bother to come to the scene, just put in a really vague report.

 

[Darkangael]

yes they did kill him but we don't know exactly who it was as we didnt get to see the truck but it was a very loud one we are narrowing it down it was either the neighbors daughters boyfriend, the son, or some friend of the sons. i'm leaning toward the son because he has ran over a few of our guineas over the years and when him and his friends were fixing a four wheeler they got it running and were testing it by driving up and down the road and he swerved,drove through a ditch and tried to hit one of my peahens that was in a cornfield thankfully he missed her but when he realized i saw him do it they stopped driving the fourwheeler. it just amazes me that people like that find it so funny to kill animals and laugh i pity any animal he owns

Honey if he has a history of this I think you should be careful almost all murderers started with small animals and moved up to bigger ones. I would definitely press charges before he gets it in his head to try a bigger thrill. Even if nothing happens to him right now it will make the authorities aware of the danger he poses to your livestock and possibly to others in the area. It will also make them look at him first if something happens.

Edited to add clarity and a little more

 

[member 142084]

Regardless of if the cops will do anything or not. you need to make an incident report and keep the number. Either way what they did was illegal and it should be investigated. If the person was drunk that fact alone is illegal and it could have been a child.. or very well could become a human being that get hurt or killed by their irresponsibility. Drunk drivers have crashed into homes and killed people yes some of them children. It is no little matter. Pictures are also helpful in any case.

 

[lazy gardener]

Agreed. You can't go back and fix what's already been done, but you did witness the pea hen incident. You should have gone immediately to the police at that time. You can't prove who killed your dog, but if there was a police report re: the first incident, at least your suspicions might bear more weight. Unfortunately, if the dog was not on your property, but in the road, I assume there is a leash law in your state? Keep a very close eye on these neighbors, and don't hesitate to call the police and get a restraining order against these morons if you need to. By being silent, not reporting to the police, you give them license to continue their harassing and dangerous behavior. I had an incident in my family, where if I had gotten police involved early on, a lot of heart ache might have been prevented. In retrospect, if we as citizens with the right to be protected report stuff like that, the world will be a safer place.

 

[gimmie birdies]

a lady asked "why hatch when you can buy baby chicks?" I said "then why have a garden, you can buy veggies from the store? Why cook? you can go to mc donalds." I hatch because I can. and so far it is my legal right.

 

[Cluky]

I am youn

I hate to say this but, as a school psychologist, I'm seeing a new attitude among kids today. I'm pretty sure it's coming from their parents who don't want to discipline or make their kids take responsibility or be accountable. Help me out, if you can ... why is that? I'm just so baffled. If my kids had spoken to me the way kids today do, they'd be toothless. But, the younger parents today look at me as if I were an ogre; adults are supposed to put up with kids "being kids" nowadays instead of expecting them to behave properly. What went wrong?

BTW. If the food supplies dry up, you're more than welcome to join me up here in the mountains. I have plenty to take care of 2, and you sound like a lovely young person. I can teach you to grow while you're here, too.

. I am from younger generation and have kids but I agree with you. what I am noticing and it drives me crazy is that parents want to be friends with their kids first then adults! it doesn't work that way. kids should behave and be quiet when told. not throw themselves on a ground at the first sign of someone telling them NO. even more so because this breeds also fear in teachers of disciplining the kid. it used to be if you get in trouble at school god help you when parents find out. now everyone I hear from goes different way "can't be my little angel". YES your little angel has little horns growing discipline them and support teachers on it as well. ps I am not a. teacher

 

[gimmie birdies]

when my kids were little they were polite and good kids that knew how to sit and visit in a restaurant. once were were in a restaurant our kids were about 4 and 6 and some other kids about the same age were standing on the table, and whining about "It's my turn for quality time! Whaaa!". the mom didn't tell the child on the table to get down she just asked her daughter if she was making good choices. As an older couple were leaving the restaurant the man turned to us and told us we had such well behaved children.

 

[Araucana16]

The things kids can get away with.
They are just little things, but if I had done that and my father knew... I would be grounded for at least a week.
By the way, what happened to grounding?! When I was 5ish it still (a bit!) existed, and then it just went away. Now the idea of "trouble" is just saying "No, you can't go to your friend's house." Which is just a normal part of life... sometimes its a no, but suddenly a 'no' isn't acceptable.
I heard someone say :
"I hate my parents! I have an iPhone 4s, and they have the 5s and they won't get me a 5 also!"
Her older brother? Totaled his car because he got drunk and then they got him a new one.

 

[Weirdness555]

when my kids were little they were polite and good kids that knew how to sit and visit in a restaurant. once were were in a restaurant our kids were about 4 and 6 and some other kids about the same age were standing on the table, and whining about "It's my turn for quality time! Whaaa!". the mom didn't tell the child on the table to get down she just asked her daughter if she was making good choices. As an older couple were leaving the restaurant the man turned to us and told us we had such well behaved children.

Gosh! If I had done that as a kid I would have been dragged from the restaurant and smacked.