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

[subhanalah]

Here is one of the silliest threads I have EVER come across. Sadly, this is a Vegan.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/864194/how-to-make-my-chicken-stop-laying-egg

I think that was someone trying to be funny.

 

[NinjaRooster]

Here is one of the silliest threads I have EVER come across. Sadly, this is a Vegan.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/864194/how-to-make-my-chicken-stop-laying-egg

Good grief!

 

[Alia]

I think that was someone trying to be funny.

I don't think so; I think they're serious, and there isn't anything wrong with that mentality. In fact I would say it's pretty mainstream. Our culture today includes so much separation from our food that I would venture to say it's natural and appropriate to desire that separation.

I've eaten many eggs from chickens I've owned. If they are fertilised but can't be incubated for whatever reason, the way I see it they've got to be eaten. But I don't fool myself; I'm the throwback. I'm the caveman. The people mentioned in the opening post of this very thread, who wouldn't eat an egg from a chicken's rear but would eat one from the store because it's clean; the people I call "sanitary fairy" in my head... They are the more forwardthinking and their mentality is more in line with, and appropriate for, the way we actually live. In 300 years (barring a horrible collapse that reverts us to the caveman status) people are going to be looking back at this stuff and asking how anyone could have possibly thought it was okay to eat something that came out of your pet.

I read through a lot of this thread and for every group of people, there is another group they think falls under the "can't fix stupid" label. Either it's always true (in which case everyone is in somebody else's "stupid" group) or it's never true. Or perhaps society as a collective gets to say... And in that case, we're the retards.

 

[GD91]

I don't think so; I think they're serious, and there isn't anything wrong with that mentality. In fact I would say it's pretty mainstream. Our culture today includes so much separation from our food that I would venture to say it's natural and appropriate to desire that separation.

I've eaten many eggs from chickens I've owned. If they are fertilised but can't be incubated for whatever reason, the way I see it they've got to be eaten. But I don't fool myself; I'm the throwback. I'm the caveman. The people mentioned in the opening post of this very thread, who wouldn't eat an egg from a chicken's rear but would eat one from the store because it's clean; the people I call "sanitary fairy" in my head... They are the more forwardthinking and their mentality is more in line with, and appropriate for, the way we actually live. In 300 years (barring a horrible collapse that reverts us to the caveman status) people are going to be looking back at this stuff and asking how anyone could have possibly thought it was okay to eat something that came out of your pet.

I read through a lot of this thread and for every group of people, there is another group they think falls under the "can't fix stupid" label. Either it's always true (in which case everyone is in somebody else's "stupid" group) or it's never true. Or perhaps society as a collective gets to say... And in that case, we're the retards.

It will probably take a lot longer than 300 years for people to stop keeping hens for meat & eggs. 500 maybe.

And it is an outdated practice, but that doesn't mean its a bad practice. It raises awareness.
The problem is people have to work too hard in the modern world, so nobody's got time for a home farm (A lot of people don't even have time for their families). Its easier to spend the money you have earned in a shop or on a nice hot take away.

The practice may die out, but I doubt it. Currently its on the increase. I'll be passing it on to my kids.

And I may beg to differ..... but I don't know of anybody with some of the mentalities I've read on this site sometimes. In fact, I'd say that those mentalities are not mainstream at all, especially not where I live.
I am only in my early 20's & none of my classmates from college or high school have ever had such close minded views.
Nor do my family or my husbands. In fact, everyones very open minded.

Most people are generally quite practical & I love how practical most of the members on this site are.

I see where your coming from though.
What concerned me the most was the selfishness towards the birds. No thought was being given to their long term welfare. It was just about the views of the owner.

Also, most peoples views & opinions are generally bias based on upbringing, my own included.
I wasn't raised in a productive family, I chose this way because I like to be self sufficient in every way possible. I don't work, I have no income, no bills, no boiler, no heating.

Its a better life to be honest, I don't spend my days slogging away for someone else.

 

[aart]

Quote: Oh No, they were serious....... as 'serious' as teenage ideals gone rampant can be serious.

 

[PrairieChickens]

Quote: I disagree. It's not "forward thinking" to distance yourself from your food, and while veganism is a fine choice for some, it is not for all. There will never be a time when everyone can be--or will want to be--vegan, and I have a serious problem with people who push their personal dietary choices onto others. It's also not "forward thinking" to believe that you can control nature, that you can manipulate an animal as though it comes with an on-off switch and you can just make it stop doing what nature has hardwired it to do. This is yet another symptom of our society's detachment from the reality of our food--and from reality itself. Our increasing distance from where our food comes from is making us sick, weak, and shortening our life spans. How can that be called forward thinking? It's not that people have more respect for animals than they used to--they just literally have no clue what goes on in the production of their food anymore, so the reality is shocking to them. The way we "actually live" as a society is literally killing us. For the first time in our history as a nation, children have a shorter life expectancy than the generation that proceeded them.

The more natural and closer to the source your food is, the healthier and more nutritious it is. We gain absolutely nothing from distancing ourselves from our food.

 

[Gonetothebirds]

Well my mother in law will not eat my eggs. Because she found a blood spot. So all my eggs are gross now. Oh and a blood spot means there fertilized. And that's gross, she she buys them from a friend of hers with about 300 production reds, which are still fertilized! Lol I just never told her!

 

[PrairieChickens]

I had a guy yell at me yesterday, demanding to know if there would be "red spots" in the eggs. "YES OR NO! ARE THERE RED SPOTS IN THE EGGS!?"

I tried to say "red spots don't mean an egg is fertilized, though" but he cut me off and repeated.
"YES OR NO! ARE THERE RED SPOTS IN THE EGGS!?"
"Well the eggs I've used haven't had any--"
"YES OR NO! JUST SAY YES OR NO!"
"Red spots can hap-"
"YES OR NO! YES OR NO! YES OR NO! JUST SAY YES OR NO!"

The next time he asks if I have eggs for sale, I'll say they're all spoken for, even if they're not. That was ridiculous

 

[Peep_Show]

And just how are you supposed to predict if a chicken has a "burp" that day in laying or not? Sheesh.... I guess you could say "Not that I know of, but you never know." That guy is his own little PITA party.

 

[Blooie]

Well my mother in law will not eat my eggs. Because she found a blood spot. So all my eggs are gross now. Oh and a blood spot means there fertilized. And that's gross, she she buys them from a friend of hers with about 300 production reds, which are still fertilized! Lol I just never told her!

When my girls produce their first eggs and I bring them in, it will be the first time in my 63 years that I have ever eaten a fresh egg. Yup, you read that right. During the year that I lived with my grandparents, who had many, many chickens, I didn't eat eggs as a meal when they did, although I know darn well that I ate them in baked goods, etc. Yet I have found an occasional blood spot in a store bought egg and I just can't make myself use it..... I know it doesn't mean anything is horribly wrong with the egg, but I just can't do it.