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

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Didn't this make me smile... I could probably only name a couple of male friends, but I think I know more about half the female population of the area than I wish to!

I get the eating jokes all the time. Thankfully my family are all really good at distinguishing pets from the rest. I couldn't send a pet off for slaughter at that sounds too 'disposable' to me. If the animal has given its all to me, the least I can do it provide it with a happy retirement. Besides, wouldn't an old dog be really stringy?

Now the difficult bit: explaining. I'm a vegan, so in my ideal world, no animal would have to go through the stress of the slaughterhouse, but I don't try to persuade anyone of my views, as they're personal (my OH eats meat). What I can try to explain is the vegan view on eggs. I believe a lot of vegans DO eat eggs from their own hens as they know that it is a 'by-product' and that their hens are kept with welfare in mind.
I don't eat eggs because I can't get around the fact I'm eating amniotic fluid. That's a big ew for me My other half enjoys them and I enjoy making him egg mayo sarnies. The people that buy them seem to come back for more, so it's probably just as well I don't eat them!
Now, you can lay on me and tell me how stupid I am for not eating eggs, but let me say this: people eat offal. I'm sure that's not everyone's cup of tea either!

I keep getting asked "Why do you keep chickens if you don't eat eggs?" My answer varies between: "because i don't have the space to keep horses" and "same reason you have a dog/cat/hamster".

Its amniotic fluid? Ewwwwwww... New reason not to eat eggs, LOL.

I dont eat eggs, cause i dont LIKE them, but hey, more eggs to sell

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[catsbully]

lol! I've had customers come to our farm (we sell perennials) and some of these people just dont have a clue...city folk... they will ask if the hens are roosters, if the rooster is a hen, and one particularly DUMB woman just didn't get that the 2 geese I have are NOT the mom and dad of the 5 ducks!

 

[erinszoo]

Well, I wasn't sure I'd ever have anything to share here but our neighbor conveniently gave me something. While ranting at me the other day for telling them they couldn't park their truck in our shared driveway blocking our access to our garage, she started screaming about my chickens.

me. "And what's wrong with my chickens?"
her. "They're animals."
me. "And ... ?"
her. "They smell like chickens."
me. "Yes, chickens tend to smell like chickens."
her. "They all crow all the time."
me. "only the roos, part of the time ... usually only when they're disturbed by someone"
her. "No, every single one of those **** chickens crow. I've seen them!"
me. (stunned silence)

Yep, here's your sign ... now move the **** pickup.

 

[Ted n Ms]

DUMB woman just didn't get that the 2 geese I have are NOT the mom and dad of the 5 ducks!

 

[Ted n Ms]

Well, I wasn't sure I'd ever have anything to share here but our neighbor conveniently gave me something. While ranting at me the other day for telling them they couldn't park their truck in our shared driveway blocking our access to our garage, she started screaming about my chickens.

me. "And what's wrong with my chickens?"
her. "They're animals."
me. "And ... ?"
her. "They smell like chickens."
me. "Yes, chickens tend to smell like chickens."
her. "They all crow all the time."
me. "only the roos, part of the time ... usually only when they're disturbed by someone"
her. "No, every single one of those **** chickens crow. I've seen them!"
me. (stunned silence)

Yep, here's your sign ... now move the **** pickup.

Man i am glad i don't have neighbors. Wife's mother is about three hundred yards away next neighbor is a mile.

 

[7 Biddies]

Originally Posted by Gomes Bantams


I had some baby chicks for sale(Black Australorp and Buff Brahma bantam) and a woman came up to me and asked what these were.

Me:These are Black Australorps and buff Brahma Bantams.
Her:No, these arnt chickens, all chicks are yellow.
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Ohhhh ... so that's why those little marshmallow peeps at Easter are yellow!

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Peeps come in Green and Pink too! Although, I've never seen a green or pink chicken soooooooo.......

I was at my best friends birthday party a few weeks ago. I was helping her sex her new chickens. She has about 10 2 month old BRs and BOs and about 5 old hens (BRs and BOs too). So, obviously the older hens have big combs, and the pullets almost none. She had one cockerel, and I could tell because of his obvious comb (and, like most of her roosters, really really mean)

About three other girls were there, and telling me that if that one was a boy because of his comb then the old hens must be boys too!

Well, no. These pullets are not laying yet and we got two eggs just this morning.

Well, but they have big combs so that makes them a boy!

NO, it does not! Now go talk about your $200 jeans or something like that..... I try to say something and you take it to be a total generalization!

Why are 13 year old girls so dumb sometimes?

 

[Happy Chooks]

When my first broody hatched chicks, an acquaintance asked me how I knew she was pregnant. It was all I could do to not laugh.

 

[gickelvolk]

A vistor having coffee at our home, looking out the dining-room window, observed 6 of our hens having a mass-dustbathing session.
She got a disturbed look on her face and uttered the following:
"OMG!!! ARE THEY SICK???? DO THEY HAVE RABIES OR SOMETHING????"

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I politely engaged her.... "Nope....." I said, then asked "How do you think they make eggs to lay?????"

Mrs. promptly kicked my shin under the table............

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

haha, rabid chickens....