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

[LeslieDJoyce]

One of my daughters does a side business decorating cakes with me called me at work to have me pick up eggs on my way home. I said to her that there was a carton and a half in my fridge from the girls and she said" I cant use them in the cakes cause they aren't pasturized" After Choked myself laughing i told her that no eggs are pasturized and she still wont use them or eat them. I told her that if it would make her feel better then she could put it " past her eyes before eating it.

I'm not sure it is legal to use farm-fresh eggs in home bakery products in my state (or to sell back-yard eggs to commercial bakers or restaurants). My state's regulations states farm-fresh eggs (meaning eggs that aren't from inspected facilities) can only be sold directly to the end user for personal consumption. Of course every time I call the state to ask about the rules here I get different and contradictory answers ... and I can't exactly follow every egg around to know who eats it ...

AFAIK, the USDA eggs aren't actually inspected anyway. It's just the facilities where they are handled that are inspected to insure that they are being cleaned, packed and stored "safely."

 

[Kelsykin]

AFAIK, the USDA eggs aren't actually inspected anyway. It's just the facilities where they are handled that are inspected to insure that they are being cleaned, packed and stored "safely."

And how many USDA inspected facilities have had to recall their products in the past year..... USDA inspection does not always mean safe. It just means the gov went and checked the place out and collected a few samples and swabs. Then a month later you hear about recalls.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

And how many USDA inspected facilities have had to recall their products in the past year..... USDA inspection does not always mean safe. It just means the gov went and checked the place out and collected a few samples and swabs. Then a month later you hear about recalls.

Very true. In other countries they at least test the laying flocks for the presence of problems.

 

[Soltaria]

I had my sister ask me not to long ago, "So you just eat the eggs straight out of a chicken's butt?"
My response was, "How else am I supposed to eat them, while they're still up there?"
Then she just started laughing at how dumb she realized her question sounded. One of those d'uh moments.

 

[littlelizzy123]

Both my husband and I are Vegans but we have always been very vocal when it comes to raising our own food. My husband said he'd eat our chickens eggs because he knows where they come from and that they are happy, healthy, well taken care of. And if I ever had enough room to rise chickens for meat that he would eat those as well. (I became vegan for him so these where all my ideas in the first place) But many friends ask us how we would be willing to eat those eggs but not store bought ones. Also that it's terribly cruel for me to raise something I would just kill....

Crazy people! I try and try to explain to them but than they tell me I'm just being a hypocrite.

According to most, I'm not sure you could categorize yourself as vegan if you eat eggs and poultry. However, I would call you a kind and mindful person because you actually know where your food comes from and have respect for the animal that provided it to you. That, in my opinion, is a better way to live.

 

[Kelsykin]

Quote: If you eat any animal bi-product you are not vegan but vegetarian. Eating eggs and cheese etc... is a vegetarian. Vegan is fruit and veggie only. No dairy or meat is consumed.

 

[CarolinaHen]

Back to the topic of this thread..............

I was asked this weekend how the hen gets pregnant when the rooster pecks her on the back of the head.

 

[Kelsykin]

Back to the topic of this thread..............

I was asked this weekend how the hen gets pregnant when the rooster pecks her on the back of the head.

Ok now that I have sort of stopped laughing....Nope here goes the next round.

 

[zayd]

My chicken hen is making lot of sound is she broody when i have taken from the farm he was with roosters i dont know if they have mate or not but my hen is making lot of funny sound what does that mean??? :/

 

[srosales1996]

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OMG, I was telling a lady at work the other day that I'll be getting chickens this summer and plan to have lots and lots of eggs.  I told her I'd bring some in for her so that she can taste how much better they are.

Know what she said?

Her: "Oh my GAWD, eeeeeewwwwww, I could never eat those eggs!"

Me: "Ummmm, why not?

Her: "Well, BECAUSE, they came out of a chicken's butt!"

Me: "Ummmmm.  Huh?  You eat eggs from the store, right?"

Her: "Well, yeah, of COURSE, but that's different!"

Me: "How is that different?  Those eggs also came out of a chicken."

Her: "But those are all sanitary and come in a box."

Me: "I'll wash my eggs and box them for you too."

Her: "Blech, no way.  I could never eat eggs from your chickens.  That's just gross."

Me: "***?"

[Erica walks away shaking head]


WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!

LOL, this is just too much.  No wonder I want to quit my job and become a pioneer woman and never have to leave the house...

Wow, where do you live? I cannot imagine this conversation w/ anyone I've ever met! 

I live in Mid West Texas and have this conversation daily. Half my coworkers can't wait for "fresh from the butt eggs" (as I call them) the other half think I am insaine. I have an idea.... Let's egg their car!