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

[CarolinaHen]

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

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.

Can you imagine how difficult it was explaining to her that chickens are not actually pregnant?? After that discussion, I had to explain how the egg is actually fertilized. Then she asked me how his penis comes out of his beak................

That's the point where I completely gave up.

 

[srosales1996]

Can you imagine how difficult it was explaining to her that chickens are not actually pregnant??  After that discussion, I had to explain how the egg is actually fertilized.  Then she asked me how his penis comes out of his beak................

That's the point where I completely gave up.

Oh dear...

 

[SusanPC]

When I was first thinking about getting chickens, one of my co-workers said "yuck". I asked her why, and she said they are too much work and too messy - that it would be better to get another puppy! After doing some of my own research, it sure sounded much easier and enjoyable to get the chickens. Well, needless to say, my 8-week old chickens are not gross, yucky, or too messy and they are much easier to take care of than a puppy. I wonder why people think keeping chickens is dirty, smelly, and gross?

 

[pioneergirl11]

This is Thimble. She's a Dumbo eared rat and she loves all people. in this photo she is almost a year old and has bedded down on some tissues during playtime. She is not offended and I appreciate that you respect her and her family. unlike some people who thought she was from a sewer, carried diseases or thought she could cook. some people...... sigh

 

[pioneergirl11]

sorry I was trying to do a reply and my computer somehow deleted it. I still am getting used to the agony of posting on this thing( the computer not the website)

 

[Gryphon]

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??? :/

Are you asking that for real, or are you adding to this thread? If you're asking, a hen can retain semen from a rooster for a short period of time (a week? Unsure, and it varies) and any eggs laid would be fertile, which actually has nothing to do with a hen going broody. A hen can go broody without ever having met a rooster, she undrrgoes hormonal changes that urges her to try to hatch eggs by staying on them. Some hens never go broody, some go broody often.

Just because a hen isn't laying doesn't necessarily mean she's broody (although that's a sign). Stress, moulting, misalignment of the stars can all cause a hen to stop laying.

 

[dstinett]

I was asked how long is a chicken pregnant. I thought he was joking and I laughed. I felt like a heel when I realized he was serious

 

[NinjaRooster]

I was asked how long is a chicken pregnant. I thought he was joking and I laughed. I felt like a heel when I realized he was serious

*groans* wow....

 

[7 Biddies]

Can you imagine how difficult it was explaining to her that chickens are not actually pregnant?? After that discussion, I had to explain how the egg is actually fertilized. Then she asked me how his penis comes out of his beak................

Hoooo boy!

 

[7 Biddies]

And, then there're those intelligent people who offer to buy your eggs because they want *real* eggs but can't have their own chickens. God Bless their little pea-pickin' hearts.

Makes you want to hang a sign around the necks of some people that says, "IQ = <number here>", doesn't it? Quite a few low numbers are hanging out in the form of the subjects of some of these posts, such as "how long is a chicken pregnant?", and "how does his penis comes out of his beak?". I mean, how low can you go? Sheesh.