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

[Hanna8]

True, but still, I can't think of any animal that reproduces by throwing up it's young.

The closest I can come up with is the recently extinct gastric brooding frog. Their young develop in their stomachs and are thrown up when they hatch. But even those lay their eggs like normal frogs at first. Then they swallow them.

 

[Aunt ruth]

Logic. It doesn't take much.

 

[Gryphon]

There's also mouth brooding fish, but again, the eggs are laid as normal and the male puts them in his mouth to protect them.

 

[dheltzel]

There's also mouth brooding fish, but again, the eggs are laid as normal and the male puts them in his mouth to protect them.

Very true, though in *most* species it's the female that broods the eggs in her mouth (the typical cichlids of the African lakes ).

 

[jc12551]

When I first started teaching I had a laser disc that was my prize possession. Anything I wanted to show my students was on it. My favorite set of videos was the odd reproduction set. Gastric brooding frogs, mouth brooding fish, the frog that broods the eggs/tadpoles on its back, etc. I wish I still had that disc or could remember the name of it.

In defense of the fourth grader who asked what end the egg comes out, they don't know anything about reproduction unless they have been around animals. Real sex ed is extinct from schools and will remain that way until either common core and high stakes testing is gone or decides to test it. Fourth graders are what, 9 years old? They don't have much "common sense at that age" and none of the life experiences we have.

Today we were egg selling and I had one dozen that nobody seemed to want b/c it had a white egg from my Lakenvelder in it. The comments were mostly along the lines of, "I want country eggs." "I don't want store bought eggs." I guess white eggs only come from commercial chickens????? No problems though, the white egg has a date with some buttermilk pancake batter in the morning.

 

[srosales1996]

My chickens have taken to digging holes in their run.  Today that created a comment worthy of this category.
They decided to bury an egg in one of the holes and I was trying to reclaim it when someone came into the driveway. 
"So that's where the eggs come from... you plant them and grow extras on an eggtree."  Sad to say the city woman was serious and couldn't understand when I was too busy laughing to show her the rest of the "eggplants"

Is this a normal occurance at your house? Lol I've never had a chicken dig a hole a burry an egg that is a riot!

 

[knappy]

One of my daughters friends came over for a play date and to see the chickens. When her dad picked her up I gave her some eggs to take home. On seeing the fresh green eggs her dad asked what should he do with them? Eat them I replied!
Friends dad is a high school English teacher!!

 

[Sharon2012]

Is this a normal occurance at your house? Lol I've never had a chicken dig a hole a burry an egg that is a riot!

Actually this year is the first year they've done this. And so far I've dug up three. Don't know what's got into these birds. Don't want to use their nests digging holes and burying eggs. I guess they figure at two they can do what they want LOL I've been thinking they'd hang from the chandelier if there was one.

 

[srosales1996]

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Actually this year is the first year they've done this. And so far I've dug up three. Don't know what's got into these birds. Don't want to use their nests digging holes and burying eggs. I guess they figure at two they can do what they want LOL I've been thinking they'd hang from the chandelier if there was one.

Maybe they are stashing gold in them!!! That is so funny!

 

[subhanalah]

Maybe the weather will warm up so much, the earth will insulate and incubate the eggs so she doesn't have to go broody? Hey, reptiles do it...allegedly, dinosaurs did it.