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

[rain0124]

A friend asked me if I was going to get a rooster along with my hens. I told her no because I didn't want baby chicks at the time, just eggs, and she asked the usual about whether hens can lay eggs without roosters so I proceeded to tell her the difference was that if a hen mates with a rooster she will lay fertile eggs and told her that they could still be eaten though. She said "ewwww" and said she wouldn't want to eat a fertile egg (even though she thought just prior to this that the birds had to mate to get any eggs in the first place but I guess she has changed her mind, lol) I tried to tell her that there wasn't any difference in taste and that there would only be a baby chick if you didn't collect it immediately and then hen started to sit on it but she would hear it, she was just disgusted at the thought of eating fertile eggs.

 

[ronott1]

A friend asked me if I was going to get a rooster along with my hens. I told her no because I didn't want baby chicks at the time, just eggs, and she asked the usual about whether hens can lay eggs without roosters so I proceeded to tell her the difference was that if a hen mates with a rooster she will lay fertile eggs and told her that they could still be eaten though. She said "ewwww" and said she wouldn't want to eat a fertile egg (even though she thought just prior to this that the birds had to mate to get any eggs in the first place but I guess she has changed her mind, lol) I tried to tell her that there wasn't any difference in taste and that there would only be a baby chick if you didn't collect it immediately and then hen started to sit on it but she would hear it, she was just disgusted at the thought of eating fertile eggs.

 

[evemfoster]

A friend asked me if I was going to get a rooster along with my hens. I told her no because I didn't want baby chicks at the time, just eggs, and she asked the usual about whether hens can lay eggs without roosters so I proceeded to tell her the difference was that if a hen mates with a rooster she will lay fertile eggs and told her that they could still be eaten though. She said "ewwww" and said she wouldn't want to eat a fertile egg (even though she thought just prior to this that the birds had to mate to get any eggs in the first place but I guess she has changed her mind, lol) I tried to tell her that there wasn't any difference in taste and that there would only be a baby chick if you didn't collect it immediately and then hen started to sit on it but she would hear it, she was just disgusted at the thought of eating fertile eggs.

Then we best not tell her that once in a while the eggs from the store are fertile. At least they are at the little store where i buy them.

 

[JadedPhoenix]

A friend asked me if I was going to get a rooster along with my hens. I told her no because I didn't want baby chicks at the time, just eggs, and she asked the usual about whether hens can lay eggs without roosters so I proceeded to tell her the difference was that if a hen mates with a rooster she will lay fertile eggs and told her that they could still be eaten though. She said "ewwww" and said she wouldn't want to eat a fertile egg (even though she thought just prior to this that the birds had to mate to get any eggs in the first place but I guess she has changed her mind, lol) I tried to tell her that there wasn't any difference in taste and that there would only be a baby chick if you didn't collect it immediately and then hen started to sit on it but she would hear it, she was just disgusted at the thought of eating fertile eggs.

I have a friend who buys eggs from me and she mistakenly believes the chalaza that keeps the yoke in place indicates that the egg is fertile. So she constantly talks about me giving her "sperm filled eggs". Even when I didn't have a rooster anymore. She kept talking about finding sperm in her eggs.

I sold my roo and didn't tell her and she made her usual comments again while joking to someone about buying my eggs but having to be careful with them and how she digs the sperm out before cooking the eggs. I then told her that none of them could have been fertile for four months since I'd gotten rid of my roo and my cockerels weren't old enough yet at the time to fertilize the eggs. She still insisted that she was digging sperm out.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

Also, don't lift up rocks and logs, they hind under those too.

Kind of like not doing that here in the US because of the possibility of hiding snattlerakes or ticking off a bull snake - non-venomous, but will bite.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

LOL sounds like my second hunting trip in Texas, It was about 3 am and i had to go so instead of going to the bathroom tent i just urinated by a bush about 4 yards away from my tent. Right when i started i heard the rattle i was like OH CRAP!! I looked down and there was a Eastern Diamondback right between my legs, I had no clue what to do i couldnt back away in fear i might get struck in the no no spot lol. So i called out to my uncle who was in a tent not to far away he came out to see what was wrong and quickly graved his S&W 44 cal. He told me just hold still then i really got scared because he wasnt that great of a shot, I just closed my eyes and said a little prayer as he shot the snake. Tell you what we had a good breakfast that morning that Eastern weighed 8 pounds after it was field dressed.

They do NOT taste like chicken, OK?

 

[Hinotori]

Nope. Snake tastes like snake. I know people who thought the rabbit I served them was chicken, but they taste very different to me.

 

[evemfoster]

Kind of like not doing that here in the US because of the possibility of hiding snattlerakes or ticking off a bull snake - non-venomous, but will bite.

Or, in desert southwest you get Scorpions when you turn over rocks. Any land clearing or rock moving required high top leather boots and thick insulated gloves. Boots for snakes and gloves for scorpions.

 

[EmeraldRuby]

My older sister HATES chickens she said that they are "Ugly and gross"

 

[7 Biddies]

When I was a little girl, about 5/6, my grandpa had a mean rooster named Sue. That bird had it in for me! He would lie in wait and chase me trying to peck my legs! I was glad when Sue fell into the stew pot!

That's the only time I was ever afraid of a chicken.

A city friend is currently visiting and won't go out in the yard because I had a bear in my yard one night recently. Mind you, neither I or any of my neighbors have seen a bear, we've just seen the evidence of his visits the morning after. She's also scared to death of my chickens b/c they're birds, and "birds flap their wings". Huh?