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

[oldrooster]

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We had 2 kids (about 10 years older than me) in our neighborhood who where troublemakers, but they at least "raised heck" rather than do something that would hurt someone, they both turned 16 and gas started being siphoned from cars on thursday-saturday nights, rumors were it was these two boys, one heard the rumors, and was questioned by his parents and asked the other boy on the way home on the bus neither claimed to have been doing it, so they laid out one night after sneaking out their bedroom windows (this was planed well ahead of time) and they caught the gas theif, it was fairly new older guy to the neighborhood who wanted to place the blame on the 2 kids and get a full tank of gas, one saw the guy the both of them beat him short of sending him to the hospital (they where sure he had broken ribs and a possible concussion) but he never stole another tank of gas, and he couldn't really report it to the cops without getting into trouble himself, it came out a few years later when the guy tried to break into a garage where someone was working on a car where he couldn't be seen/heard when this dude climbed thru a screen he cut.....

 

[Peep_Show]

Dang. For some reason I always end up in a town (or very close to one) that films COPS. Try not to do that....ever. It's a good barometer for picking a locale of where NOT to live.

But, yeah, that small town community feeling is SO nice. I grew up in one that was a very bubbled sheltered community. Didn't want to move back there, though, but at last found one more to my liking and sensibilities...that allows -- wait, no, embraces -- raising of livestock.

 

[earlyredrooster]

Thank heavens it still exists. I'm in a small town/county where it's like a step back in time. Most of the locals are good people who grow and put up food, and are happy to help their neighbors, but we have enough folks "from off" (off the mountain) to contaminate the atmosphere with their selfish attitudes. I'm afraid the "locals" will be outnumbered soon. Maybe I need to seek out Cowley WY, and boost the population to 656.

Try Egypt Arkansas, population last time I was there, 26.

 

[earlyredrooster]

You sure brought a smile to my face.....the reason I expected that it would "date" me is because when those shows were on we only had 4 channels, and our choices were somewhat limited! 

Yep and we were the remote AND the signal booster.

 

[chicksurreal]

Dumbest thing someone has said to me about my chickens to date - I got a shipment of 27 chicks a couple of weeks ago and as I was leaving the post office a lady heard them cheeping and asked to see them. So, I pulled the top up on one side of the carton and she said "Oh, my, you have so many! Can I have a couple?"

Say what??? I just got a bunch of chicks that it took me weeks to decide on, waited a couple of months after that to arrive and paid a good sum of money for, and "can you have a couple"??? I don't even know you!

 

[poodlechicks]

Dumbest thing someone has said to me about my chickens to date - I got a shipment of 27 chicks a couple of weeks ago and as I was leaving the post office a lady heard them cheeping and asked to see them. So, I pulled the top up on one side of the carton and she said "Oh, my, you have so many! Can I have a couple?"

Say what??? I just got a bunch of chicks that it took me weeks to decide on, waited a couple of months after that to arrive and paid a good sum of money for, and "can you have a couple"??? I don't even know you!

I'm very curious to know what you answered that lady...

 

[LIChickens]

Dang. For some reason I always end up in a town (or very close to one) that films COPS. Try not to do that....ever. It's a good barometer for picking a locale of where NOT to live.

But, yeah, that small town community feeling is SO nice. I grew up in one that was a very bubbled sheltered community. Didn't want to move back there, though, but at last found one more to my liking and sensibilities...that allows -- wait, no, embraces -- raising of livestock.

I have purchased a (retirement) house in a small town where I though they were never going to film COPS. But then NatGeo shows up: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/southern-justice/

 

[Darkangael]

A woman my husband works with recently said, "I like the hens eggs just fine, I've never tried a rooster egg though."
Turns out, she thought girl chickens came from hen eggs and boy chickens came from rooster eggs.
Then just this week someone asked, "Don't female chickens turn to male if there aren't any around?"
These are fairly smart people, with important jobs...this worries me.

I'm always curious about where they get these misconceptions. I mean, it's not like they're based on common sense: when's the last time you heard of an animal turning into the opposite gender because there weren't any others around? (Talk about filling a void ...) So, did their parents pull a prank on them when they were little ... then wonder how long it would take them to figure it out for themselves? Ummmmm .... like never, maybe?

Enquiring minds want to know.




Probably got it from Jurassic Park or they are putting chickens in the frog category because frogs can change gender if there are too few of one sex around.

 

[chicksurreal]

I'm very curious to know what you answered that lady...

I just said "No, they aren't for sale". I wanted to say more, but didn't.

 

[enola]

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' Granny was his mother in law, I hate to admit I know that.

I watched The Beverly Hillbillies yesterday. Granny actually referred to Jed as her son in law when she introduced Jed to a cab driver. I love The Beverly Hillibillies!