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

[Peep_Show]

Well, don't some blue hens lay blue eggs? (I'm thinking B/B/S Ameraucana)

 

[Kusanar]

Another one the other day, though it seems to be a common misconception. I was talking about chickens with hubby and he said he thought brown hens layer brown eggs and white hens layed white eggs. I corrected him, but what got me is our hens lay blue eggs so where does that fit in to that logic?

My dad insists that when he was growing up that they had little chickens with feathery feet, the ones with the green feathers had green eggs and the ones with the blue feathers had blue eggs... now, looking on this forum, I haven't for the life of me been able to figure out what kind of chickens those are.... So, I guess he thinks that chickens with blue feet lay blue eggs!

 

[FarmAndCountry]

Well, don't some blue hens lay blue eggs?  (I'm thinking B/B/S Ameraucana)

Yes, we have ameraucanas, but the colour of the chicken doesn't have anything to do with the colour of the egg.

 

[FarmAndCountry]

My dad insists that when he was growing up that they had little chickens with feathery feet, the ones with the green feathers had green eggs and the ones with the blue feathers had blue eggs... now, looking on this forum, I haven't for the life of me been able to figure out what kind of chickens those are.... So, I guess he thinks that chickens with blue feet lay blue eggs!

lol! It's funny the ideas people have. I know Cochins have feathered feet, I have bantams, but their eggs are brown.

 

[FarmAndCountry]

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Perhaps he thought a blue heeler (a breed of dog that has a blueish tint to it's fur) laid them?????

, lol! That's quite the mental picture, a dog sneaking into the coop and squeezing into the nest box and laying and egg

 

[7 Biddies]

My mother in law also doesn't want fertalized eggs, so we lie to her. She also thought eggs became fertilized when a rooster came over and sat on them for a while. We tried explaining chicken reproduction but I don't think she believed it, so we just tell her these eggs weren't sat on by a rooster.

Also when we first started raising them she said that chickens were dirty and carried diseases and would make us sick. I asked her why she ate chicken if that was the case and she said store chicken was safe because they treated it with chemicals to kill the diseases.

But, eating chemicals is okay?

Well, that's one way to get rid of an unwanted MIL.

 

[oldrooster]

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Perhaps in his area that was how some of the birds came out due to breeding, There is no color connection unless it just happened to pan out that way from breeding.

 

[ChickyChickens]

I love your guyses funny stories!!

 

[traceyj]

Is it cold down your way? My son thought all eggs were white and brown ones got sunburnt... But he's 3 so that's ok!

 

[Handyhens]

Person: do your chickens lay eating eggs or baby's?
Me: what do you mean?
Person :
Do your chickens lay baby chicks or eggs?
Me: umm, baby chicks hatch out of eggs!
Person: no they don't! Look online and get your facts straight!
On the same day
Person: do you eat your chickens eggs?
Me: yes
Person: OMG MURDERER you do realise you're eating their baby's
Me: no, I don't have a rooster, therefore the eggs can't be fertilized
Person: you need a rooster to get eggs! So I know you have a rooster, and it's gross to eat them, they have the roosters stuff in them!