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

[Lifestudent]

It was a bunch of vegan propaganda. Total nonsense.

I tried to cook vegan once but it was too stringy and no taste.

(I'm not trying to offend any vegans on here. Just having a little fun.)

 

[Lifestudent]

Dumbest thing someone has said to me is, "Chickens don't know who you are."
So, I take them out to my backyard tell them to walk out and say 'chick chick chick.'
"See if you see any chickens come running?"
They come out and say, "you don't have any chickens?"
Then, I tell them to peer over the fence as I walk in and say it...
My 12 hens and 1 duck come scrambling up the hill to greet me!
All I said was, "Chickens cant learn, my ***!"
Ha Ha Ha!

That's for sure!

 

[7 Biddies]

I read in a reminisce magazine once (this was 20 or more years ago I read it) that in the early 1900's you could find freshly butchered chickens in little Chinatown and other Oriental populated areas with the heads and feet still attached and they used the chickens like most families in the mid west and south I heard about (they used everything from the pig except the oink)....

My daughter has lived in Italy and just returned from living in France where they still sell chickens that way ... they're not in plastic packaging, either, but sitting in ice until selected for purchase, then wrapped in butcher paper. Europeans don't refrigerate eggs like we do either. They leave them at room temp. Any decent cook will tell you that room temp eggs beat up fluffier than refrigerated ones.

Americans don't realize how backward we, as a culture, are about food and where it comes from. In Europe, they typically have those small refrigerators that are waist high, and shop for fresh food daily at the markets and shops. Should've seen me trying to shop for and prepare chicken soup for my sick daughter in her minute kitchen while she was living in Italy! Her tiny fridge was under a counter in the living room and I had almost no room to keep leftovers. I had to go to 3 shops: the green grocer (carrots, onions, and celery), the butcher (whole chicken), and pasta shop (fresh made noodles), just to buy the ingredients. But, they sure were FRESH! They don't process, preserve, and mutate their food, or ship it across the continent like we do, so large fridges and pantries aren't necessary ... or desirable.

It saddens me how very ethnocentric our American culture is.


eth·no·cen·tric

/ˌeTHnōˈsentrik/



Adjective

valuating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture; characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior. (read: narrow minded)

 

[hennotrooster]

I remember taking a bagged lunch to school and not having an ice pack in the bag or family get togethers where there was potato salad and all sitting out all day while we were at parks or the beach or during Thanksgiving the food sat around and no ever became ill or had food poisoning. I rush around trying to get it all the fridge before it goes bad..my chiropractor said the same thing, their turkey dinner sat around on the table till the last relative left at 10:00 p.m. and not a thing went in the fridge till they were gone. We are hyper sensitive in this country and hoard not only possessions but food that is why we need the bigger fridge and more cabinet space. How sad.

 

[oldrooster]

The dumbest thing anyone ever said about me and my chickens is, that I wash them in the bathtub every Monday.

I kid you not.

Someone somehow heard I was washing birds for a show once, and that I was doing it in the house (not in the bathtub, but the laundry room, thank you very much.) And at that time I went to maybe, oh, five or six shows a year (we don't show now, with two kids in college at the same time, the show budget had to be cut.) But yes, I was washing birds for the show.

But due to the way things get mangled when people repeat them, it somehow turned into "Laura washes her birds every Monday in the bathtub" and now people in our small town think I bath my birds weekly. As if...

gives a whole new meaning to wash and fluff dry........

 

[oldrooster]

Quote: It's my understanding in parts of New York City and Chicago it is the same way about grocery shopping they may have larger refrigerators and more cabinet space but the basic concept the same, produce market (green grocer what ever you want to call it), meat shop and bakery there may be some overlap of merchandise but not much....

 

[Naughty]

My six yr old still thinks the roosters are getting piggy back rides.

My mom didn't believe that my chicks knnow their names until I showed her. I have 24 and they all have names. Some of them have even changed. My banty went from 'nice' to little momma after she went broody. My 'big red' was changedc to 'momma's boy' after he showed what sweetie he is.

My chickens also know that my 24 year old is fun and cuddles... but MOMMA is the boss. They come to her when she calls if they want cuddles... momma says jump and they jump!

Every one knows their name... and responds to it... the boys try to act standoffish like cats... but they won't let a lap go empty for long.

 

[rollkeeg877]

its the city people that always have something to say about every bird i have i even had a guy call my conure a budgie you know what i say (don't mind my french) i say shove it up your *********
I'm very kind

lol

 

[Gomes Bantams]

My daughter has lived in Italy and just returned from living in France where they still sell chickens that way ... they're not in plastic packaging, either, but sitting in ice until selected for purchase, then wrapped in butcher paper. Europeans don't refrigerate eggs like we do either. They leave them at room temp. Any decent cook will tell you that room temp eggs beat up fluffier than refrigerated ones.

Americans don't realize how backward we, as a culture, are about food and where it comes from. In Europe, they typically have those small refrigerators that are waist high, and shop for fresh food daily at the markets and shops. Should've seen me trying to shop for and prepare chicken soup for my sick daughter in her minute kitchen while she was living in Italy! Her tiny fridge was under a counter in the living room and I had almost no room to keep leftovers. I had to go to 3 shops: the green grocer (carrots, onions, and celery), the butcher (whole chicken), and pasta shop (fresh made noodles), just to buy the ingredients. But, they sure were FRESH! They don't process, preserve, and mutate their food, or ship it across the continent like we do, so large fridges and pantries aren't necessary ... or desirable.

It saddens me how very ethnocentric our American culture is.


eth·no·cen·tric

/ˌeTHnōˈsentrik/



Adjective

valuating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture; characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior. (read: narrow minded)

I remember visiting relatives in italy for springbreak(goin again this springbreak!) and EVERY SINGLE ITEM WAS FRESH!!! We stopped at several family farms and picked up the foods. It seemed the locals never seemed to think i was american(if they did, they hid it well.) as i dressed like most italian farm boys. they dress similar to us american farm boys, except no cowboy hat and plaid buttonups, lol. i've always loved italy...

AH great, you got me missing it already!

 

[Uriel]

How is pointing out that roosters suffer in large scale hatcheries and factory farming 'vegan propaganda?' At least part of the article is valid. Usually the propaganda is against vegans.. and all the trash talking... time to find a different forum me thinks....