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

[loveourbirds]

The best one I've ever heard, not even an incorrect statement, was: "Have you ever thought that when you eat eggs you're basically eating a chicken's period?" Great, thanks for that thought. Didn't put me off though, I still love eggs. Sorry if I've made any of the blokes blush haha

you should look back at them an say "did you know when you eat a bratwurst your eating a hog's intestine?" (natural casing on brats and sausage)

 

[7 Biddies]

I think most of the schools in the nation have gone downhill. back when the teachers could paddle the students, the students feared getting in trouble. now it seems they see how far they can push the schools, to the point of suspension.
I never got in trouble to earn a paddling in school. but I did earn a few at home, I pretty much deserved every one. and to this day I still fear making my mom mad.

as far as the schools go, why don't they teach agriculture more? how many graphic artists do we need? we have a class locally that teaches the kids how to mix music, create videos and such. in the hills of southern ohio how much work can these kids find? I have been pushing for more agriculture/horticulture studies in the schools, but im just one person.

Here in the Southern Blue Ridge, we have an ag program in high school, but I'm not sure how much they really teach about what we're thinking of. Thanks to the after school program, they've finally started a raised (organic, I think) garden, and are now into vermiculture. I think the goal is to turn it into a small business selling worm castings, which would be great. I'm trying to get them to raise a few chickens, organically, and sell the eggs. The Special Ed kids could really get into it and teach the other kids all about keeping chickens.

I just met a woman who has a 20 acre ranch in Central FL, with some chickens. When she asked what kind I had, and I threw out a few breeds, she said she'd never heard of any of them (Orpingtons, Wyandottes, EEs. Really??). All she had and knew about were Rhode Island Reds ... but, she *had* heard of bantams. I guess it's better than thinking all eggs are white and come from the grocery store. But, I know they have just enough cows to have the property classified as ag for taxes. Only, they sell them off to feedlots before going to the slaughter house. I'm afraid our theories about raising food animals doesn't mesh.

 

[7 Biddies]

The best one I've ever heard, not even an incorrect statement, was: "Have you ever thought that when you eat eggs you're basically eating a chicken's period?" Great, thanks for that thought. Didn't put me off though, I still love eggs. Sorry if I've made any of the blokes blush haha

Not really. Ovulation is when the egg descends into the womb. The period is later, when the egg is shed after it wasn't fertilized. Ain't the same thing with chickens.

 

[haylee]

I think most of the schools in the nation have gone downhill. back when the teachers could paddle the students, the students feared getting in trouble. now it seems they see how far they can push the schools, to the point of suspension.
I never got in trouble to earn a paddling in school. but I did earn a few at home, I pretty much deserved every one. and to this day I still fear making my mom mad.

as far as the schools go, why don't they teach agriculture more? how many graphic artists do we need? we have a class locally that teaches the kids how to mix music, create videos and such. in the hills of southern ohio how much work can these kids find? I have been pushing for more agriculture/horticulture studies in the schools, but im just one person.

The closest class they have to agriculture/horticulture is food and nutrition and kids really only take that to get credits without doing a lot. I agree that arts should be hobbies and not really careers, in places where careers are based on agriculture then kids should really be taught that. Kids need to start learning what's really important in life.

 

[loveourbirds]

we do have a few schools around here with greenhouses. but they usually don't teach a lot of useful information. I used to manage a nursery and we hired some students for the summer who had taken agricultural science. 2 of them would just water the leaves of the plant and not make sure the soil was moist. they also didn't know to break up the root ball when transplanting. they did know to use fertilizer, but didn't know how the different numbers affected growth. they would recommend a 10-40-10 fertilizer for someone for their lawn, that fertilizer is made for increasing blooms, which would in turn increase weeds. most of them didn't have an idea of what a micronutrient was.

I also see so many people thinking all you have to feed poultry is corn. yes corn will keep them alive but wheat, sunflower and other things will make the birds healthier and more resistant to even lice and mite attacks. people all the time ask me what I feed to get the size from my larger birds and how often I wash them to keep them shiny. they are amazed to find out the glossy feathers come from the feed and are not a result of washing/grooming. I offer my feed mix recipe free will to anyone who wants to use it. I have about $13 in a 50 lb bag. the only thing I have to add is grit and oyster shell simply because my feed mill doesn't want rocks in their mixing equipment.

from earlier parts of our conversations im sure you have realized money doesn't mean a lot to me. im more interested in helping people become self sufficient, educated enough to grow crops and livestock, and to be able to spot when a problem strikes, before it is to late.

pretty much anyone who raises chickens will agree with me when I say you get a lot more rewards from raising and growing things than spending all day entering data into spreadsheets. I was a technology junkie, I double majored in electronics engineering and computer information systems. didn't take me to long to realize all the technology actually makes our lives more complicated. I also realized I wasn't happy with my job, 8 hours of work just to make a difference in colors displayed on a screen. don't get me wrong, I do use computers to help me keep track of my stock, where it came from, how much it lays. but I also have a pretty good idea without looking at the computer.

maybe I am wrong in the way I think. most people are under the impression that you have to know computers and technology to make it in the modern world. fact of the matter is, a farmer controls the economy now. lack of food causes a raise in prices. lack of corn is even starting to cause gas prices to jump (btw sorghum has more biofuel than corn). if every computer programmer quit tonight, we would all certainly be affected. but most of us wouldn't starve to death over lack of technology.

 

[RachaelS]

we do have a few schools around here with greenhouses. but they usually don't teach a lot of useful information. I used to manage a nursery and we hired some students for the summer who had taken agricultural science. 2 of them would just water the leaves of the plant and not make sure the soil was moist. they also didn't know to break up the root ball when transplanting. they did know to use fertilizer, but didn't know how the different numbers affected growth. they would recommend a 10-40-10 fertilizer for someone for their lawn, that fertilizer is made for increasing blooms, which would in turn increase weeds. most of them didn't have an idea of what a micronutrient was.

I also see so many people thinking all you have to feed poultry is corn. yes corn will keep them alive but wheat, sunflower and other things will make the birds healthier and more resistant to even lice and mite attacks. people all the time ask me what I feed to get the size from my larger birds and how often I wash them to keep them shiny. they are amazed to find out the glossy feathers come from the feed and are not a result of washing/grooming. I offer my feed mix recipe free will to anyone who wants to use it. I have about $13 in a 50 lb bag. the only thing I have to add is grit and oyster shell simply because my feed mill doesn't want rocks in their mixing equipment.

from earlier parts of our conversations im sure you have realized money doesn't mean a lot to me. im more interested in helping people become self sufficient, educated enough to grow crops and livestock, and to be able to spot when a problem strikes, before it is to late.

pretty much anyone who raises chickens will agree with me when I say you get a lot more rewards from raising and growing things than spending all day entering data into spreadsheets. I was a technology junkie, I double majored in electronics engineering and computer information systems. didn't take me to long to realize all the technology actually makes our lives more complicated. I also realized I wasn't happy with my job, 8 hours of work just to make a difference in colors displayed on a screen. don't get me wrong, I do use computers to help me keep track of my stock, where it came from, how much it lays. but I also have a pretty good idea without looking at the computer.

maybe I am wrong in the way I think. most people are under the impression that you have to know computers and technology to make it in the modern world. fact of the matter is, a farmer controls the economy now. lack of food causes a raise in prices. lack of corn is even starting to cause gas prices to jump (btw sorghum has more biofuel than corn). if every computer programmer quit tonight, we would all certainly be affected. but most of us wouldn't starve to death over lack of technology.

Wish you lived in TX so my kids and myself could meet you

 

[loveourbirds]

thank you Rachael. yea texas is a little far for a day trip LOL. but anything you need, if I can help I will. feel free to ask away. if I cant help I might be able to direct you to someone who can.

 

[ChickenLove6]

One day I was showing my friends some pictures of my chickens:
Me: "Ooo I'll show you my rooster, he's lovely, you'll love him!!" (I have a grey silkie rooster btw)
*Then I show my friends a picture of him*
*One of them scream*
Friend: "EWWW"
Another friend: "OH MY GOSH, THAT'S HORRIBLE!"
Me: "What is it!? What's wrong!!???"
Friend: "HE HAS HIS BRAIN HANGING OUT HIS HEAD"
Me: "You absolute idiot, it's his comb!"
*Face palm*

 

[Stumpy]

Friend: "HE HAS HIS BRAIN HANGING OUT HIS HEAD"

LOL!

 

[Weirdness555]

Not really. Ovulation is when the egg descends into the womb. The period is later, when the egg is shed after it wasn't fertilized. Ain't the same thing with chickens.

Not exactly, because a chicken still ovulates, long before the egg is laid when the ovum is released from the ovary, that's ovulation, when a chicken lays an unfertilised egg, that is her getting rid of an unfertilised egg, which in humans is a period (the egg itself IS the womb lining, because chickens don't have a womb, the egg is the womb. When she lays a fertile egg that is like giving birth.