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

[Irishhenman]

Today my aunt came over and told me that my muscovie duck had the worst acne she had ever seen and I should treat it fast!

 

[pegm]

OK, Chaos Theory says the egg should roll..........wait.....a roo.....never mind.........

 

[Hinotori]

"If a rooster is sitting on a roof facing north to south and if it lays an egg which side will the egg roll off of?"
I've actually had a few people tell me "south!"
Reeeeally? I'd like to see this hypothetical-magical-egg-laying-rooftop-sitting roo of yours...and so would Ripleys.

Don't hatch that cockatrice egg.

 

[Chickadee42]

Don't hatch that cockatrice egg.

Omigosh yes! If a 5 year old cockerel lays an egg than its a basilisk!... Thus there are very few basilisks...

 

[CarolinaHen]

Heard this yesterday at church...
Him: "So do you eat your chickens?"
Me: "Any rooster that comes after me goes in the stew pot."
Him: "But roosters aren't chickens. So do you eat your chickens too?"

 

[lazy gardener]

Neighbor/friend who I have been supplying with eggs: You let them out?
Me: Yes.
Her: Why?
Me: Because they eat all my bugs and weeds.
Her: So, will they get lost? How will they know how to get back home?

Really cute questions. Points out that folks can't imagine that chickens are thinking beings. One of my girls pointed out to me that not only are they thinking beings, but they are capable of problem solving, and definitely have a sense of object permanence. I've been blocking off the nest box entrances with a piece of cardboard for a few nights. Only one of them is laying. Saturday morning, we slept in a bit, so I was later getting out to the coop to open up the nest box than Baby would have liked. I removed the cardboard, gathered frozen feed dishes, and headed back to the house when I noticed that there was a rustling sound in the green house which was about 20' away from the coop, with an open window. So, when I investigated, found Baby rummaging around in a cardboard box that I had tossed in there a couple of days ago. So, I removed her from the box, set her on the path and encouraged her to head back to the coop. I tossed the box over the snow bank. She was having none of that, and instead, jumped the snow bank and headed for the box. I had to scoop her up, and carry her to the pop door of the coop loft to show her that the nest box was open for business. She dutifully trudged in, and presented me with a nice blue egg for breakfast! I swear that in a lot of ways, they're smarter than some dogs.

 

[Njinja]

You just have to name them correctly. For instance, my two pigs were named Bacon and Sausage. My turkeys were Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't really name my chickens, other than a few of them, but I have a friend who names hers things like Original and Extra Crispy.

 

[oldrooster]

Neighbor/friend who I have been supplying with eggs: You let them out?
Me: Yes.
Her: Why?
Me: Because they eat all my bugs and weeds.
Her: So, will they get lost? How will they know how to get back home?

Really cute questions. Points out that folks can't imagine that chickens are thinking beings. One of my girls pointed out to me that not only are they thinking beings, but they are capable of problem solving, and definitely have a sense of object permanence. I've been blocking off the nest box entrances with a piece of cardboard for a few nights. Only one of them is laying. Saturday morning, we slept in a bit, so I was later getting out to the coop to open up the nest box than Baby would have liked. I removed the cardboard, gathered frozen feed dishes, and headed back to the house when I noticed that there was a rustling sound in the green house which was about 20' away from the coop, with an open window. So, when I investigated, found Baby rummaging around in a cardboard box that I had tossed in there a couple of days ago. So, I removed her from the box, set her on the path and encouraged her to head back to the coop. I tossed the box over the snow bank. She was having none of that, and instead, jumped the snow bank and headed for the box. I had to scoop her up, and carry her to the pop door of the coop loft to show her that the nest box was open for business. She dutifully trudged in, and presented me with a nice blue egg for breakfast! I swear that in a lot of ways, they're smarter than some dogs.

I don't claim to be smart, but I know if I am warm and dry and fed I am not going far! so your neighbor isn't very bright if she can't figure out most any living being will stay if there is food and shelter....

Heard this yesterday at church...
Him: "So do you eat your chickens?"
Me: "Any rooster that comes after me goes in the stew pot."
Him: "But roosters aren't chickens. So do you eat your chickens too?"

Maybe he isn't Human? He is a He, so I am guessing he's saying He ain't a person...

 

[sepaditty1]

I got the one just the other day..."Don't they run away?" Well, yes. Then they come back. Just like the cat.

 

[babyfoot]

I got the one just the other day..."Don't they run away?" Well, yes. Then they come back. Just like the cat.

One of my girls escapes through the fence to my neighbour's property three acres away, she knows there are loads more snails n slugs on that side of the fence. She always comes back so I've given up climbing the fence to go get her. The fence is 250 metres long, we saw where she managed to crawl under the fence and so we patched and pegged approx 50 metres of fence line to the ground so she couldn't get under it. She still kept escaping and when we watched - she walked the fence-line to the end where it hadn't been patched and she crawled under there to then backtrack to her original stomping ground. Another two hens know how to get under the cover to gain access to nesting boxes when I have closed them off for the day when I have unwanted broodiness. I thought I'd lost them and hunted high and low only to find them that night when I rolled up the covering ready for next morning's laying time. The others know how to hide from me and circumnavigate the house to sneak into the fern garden which is lush and full of goodies like slaters and snails.


Chickens are extremely clever and dare I say... devious also