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

[sumi]

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[Flocky]

I have an on topic share! Upon telling my mother-in-law that we had gotten chicks, my husband told her that if she wanted any, we would have fresh eggs by fall. Her response "I don't think I could eat eggs from chickens"... my husband and I look at each other... I asked her what kind of eggs she did eat... Her answer "grocery store eggs" okay then... We are still laughing about it!

 

[7 Biddies]

They are mutts, and so is the hen. We have several breeds of hatchery birds running together. This hen came out of the bushes the other day with 17 chicks. It was a complete surprise. They are just getting to the more awkward stage, but are still absolute adorable.

We do have RIR hens in the flock ... the hatchery version.

Photo showing more of the chicks ...

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I love the 2 little guys peeking out from mama's wing.

 

[7 Biddies]

I have an on topic share! Upon telling my mother-in-law that we had gotten chicks, my husband told her that if she wanted any, we would have fresh eggs by fall. Her response "I don't think I could eat eggs from chickens"... my husband and I look at each other... I asked her what kind of eggs she did eat... Her answer "grocery store eggs" okay then... We are still laughing about it!

No matter how many times I hear/read this kind of comment, I still can't help but wonder where they think those eggs come from.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I love the 2 little guys peeking out from mama's wing.

There's a whole squadron of them!

 

[RachaelS]

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They are soooo cute! I bet you were so surprised!

 

[tandykins]

It's a funny occurrence that the husbands of my gal pals say "Why do we need chickens?" and then spend hours masterminding the coop design and constructions. Then they're the ones that pick out the chicks...only to be followed by them spending hours upon hours enjoying the chickens. Is "coop widow" a term yet?

I thought my geeky husband would have delighted in designing a coop for me - but I ended up going outside and building one myself. I went with a basic A-Frame design and altered it to fit the wood that I had on hand. The only materials that I bought for the coop were the screws - the rest was reclaimed pallet wood.

I'm not complaining, mind you. It makes me feel totally badass going out with my tools and building things by myself. He can keep sitting on the couch and nerding away. I'm capable. *flex*

 

[tandykins]

My boss asked me the other day "What breed of chicken lays a double yolk?", I of course did not make fun of her and let her know that any breed can but it is not desirable, just confused on where that idea will come from.

Growing up we had a "community" fish tank and there was a breed that I think we called "Sword tail", they were orange and the males had a longer black tail fin, like a sword. If the male died a female would change to become a male. This is a very common breed of fish, so since most kids are more likely to grow up with a fish tank not livestock, I can see them thinking a hen may change to a rooster. Still funny though, I would not make the jump to apply reptile and fish biology to avian, but hey, Chickens are dinosaurs so they are a reptile right

I mean all the people my age grew up with Jurassic Park.

Calling myself out here, I was very shocked when I collected my first egg and it was warm

. I have to admit it made me uneasy to my stomach. In all my 3+ decades I ONLY had eggs that were cold. Got over it pretty quick, now I don't even put my eggs in the fridge, but just saying. Not sure what I was thinking, guess I just really never thought about it

Where people go wrong is that birds -are- dinosaurs but dinosaurs -were not- reptiles.

My -very- first egg from all of my chickens was warm. Now I'm a little disappointed if I find one that's cold. XD I know it doesn't mean anything important but that warm little egg in winter was lovely to find.

 

[RachaelS]

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Yep, just learned that, LOL!!! About dinosaurs, makes sense, again, I guess it was something I never thought about. I love to learn new things, especially about animals.

Yes, in the winter getting a warm egg is a treat, keeps your hands warm while you do "chores", LOL!!!!

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Where people go wrong is that birds -are- dinosaurs but dinosaurs -were not- reptiles.

My -very- first egg from all of my chickens was warm.  Now I'm a little disappointed if I find one that's cold. XD  I know it doesn't mean anything important but that warm little egg in winter was lovely to find.

Explain please? I thought there were two kinds of dinosaurs, bird like and reptile like? So I assumed birds descended from the bird like and reptiles descended from the reptile like, but I'm ready to be re-educated.