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

[tandykins]

Cool. It's the people that want to shelter their children from anything untoward, unpleasant or even reality that tend to be a problem.

I'm really open with absolutely everything - so people are frequently horrified about what I tell my son (or how I say it). Like explaining death to him. "That rabbit? It's dead. It ran in front of a car and was run over by it and now it's dead." "This is poison. If you eat it you will die." He is now afraid of the cupboard under our sink, where I keep our household cleaners. It's still locked but he doesn't go near it because he knows that there are things in there that will kill him.

A lot of people gave me grief about teaching my son -anything- to do with death. I think it's rather important that he understands his mortality before he finds it compromised. We're very matter-of-fact with him.

 

[sayga]

I'm pretty lucky; most people don't say silly things about chickens. Some people worry about hand-washing, but that's about as worried as people get. When my younger daughter was just barely 4, I was driving her to daycare and in the neighborhood behind the daycare was a farm with peacocks. One peacock was crossing the road and I stopped for it.

Me: Look Maelle, a peacock!
Maelle: Can you run it over?
Me: No!
Maelle: Oh, I wanted to eat it. Does it have chicken in it?
Me: No, it has peacock in it.

But that doesn't count as dumb because she was only 4. It was pretty funny though.

 

[patvetzal]

A lot of people gave me grief about teaching my son -anything- to do with death.  I think it's rather important that he understands his mortality before he finds it compromised.  We're very matter-of-fact with him.
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I think this is definitely better than those cases where the whole school needs "grief counselling" when one student does something stupid and Darwin steps in.....quite often most of the students wouldn't even recognize the victim but just the thought of a natural process is too much for them.

Maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy....

 

[vehve]

A lot of people gave me grief about teaching my son -anything- to do with death. I think it's rather important that he understands his mortality before he finds it compromised. We're very matter-of-fact with him.

I think this is definitely better than those cases where the whole school needs "grief counselling" when one student does something stupid and Darwin steps in.....quite often most of the students wouldn't even recognize the victim but just the thought of a natural process is too much for them.

Maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy....[/QUOTE]
Yes, last I checked, most countries still had a mortality rate of about 100%. They're going to be exposed to it eventually, so why not introduce the concept while they're interested in it. Personally I can't understand people fussing about the whole sex education thing either. It can be a bit awkward discussing it, but is it really smart to tell the kid that those rabbits are just 'hugging'? It's going to be a lot more awkward when you're waiting in line to pay for your groceries and little Joey starts 'hugging' your leg.

 

[tandykins]

A lot of people gave me grief about teaching my son -anything- to do with death. I think it's rather important that he understands his mortality before he finds it compromised. We're very matter-of-fact with him.

I think this is definitely better than those cases where the whole school needs "grief counselling" when one student does something stupid and Darwin steps in.....quite often most of the students wouldn't even recognize the victim but just the thought of a natural process is too much for them.

Maybe I'm just getting old and grouchy....[/QUOTE]
We had grief counselling for our entire school when I was a teenager but that was after one of the students opened fire in the lunch room and killed some of the student body - so that was a bit different. Even so, a lot of the students used the optional several days off as an excuse not to go to class. Even the ones who weren't there that day and didn't experience the trauma.

 

[Linzzzey]

PRECIOUS...awww cher bebe

@subhanalah here you go.

 

[Crickett]

PRECIOUS...awww cher bebe

Ahhh! Chicken porn! LOL! Just kidding!
Oh poop! It didn't post the picture of the chicken butt!

 

[vehve]

Ahhh! Chicken porn! LOL! Just kidding!
Oh poop! It didn't post the picture of the chicken butt!

Now now, I'll have you know, Virpi is a respectable lady, she is not featured in chicken porn. Some classy nudes at most.

 

[swindlechick]

What I find funny is that my in-laws keep saying that the goat/pig pasture that we are in the process of fencing is too close to our house and it will stink. Yeah, because the four poultry houses right next to your house smell great! Especially in the summer time!

 

[chicksurreal]

Just this morning I heard a weird croaky egg song and checking it out found my oldest hen, almost nine years old I think, so WAY past laying, sitting in the nest box on someone else's egg, but carrying on as if she'd laid it. Either she's going dotty or she's trying to impress the other younger hens through false pretenses. Maybe your hen has a very active imagination?

Maybe she was feeling nostalgic. That's sweet.