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

[emma p]

Someone ask me yesterday if I had all chickens... They knew I had all chickens no other kinds of poultry. So I just looked at them. Then they said " do you have all chickens or do you also have a rooster?"
Common mistake but I got a kick out of it.

 

[7 Biddies]

Lol!

The very idea of putting myself in hot water right now is distressing. Of course, we're in the middle of our hot season right now...

A dip in a cool pool of water would be inspiring right now, though!

It does seem counter intuitive, but I have one of those "tower fans" that I place in the doorway of the bathroom, and aim it right at the tub. Cools the water faster, but it feels glorious!

ETA: I guess this is why I'm told I have the cleanest, smallest pores people have ever seen. A nice side benefit to steaming in the tub with great regularity.

 

[7 Biddies]

Someone ask me yesterday if I had all chickens... They knew I had all chickens no other kinds of poultry. So I just looked at them. Then they said " do you have all chickens or do you also have a rooster?"
Common mistake but I got a kick out of it.

My neighbor told me yesterday, in a tone that sounded shocked and aghast, that the berries on her brand new blueberry bushes were turning BLUE! I looked at her and said, "That's why they're called BLUE ... berries".

 

[emma p]

My neighbor told me yesterday, in a tone that sounded shocked and aghast, that the berries on her brand new blueberry bushes were turning BLUE! I looked at her and said, "That's why they're called BLUE ... berries".

Haha! We have a cherry tree and someone had once come over and was really suprized that they were red because they thought that stores would die them...

 

[JadedPhoenix]

Last night (I work night shift) we had a dinner for the fourth of July and while we were cleaning up I made the comment that I'd take the left over egg and potato salads home to feed to my chickens since it had been out all night. About four people went like, "To your CHICKENS?!"

I asked them if they'd rather take it home and eat it after sitting out all night and they were like, "No, but you can't feed eggs to chickens."

I told them that you could and they looked like the idea was the worst thing in the world. I told them that lots of people feed extra eggs, shells and all, back to their chickens and they gave me the kind of looks that clearly said that they felt that was weird. Only one asked if I cooked them first. I told them that I do since I don't want to risk having chickens that like the taste of their own raw eggs since I don't want egg eaters and that started a whole 'nother conversation.

Anyway, I had a HAPPY flock this morning.

 

[7 Biddies]

Haha! We have a cherry tree and someone had once come over and was really suprized that they were red because they thought that stores would die them...

Do the stock boys do that as they put them on the shelves, or the cashiers as they ring them up? My inquiring mind wants to know.

 

[7 Biddies]

Last night (I work night shift) we had a dinner for the fourth of July and while we were cleaning up I made the comment that I'd take the left over egg and potato salads home to feed to my chickens since it had been out all night. About four people went like, "To your CHICKENS?!"

I asked them if they'd rather take it home and eat it after sitting out all night and they were like, "No, but you can't feed eggs to chickens."

I told them that you could and they looked like the idea was the worst thing in the world. I told them that lots of people feed extra eggs, shells and all, back to their chickens and they gave me the kind of looks that clearly said that they felt that was weird. Only one asked if I cooked them first. I told them that I do since I don't want to risk having chickens that like the taste of their own raw eggs since I don't want egg eaters and that started a whole 'nother conversation.

Anyway, I had a HAPPY flock this morning.

I had a bunch of left over salad from today's cookout and one couple gave some to their dog ... he generally likes ranch or blue cheese dressing, but apparently decided he liked my blackberry/ginger balsamic vinegarette as well. As I was packing up the bowl with the rest of the salad to take home, the same man said snidely, "She's probably going to feed it to her chickens". "But of course", said I. "If it's good enough for your dog, what's wrong with feeding it to my chickens? They'll LOVE it!" I really don't get some people ... which is why I spend so much time alone at home.

 

[cackleberrycam]

"She's probably going to feed it to her chickens". "But of course", said I. "If it's good enough for your dog, what's wrong with feeding it to my chickens? They'll LOVE it!" I really don't get some people

Ditto.

 

[7 Biddies]

Another guest, a woman who is so full of herself I expect her to explode, asked about how I determine if a child has a learning disability, etc. After telling me she has a "gifted" IQ (ha!) and she was good at everything in school, the perfect student, teacher's pet, yada, yada, she asked for an example of phonics (she claimed she'd never heard of phonics). So, I gave her an easy one, "Say popcorn. Now say popcorn without saying corn".

Deer in the headlights.

So I repeated it.

Still silence. Finally, her husband said, "pop".

"Correct", said I.

"But, that can't be right!", she said indignantly.

"Why not?", I inquired.

"Because it's impossible to say popcorn without saying corn. It's all one word and to say it, you can't leave 'corn' out".

So, I tried "Slip without saying L".

Still couldn't do it, even after using popcorn as an example as to what to do. (She must've argued with the psychologist until the psych gave up in order to get an IQ score as high as she claims hers is.)

She said she reasoned it out that way because she's very "pragmatic".

I quietly poured myself another ....... sedative.

 

[7 Biddies]

Ditto.

Not only that, but it was a gorgeous ORGANIC salad with all of the ingredients coming from my yard .... including the chopped up hard boiled eggs in it. Darn right I'm giving it to my chickens!!! They get only the very best!