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

[The Yakima Kid]

Getting bulls should be easy enough, but a bear would be a bit trickier. Then again, gotta figure that there's an animal trainer somewhere that would have a bear that they would trust to saunter along with a crowd, provided they take a few precautions with it like a muzzle and make sure he's got a big full belly.

Ah, but the fun is in the danger. I was thinking of rounding up a few unwanted grizzly bears from the Yukon.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

How about Komodo Dragons, Badgers, Tazmanin Develils or my favorite Wolverines ; )

Wolverines - if weasels were as large as lions, no one would go outdoors. Oops. The weasel *is* the size of a lion, time to go inside.....

 

[The Yakima Kid]

Some of the dog owners who drive me crazy are the ones who ignore the fact that their dog bites everyone within range and pay no attention. You know, the dog that runs out on the sidewalk from the front yard next door and nails you big time, every time. There is a Chihuahua on our block that I was sizing up for a very old family recipe after being repeatedly nailed while walking down the street; it also nailed the lady who lives next door to me; its owner thought this was funny. This dog would run over into our driveway if it heard/saw/scented us and nail me as I was getting into or out of the car. All ended the day when I was walking by and gave her a flying lesson with my foot by scooping her up and launching her. Owner wasn't happy - but the dog hasn't been hanging out in front of the house nailing passersby. It didn't really hurt the dog, but it freaked out the owner.

Another candidate is the jerk with the large aggressive dog he walks on a retractable lead and lets it get well away from him where it proceeds to growl and snarl at anyone on the sidewalk.

Then there are the people who prefer to have their animals defecate and urinate on other people's lawns and shrubs. A lady a few blocks away actually put up a sign in her yard suggesting that if she wanted dog feces in her yard she'd have a dog.

Then there is my friend Ann, of the wonderfully behaved dogs and the retiring, but cuddly cat. And Valerie and her two dogs who are well trained, as is her husband. B^)

 

[7 Biddies]

They want anything that might not like their Little Poopsie kept hidden away in a jail. Not realizing that Little Poopsie has horrid dog manners and they have no idea what he's saying in dog. They can't translate.

They don't train their kids to be mannerly, so why would we expect them to train their dogs? I have a friend who, over my objections, INSISTS on bringing her little yappy dog every time she visits She puts her kids' dog in the kennel, but says she can't afford to leave both there (liar, liar, pants on fire - she just doesn't *want* to leave "Poopsie"). I have 3 cats and 14 chickens and have told her in no uncertain terms that a dog is not welcome. She whines, cries and I cave, which makes be angry with myself. I finally end it by telling her that, if the cats take out her dog's eyes, I warned her. Unfortunately, the cats haven't obliged me. Then, when she gets here, she puts the dog in my English garden out front to do her "business".

What is it with people?

 

[evemfoster]

Ah, but the fun is in the danger. I was thinking of rounding up a few unwanted grizzly bears from the Yukon.

Don't have to go all the way to the Yukon for Grizzly's anymore. The Feds are releasing them in what their city slicker minds think of as remote forests all over the west. You can come and get some of the bunch that they released just the other side of the hill from my house three years back. Mind you the hill top is still forest but it's privetly owned land with scattered farms (mostly cattle) and the hill has houses all the way around the base. Have no idea how they expected fully grown grizzly bears to stay up here and not get into things. We're having to keep the chicken feed inside the house so it doesn't draw the bears. Yakima Kid you can have all of the bears you want.

 

[N F C]

They don't train their kids to be mannerly, so why would we expect them to train their dogs? I have a friend who, over my objections, INSISTS on bringing her little yappy dog every time she visits She puts her kids' dog in the kennel, but says she can't afford to leave both there (liar, liar, pants on fire - she just doesn't *want* to leave "Poopsie"). I have 3 cats and 14 chickens and have told her in no uncertain terms that a dog is not welcome. She whines, cries and I cave, which makes be angry with myself. I finally end it by telling her that, if the cats take out her dog's eyes, I warned her. Unfortunately, the cats haven't obliged me. Then, when she gets here, she puts the dog in my English garden out front to do her "business".

What is it with people?

Just me being evil, but the next time this friend lets her dog do his "business" in your garden, you could bag it up and slip it into her car so she can be sure to take home everything she brought with her.

 

[7 Biddies]

Just me being evil, but the next time this friend lets her dog do his "business" in your garden, you could bag it up and slip it into her car so she can be sure to take home everything she brought with her.

I already gave her the word that the garden is off limits. However, if she ever comes back (which I'm trying to avoid) and forgets "the rules", I'll just hand her a baggie and ask her to clean it up.

Citiots who live in townhouses without a yard have no respect for gardening or the people who do it. The dimwit probably thought my garden was a "lovely place" for Poopsie to do her thing; so nicely decorated just for her. It's obvious she cares more about the dog's sensitivities than mine.

 

[N F C]

It's obvious she cares more about the dog's sensitivities than mine.

Agreed.

 

[Nuggetirl]

Talking about my chickens at work.
Got the standard
"how will you know there isn't a baby chic?"
"do they make eggs without roosters?" (apparently replying 'of course, it's like ovulation. You make eggs every month' is "gross" and makes people not want to eat eggs....oops)
"Will you eat them?" (talking about the eggs)
"Wait, will you eat them?" now talking about the chickens.
Of course, then one of my coworkers started joking about not trusting me at pot lucks.

It kind of perturbed me. My eggs are cleaner (like, clean eating. probably not 'cleaner'), fresher, and humane. My chickens get a wonderful diet and are humanely kept, and would be humanely killed if I was eating them. I just want to ask people if they can say the same for their meat. Not that every place you can get meat or eggs from is like Tyson, but people don't even consider what those conditions look like, but my house chickens shouldn't be eaten? ugh.

Oh, and I have to specify that when I say 'clip their wings' I don't mean pinioning (which I don't even bring up by name). I just explain that they don't bleed or get hurt and it's not permanent. I've found that if you say 'clip their wings' to non chicken people, they imagine me clipping off the tip of their wings and not just trimming feathers.

 

[Fluffnpuff]

Citiots

Lol. I'll have to remember that term. Within 5 miles of my house there are people who have cows, horses, lamas, goats, chickens, and guineas. Every few years someone from a mega city taking early retirement decides to move in the neighborhood with the idea of living the disney movie version of "country life". It causes all sorts of headaches for the neighboring farmers. It usually ends up with someone shooting a unsupervised dog. When the sheriff department receives calls of "omg that crazy redneck farmer next door shot my precious pit bull chasing his filthy (insert livestock)" they normally tell the person to stop making bogus 911 calls and refuse to show up.


Unfortunately we also have just as many country idiots thus my hypothesis is that stupidity has no geographic preference.