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

[7 Biddies]

I've decided that the next time someone gives me the "cruel" lecture about processing my birds after their best laying years are over, I'm going to tell them that just because they pay someone to do it FOR them, doesn't mean their hands are clean. If you hire a hit man to kill someone for you, are you not equally guilty in a court of law? Darn tootin'!

Plus, my birds are spoiled up until the very end, which is more than they can say about the chicken they're eating. If they suck in their breath in horror, so be it. I'm tired of these arrogant, self-righteous jerks thinking it's ok to call me "mean" for feeding myself in an ethical, humane, and heallthy way, while they blithely walk away thinking themselves holier than thou. I'm calling a spade a spade!

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edited by 7 Biddies for staff's misspelling

 

[N F C]

My MIL refused to believe us when we told her you don't need roosters to have eggs. Her reasoning? The farm she grew up on always had roosters and their chickens laid eggs so you MUST have one to get the other.

No convincing her, she thinks we're making it all up. Won't even look it up for herself on the internet. Or ask someone else. Or look at a book or article that would prove her wrong.

There's just no unlocking a mind that closed.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

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.

Oh, that's right. Right up there with the repeated efforts to let brucellosis infected bison roam the range and start an undulant fever epidemic.

Would you believe I heard an "advocate for the bison" insist that the form of brucellosis the bison had wasn't contagious to people, rodents, canines, or cattle? Does the word "liar" come to mind? Stupid cow got downright offended when I stood up and asked for a source for her information, from a science journal or study. She "had heard" this from other "advocates."

So I entertained the meeting with a graphic description of undulant fever in human beings, and a list of a few dozen susceptible species.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

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.

That is probably true. I have had citiots who think there dog should do business in my vegetable garden because it "is good fertilizer." It isn't.

Then there were the citiots who were offended because the neighbor came over and told them that if there dog ran his sheep again, he'd probably have to shoot it. They thought he was threatening them. I had to point out that he was being a very polite neighbor because he could have simply shot it the first time it ran his sheep, and I had to explain to them how sheep can die without the dog ever catching them. They were that clueless.

After that, they kept their dog on their own acreage.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

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.

My favorite country song for a very long time was "Forty Acres and a Fool."

 

[7 Biddies]

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.

Agreed, but the (specific) country folks are just morons from the get-go. Plenty of those to go around world-wide. Just look at Washington, DC; it's filthy with them. Citiots, on the other hand, have a certain pretentiousness and arrogance added to their stupidity. Up here in the Blue Ridge, we also have the Floridiots who are like the retirees you describe. I have one living across the street who just doesn't want to accept the fact that it's different here. Although I arrived here "from off" only 15 years ago, I have/show respect for the local culture and customs and have no desire to change the lifestyle. In fact, I embrace it. The Floridiots come here for the lack of traffic, summer weather, and the mountain beauty, then want to change everything to be like home; to "civilize the heathens", as it were. Whatever happened to the philosophy of "When in Rome ..." or "live and let live"? Today, everyone seems to feel it HAS to be THEIR way!

Oh, yeah, and the fools who are building down the street asked, "Are there any snakes up here?". Lady, we're in the mountains in a county that's 70% national forest, and creeks and streams everywhere you look. No, there're no snakes. <eyeroll>

</rant> Sorry. I'm grumpy because the neighborhood bear pulled over my bean tower, which is now prematurely done for the season, and 2 tomato cages which I was able to straighten up. I hope.

 

[Nuggetirl]

I've decided that the next time someone gives me the "cruel" lecture about processing my birds after their best laying years are over, I'm going to tell them that just because they pay someone to do it
FOR them, doesn't mean their hands are clean. If you hire a hit man to kill someone for you, are you not just as guilty in a court of law? Darn tootin'!

Plus, my birds are spoiled up until the very end, which is more than they can say about the chicken they're eating. If they suck in their breath in horror, so be it. I'm tired of these arrogant, self-righteous @sses thinking it's ok to call me "mean" for feeding myself in an ethical, humane, and heallthy way, while they blithely walk away thinking themselves holier than thou. I'm calling a spade a spade!

On that note, actually had someone see my indoor setup and asked me (in the kind of, you're actually being cruel but I don't want to come out and say it way) if my chickens need more room. Now, it's not huge and someday I want to expand it, but they are bantams in a giant cage. I politely informed them that it was bigger than a battery cage and waaay better than a 'cage free' hen in what amounts to a huge warehouse. My hens get outside time, play time, and I make sure no one is bullied. (oh yeah, mine have their beaks too)

 

[The Yakima Kid]

On that note, actually had someone see my indoor setup and asked me (in the kind of, you're actually being cruel but I don't want to come out and say it way) if my chickens need more room. Now, it's not huge and someday I want to expand it, but they are bantams in a giant cage. I politely informed them that it was bigger than a battery cage and waaay better than a 'cage free' hen in what amounts to a huge warehouse. My hens get outside time, play time, and I make sure no one is bullied. (oh yeah, mine have their beaks too)

What an excellent idea! A large indoor cage for banties.

 

[mrsfluff100]

so i had my silkie out and someone said "awww what a cute puppy!"

 

[Nuggetirl]

Quote:
I love having my chicken pets indoors, my fluffballs enjoy it

so i had my silkie out and someone said "awww what a cute puppy!"

In their defense, I do describe silkie feathers as more like fur....but other than that, I'm pretty sure my dog doesn't have a beak.