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

[winteree]

My Hamburgs eat a bit of feed in the morning and then go out to free range all day. They eat a bit of feed in the evening when I put them back in their run, and then they go to bed. Even in the winter, they find enough to sustain them all through the day when they are out and about. Small cost to feed them. The 27 pullets I have in another coop cost way more to feed right now...

yep I was buying two bags of feed a month before I started let the girls free range it definitely makes a difference

 

[winteree]

This is a new one to me:

I gave a guy his eggs today and I opened the cartons as always (first time this guy got eggs from me). They were a nice bunch of eggs, one carton was all blue, green. olive eggs and one white one. The guy looks at me in all seriousness and says " Why do you dye your eggs?"


I wonder if the guy will ever buy another dozen eggs from me.....

lols that is so funny but it is very hard for people to fathom that a chicken can lay other colors then white or brown it's very weird, its like that one guy thought that my Cornish was a leghorn because he was a white chicken

hellion is 2-3lbs and has a pea comb for pete sakes

 

[Hinotori]

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That's how my flock is. They don't get out as much in winter because of hawk issues. Even the silkies will go stuff themselves with all the green stuff and bugs they can find just as soon as I open that pen door.

 

[JadedPhoenix]

The only reason my flock doesn't free-range now is because I have a different dog. HE is my BIGGEST predator ever. My last dog would attack any and every hawk that attempted to carry off a chicken. I sure miss that dog. It was so amazing to see him work because before we got the chicks, he was the biggest wuss of a dog ever. Once he got some chicks to look after, he was fierce when it came to their protection. One of my favorite memories of him is him, the cat and one of the chickens curled up together on the front porch during the winter. At first you couldn't tell there was a chicken there until she lifted her head up in the middle. SHE knew where the warmest place was.

Of course, the cat, dog and hen also hatched an egg together in the middle of a snow storm in January. LOL!!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

The only reason my flock doesn't free-range now is because I have a different dog.  HE is my BIGGEST predator ever.  My last dog would attack any and every hawk that attempted to carry off a chicken.  I sure miss that dog. It was so amazing to see him work because before we got the chicks, he was the biggest wuss of a dog ever.  Once he got some chicks to look after, he was fierce when it came to their protection.  One of my favorite memories of him is him, the cat and one of the chickens curled up together on the front porch during the winter.  At first you couldn't tell there was a chicken there until she lifted her head up in the middle.  SHE knew where the warmest place was.    Of course, the cat, dog and hen also hatched an egg together in the middle of a snow storm in January.  LOL!!  

having dogs with chickens is such an stressful thing sometimes. One of my dogs is an extreme predator. Being a Siberian husky, she has a rediculous prey drive. She can't be outside of the chickens are out free ranging. She has to be taken out on a short leash and brought back in immediately after she's done. One of my other dogs, Sparkles, is practically one of the chickens lol. She hangs out with them and follows them around (she likes to eat their poop!). She's mostly English Bulldog but has some distant rottweiler in her. She inherited a bit of a herding instinct and a bit of protective instincts from the rottweiler in her. I can trust her or even with the babies. My third dog, Rocky, can be trusted worth the adults BUT being a terrier mix, he WILL try to get the babies just like he would try to get a chipmunk or a squirrel. It's a juggling act around here with them lol.

 

[winteree]

having dogs with chickens is such an stressful thing sometimes. One of my dogs is an extreme predator. Being a Siberian husky, she has a rediculous prey drive. She can't be outside of the chickens are out free ranging. She has to be taken out on a short leash and brought back in immediately after she's done. One of my other dogs, Sparkles, is practically one of the chickens lol. She hangs out with them and follows them around (she likes to eat their poop!). She's mostly English Bulldog but has some distant rottweiler in her. She inherited a bit of a herding instinct and a bit of protective instincts from the rottweiler in her. I can trust her or even with the babies. My third dog, Rocky, can be trusted worth the adults BUT being a terrier mix, he WILL try to get the babies just like he would try to get a chipmunk or a squirrel. It's a juggling act around here with them lol.

same my older dogs pete and sally would never attack my birds it was funny because they where both about 50-75lbs but my new dg pepe goes out once in the morning before the chicken get let out and stays inside the house until they go up in the evening it is kind of stressful but he is by far the best ratter I have ever owned he even kept a raccoon treed for over an hour when I was away from home

 

[Outpost JWB]

Our English Setter has got almost as many chicken dinners this year as the raccoons. Truly, the dog doesn't eat them, she just kills them and partially buries them. Anyway it is aggravating. I do let the chickens free range for a few hours each day when I am home to supervise.

I spend much more on feed than we make selling the eggs. The going rate around here is $2.50 for farm fresh, free range eggs. Regular store bought white eggs go on sale quite frequently for $1.00, so I really can't raise the rate and keep my customers. My chickens eat 2 bags of layer pellets each week. Plus there is the cost of straw, scratch (which I only buy about 1 bag every other month), medications, etc. Maybe someday, there will be a better balance of finances and raising chickens, but at this point at our little farm, the chickens are very much costing us more than we make.

 

[Blooie]

We're very fortunate. Our English Setter, Miss Molly, is as typically birdy as most English Setters are. She'll point any bird silly enough to land in our yard and stalk them - slooowwwlllyy, step by step - until they fly off. But as you can see from these pictures, she hasn't been a problem with the chickens at all.


The chicks' first day, and poor Molly has to share her room.


Guarding the chicks on one of their pre-coop outings. She watched, but that was it. The only time we came close to having an issue was when we got the run finished and all 22 chickens ran out of the coop to explore their new space. She got a little over-excited and tried digging under the run, but ran into the hardware cloth apron. She broke and bloodied a toenail and decided that having "playmates" wasn't worth it. Now she's out when the girls are running around the yard, and they don't bother her, she doesn't bother them. I've seen them run right under her and she just stands there.


A little surprised after Mathilda ran right under her belly.


We had a chick hatch under a broody in October, and shortly after that our temps dropped to -17. The chick, Scout, got his feet wet and ended up with serious frostbite. So for a while he lived in the house, but as soon as he got strong enough he went back out to live in the coop. He and Miss Molly became pretty good friends.

I didn't train her to be like this - like most folks I understood that even the best dog shouldn't be totally trusted around the chickens until they've proven themselves reliable. But she got her nose thumped the first time she stuck it into the brooder and she never bothered them again. She even "herds" them back to where we are if they wander too close to where they aren't allowed. Ken just says, "Molly, get those stupid chickens!" and she's off. She rounds them up, then slowly walks them back to where they are supposed to be. I was very nervous having chickens and a bird dog, but it's worked out fine for us.

 

[winteree]

Our English Setter has got almost as many chicken dinners this year as the raccoons. Truly, the dog doesn't eat them, she just kills them and partially buries them. Anyway it is aggravating. I do let the chickens free range for a few hours each day when I am home to supervise.

I spend much more on feed than we make selling the eggs. The going rate around here is $2.50 for farm fresh, free range eggs. Regular store bought white eggs go on sale quite frequently for $1.00, so I really can't raise the rate and keep my customers. My chickens eat 2 bags of layer pellets each week. Plus there is the cost of straw, scratch (which I only buy about 1 bag every other month), medications, etc. Maybe someday, there will be a better balance of finances and raising chickens, but at this point at our little farm, the chickens are very much costing us more than we make.

yeah I make more selling the chickens and the longer feathers as quills then I do selling eggs but my family and my inlaws get free eggs lol

 

[duluthralphie]

We're very fortunate. Our English Setter, Miss Molly, is as typically birdy as most English Setters are. She'll point any bird silly enough to land in our yard and stalk them - slooowwwlllyy, step by step - until they fly off. But as you can see from these pictures, she hasn't been a problem with the chickens at all.


The chicks' first day, and poor Molly has to share her room.


Guarding the chicks on one of their pre-coop outings. She watched, but that was it. The only time we came close to having an issue was when we got the run finished and all 22 chickens ran out of the coop to explore their new space. She got a little over-excited and tried digging under the run, but ran into the hardware cloth apron. She broke and bloodied a toenail and decided that having "playmates" wasn't worth it. Now she's out when the girls are running around the yard, and they don't bother her, she doesn't bother them. I've seen them run right under her and she just stands there.


A little surprised after Mathilda ran right under her belly.


We had a chick hatch under a broody in October, and shortly after that our temps dropped to -17. The chick, Scout, got his feet wet and ended up with serious frostbite. So for a while he lived in the house, but as soon as he got strong enough he went back out to live in the coop. He and Miss Molly became pretty good friends.

I didn't train her to be like this - like most folks I understood that even the best dog shouldn't be totally trusted around the chickens until they've proven themselves reliable. But she got her nose thumped the first time she stuck it into the brooder and she never bothered them again. She even "herds" them back to where we are if they wander too close to where they aren't allowed. Ken just says, "Molly, get those stupid chickens!" and she's off. She rounds them up, then slowly walks them back to where they are supposed to be. I was very nervous having chickens and a bird dog, but it's worked out fine for us.

My labs are trained hunting dogs, and live to chase up pheasants, and grouse and love to swim out for a dead duck, but they don't bat an eye at my birds. I am a little worried one of my toms will attack the dogs and they will defend themselves....BUT that would not be all bad, it would save me having to do them in.... Which nearly happened today, one of them attacked me and I got his neck. When I was done dragging him he was way more mellow. Question is will he try it again?