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

[chicksurreal]

My sister in law, whom I USED to live next door hated the thought of me getting chickens...well she hated everything about me.

My neices and nephew thought it was awesome! All of my other neighbors thought it was the coolest thing, and loved the eggs.

Me: "I think it would be cool to have a few chickens."

SIL: "Gross, Chickens are nasty and they stink. If you get chickens I am going to move."

My Husband: "If that is all we have to do to get you to move I should have gotten chickens a while ago."


So then I decided that I HAD to get chickens. Duh!!! When we were building the coop, my nephew asked what we were building. I told him a spaceship! Only because SIL was outside.

After we had chickens for a while, we were building my 3 bin compost container...my nephew asked what we were building. I told him they were goat stalls. He quickly ran inside to tell his mom. My husband and I laughed so hard. We weren't getting goats!

In the end we moved...she was nastier

than my chickens.

I dont think my coop was gross or nasty!

Cute coop and chickens!

Glad to see that you were able to have chickens where you moved to. Some people are just snotty, I ignore it even when it's aimed at me because it really has more to do with them than me.

 

[7 Biddies]

Cute coop and chickens!

Glad to see that you were able to have chickens where you moved to. Some people are just snotty, I ignore it even when it's aimed at me because it really has more to do with them than me.

You are eggsactly right ... It speaks volumes about THEM ... And none of it is flattering!

 

[Peep_Show]

The City that I used to live in had a requirement that you get written permission from everybody within 350 feet of your coop. I did that with the blessing of many and the offers for assistance in building the coop. Then our CC&R's had a snit fit about poultry not being considered as pets and nixed the 3-hen chicken project. One of the neighbors, it seems, made a remark about how nasty, noisy and smelly chickens were.... She lived 375 feet away but had sway on the HOA Board.

Anyway, I'm sure they'd keel over knowing that over 200 chick(en)s lived in the neighborhood hatched at my house. You just cannot stop a hatchaholic! All chicks found homes elsewhere and nobody was none the wiser.... What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and what happened in my casita is nobody's business!

 

[Outpost JWB]

So true!

 

[tandykins]

My sister in law, whom I USED to live next door hated the thought of me getting chickens...well she hated everything about me.

My neices and nephew thought it was awesome! All of my other neighbors thought it was the coolest thing, and loved the eggs.

Me: "I think it would be cool to have a few chickens."

SIL: "Gross, Chickens are nasty and they stink. If you get chickens I am going to move."

My Husband: "If that is all we have to do to get you to move I should have gotten chickens a while ago."


So then I decided that I HAD to get chickens. Duh!!! When we were building the coop, my nephew asked what we were building. I told him a spaceship! Only because SIL was outside.

After we had chickens for a while, we were building my 3 bin compost container...my nephew asked what we were building. I told him they were goat stalls. He quickly ran inside to tell his mom. My husband and I laughed so hard. We weren't getting goats!

In the end we moved...she was nastier

than my chickens.

I dont think my coop was gross or nasty!

My sister-in-law is equally nasty. Today I had a "chickens are nasty" discussion with someone after posting pictures of my chickens in their chicken nappies(diapers). I have one with persistent bumblefoot that has been improving (thank-you-very-much) since I decided to keep her inside after surgery rather than outside where her bandage gets filthy. She gets her feet cleaned, a nappy on and then cuddles with the family, usually asleep on my knee, enjoying a scratch.

So this happened (note that I'm only pointing out the 3 naysayers and not the 50 "That's AWESOME!" sayers)

Person 1: That's why there outside animals -_-
Person 2: Love my chooks but not in the house- even with diapers.
Person 3: I honesty couldn't think of anything more unhygienic than a chook in the house. They walk through their own crap and then over your floors. As for the nappy. If your chook just happens to be ill etc then you gotta touch that nappy.

I wanted to respond in a manner that was cheeky without being overtly rude - and this is what I said:

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On a related note - a neighbour came over a couple of days ago and marvelled at how my coop didn't smell. My response was, "Yeah. Because I take care of it." And that was on a slack day when I'd forgotten to clean the poop boards for 2 days. XD

 

[oldrooster]

Tandykins you are free to do what you like with your chickens but that is livestock to me, and livestock belong outside. But as I said that is my perspective on it. You can do as you please in your own house. Why? because I don't have to live there. lol.
Acornewell if your SIL didn't like properly cared for chickens in her neighborhood then she's a fool, and as a 80's country song said. There ain't no fool like a full grown fool, you can talk talk till your face turns blue, but there's no getting thru to a full grown fool.

 

[Acornewell]

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On a related note - a neighbour came over a couple of days ago and marvelled at how my coop didn't smell. My response was, "Yeah. Because I take care of it." And that was on a slack day when I'd forgotten to clean the poop boards for 2 days. XD
OMG I just laughed so hard, I have tears in my eyes!

 

[lazy gardener]

Thank you Tandykins and Acornwell! You have both given me a great laugh. My cheeks hurt from smiling!

 

[tandykins]

Thank you Tandykins and Acornwell! You have both given me a great laugh. My cheeks hurt from smiling!

Happy to help. One of the naysayers was not so amused and responded that she could see a label on my forehead reading, "Retarded". Nice lady, that one.

 

[bigmrg74]

Tandykins you are free to do what you like with your chickens but that is livestock to me, and livestock belong outside. But as I said that is my perspective on it. You can do as you please in your own house. Why? because I don't have to live there. lol.
Acornewell if your SIL didn't like properly cared for chickens in her neighborhood then she's a fool, and as a 80's country song said. There ain't no fool like a full grown fool, you can talk talk till your face turns blue, but there's no getting thru to a full grown fool.

There's people out there that have had full grown horses in their house. There's even one out there that has a full grown Buffalo that's a big ole sweetie in their house. And I thought I saw something a while back about a family that had a Hippo that they raised that would go into their house as well.

Happy to help. One of the naysayers was not so amused and responded that she could see a label on my forehead reading, "Retarded". Nice lady, that one.

Tell her to stop drinking the Haterade.