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

[cheeka]

one from today:
her: omigosh, they are soooo soft...

me: yeah, um... they're feathers...

but to be truthful, it was sweet to see how much she enjoyed them

 

[7 Biddies]

"Is that duck sick?!?!?!?!"
lady refering to my blue swedish at the fair.
some people.........

OK. I've never seen one, so I just Googled some pictures. They're really pretty. The white chest is especially striking against the dark blue. Why on *earth* did she think it was sick; because it was blue?? Duh.

"No, he's not sick, he just dressed in his best navy blue suit for the fair. However, I convinced him to leave the tie at home. Too hot."

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

I like Swedishes too. I have one and a runner, so obnoxious! But fun to watch sit and yell at each other all day. They're like an obnoxious old couple, except they're both drakes. Sorry, didn't mean to hi-jack.

 

[Malibu99]

"Will it eat me if I pet it?" "Probably not." "WHAT?!" "I've seen them eat a live bee. They'll eat anything." " *Inches away nervously*"


Best convorsation with next door neigbor ever.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Well, obviously, every creature 50x smaller than you can eat a person!

 

[FireTigeris]

"Will it eat me if I pet it?" "Probably not." "WHAT?!" "I've seen them eat a live bee. They'll eat anything." " *Inches away nervously*"


Best convorsation with next door neigbor ever.

Holding some random pet animal, dog, cat, rabbit, duck, chicken, dove, rat, hookbill...

"Does it Bite?"

"Does it have a mouth?"

"Yes... *nervously*"

"Then it will bite if (he/she) feels threatened, but (he/she) has never bit a person"

"Oh..."

 

[Chambertin]

I work in a supermarket and the state egg board guy comes in to do his annual inspection at our store I ask him what the state laws are in regard to selling home grown eggs and he tells me you can't sell them outside the property the property where the hens are without going through several layers of regulation. So I ask him well you mean if some guy puts a sign in his yard and they are in his back yard he has 0 regulation. he says yes. Furthermore he tells me if I have seen how some of those conditions they are raised in in the yards and how people don't refrigerate them at all or soon enough you'd never eat another egg in your life. It was all I could to to hold my tongue and not laugh my head off at him......

Over here in Asia people give you a quizzical look when you ask "Why arent the eggs refrigerated?" I guess they believe that freshness in an egg is about time between chickens butt and breakfast plate. You go to the good egg place and they dont even have fancy boxes, just those huge egg trays and you pluck off the ones you like poop and everything stuck to them put them in a plastic bag, weigh and carry home.
I can only imagine Mrs. Suburbiason going to the market here in China.
Its honest entertainment to see those fresh off the plane go out to the local market. (luckily in my travels I had seen many things before China)

 

[olefarmersdaughter]

I was boosting to my friends teenagers about my chickens first egg laid today. The 16 year old asked me if I will actually eat them...I asked her I she has seen the conditions of the chickens that produce the eggs you buy in the store? Now would you rather eat the eggs from those hens or would you rather eat the eggs from my very spoiled hens. I think I made my point.

 

[mabhera]

A lady next door was walking in the street while I was feeding my hens some yogurt . She looked at me with an question mark almost written on her face. She came next to my fence and asked me if I was giving them yogurt. Had some already on small plates and my hens were in the middle of their feeding frenzy. I told her yes....im giving them yogurt because is good for their health. She looked away and changed subject on the hot weather but I could see in her eyes she was questioning my sanity. Sometimes you don't need to hear words ....just the reactions tells you volumes about a person.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

my 17 year old cousin is the same way, although she's not the brightest either.

A few quotes:

Ummmm, what's that weird bird, like, umm, doing? That's a hummingbird. Oh, well, I like, umm, knew that... sooo...

(floating at creek. I set mud on her arm when not watching) OMG!!! That is like a letch or whatever! Ewwwww, I think they give you like lima (Lyme) disease!

Is this a tick on my arm? No, that's dirt.