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

[Sheila83]

So I had to share my "funny" comment with you all. I live in town and I recently got 8 chickens for my backyard flock. I had them in a chicken tractor in my yard while I was building my coop and run. They were about 10 weeks old when my neighbor had a friend over who was curious about my chickens and started asking me some questions. Here is approximately how the conversation went.

Her: Are those really chickens?
Me: Yes, I have 8 of them.
Her: What are you going to do with them?
Me: Well, in a few more months they will start laying eggs for me.
Her: And what are you going to do with them?
Me: Well probably eat them.
Her: Oh, well I didn't know because some people raise them to release them into the wild or something.
Me: (smile) I have never heard that before. I don't really know why anyone would do that.
Her: Well I saw it somewhere.
Me: Ok (walked back into the house....)

Some people.. I tell you...

 

[animallover505]

So I had to share my "funny" comment with you all. I live in town and I recently got 8 chickens for my backyard flock. I had them in a chicken tractor in my yard while I was building my coop and run. They were about 10 weeks old when my neighbor had a friend over who was curious about my chickens and started asking me some questions. Here is approximately how the conversation went.

Her: Are those really chickens?
Me: Yes, I have 8 of them.
Her: What are you going to do with them?
Me: Well, in a few more months they will start laying eggs for me.
Her: And what are you going to do with them?
Me: Well probably eat them.
Her: Oh, well I didn't know because some people raise them to release them into the wild or something.
Me: (smile) I have never heard that before. I don't really know why anyone would do that.
Her: Well I saw it somewhere.
Me: Ok (walked back into the house....)

Some people.. I tell you...

probably thinking of quail or phesants.

 

[BackyardCountry]

Classmate: You have chickens right?
Me: Yes....
Classmate: What kind of eggs do they lay?
Me: White and brown.
Classmate: Do they taste any different?

is what i said

 

[oldrooster]

I posted to this thread a while back with something a co-worker had said. Well today, this same co-worker asked me "how many chickens do you have now?" I told her I have 10. She said "10 chickens and 3 roosters?" I said "no, 10 total". She looked confused so I said "I have 10 chickens....3 are roosters and 7 are hens". I couldn't believe it when she said "I never thought about that roosters are chickens."

I know some women who think men are not human she may be one of those whom think that way....

 

[oldrooster]

So I had to share my "funny" comment with you all. I live in town and I recently got 8 chickens for my backyard flock. I had them in a chicken tractor in my yard while I was building my coop and run. They were about 10 weeks old when my neighbor had a friend over who was curious about my chickens and started asking me some questions. Here is approximately how the conversation went.

Her: Are those really chickens?
Me: Yes, I have 8 of them.
Her: What are you going to do with them?
Me: Well, in a few more months they will start laying eggs for me.
Her: And what are you going to do with them?
Me: Well probably eat them.
Her: Oh, well I didn't know because some people raise them to release them into the wild or something.
Me: (smile) I have never heard that before. I don't really know why anyone would do that.
Her: Well I saw it somewhere.
Me: Ok (walked back into the house....)

Some people.. I tell you...

probably misunderstood the free ranging concept......

 

[cluck-cluck]

Well, I posted about my mother, and how she didn't approve of my chickens, but the strangest thing happened today! She brought over some outer cabbage leaves for them! She also hasn't said a cross word since saying she could never eat eggs that had those in them.(pointing at a newly hatched chick) LOL. It's weird, she's never succumbed to my eccentricities so easily before! She's being so nice! I guess we're both getting old, LOL

 

[Owingsia]

Well we have not heard anything to crazy stupid but we have a neighbor who insists we need to have all the same type of chickens or we will not get eggs. We have over 30 chickens and we have a mix of between 2 of one kind and 4 of another..... We bought a mix because we like the different birds. Anyway she insists they will not lay eggs unless all the birds look alike. She says "Seeing different types of chickens scares them!" This was in response to her asking about our 3 week old chicks "Are they laying yet" we replied "Not yet." "well you know they are all diffrent kinds of chickens so they wont lay because........"

 

[7 Biddies]

Well we have not heard anything to crazy stupid but, ....

"Seeing different types of chickens scares them!"

I disagree. I think you *have* heard something very "crazy stupid". That's like saying a collie dog would be scared by a beagle, or a robin would be scared by a cardinal. Sheesh!

Do people actually hear what comes out of their own mouths?

 

[cluck-cluck]

LOL, I seem to have the opposite problem. All my friends and neighbors want eggs when they start to lay ;P LOL

 

[Blubirdz]

I had a lady come to buy chicks from me and she said you could determine the sex of a baby chick by picking them up by the head. She said the ones that put up a fight are roosters and the ones that dont are hens. I have never heard this before and it seems quite silly to me.