How do visitors react to your poultry?

[Laurieks]

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people are like that about my goat cheese, and say "how can you stand the milk?"
Well I don't feed them onions or broccoli, and I filter *THEN chill it immediately, and the herd they come from has been breeding & culling for good flavor for 38 years.

Have they ever seen the back end of a COW? No offense to cow farmers, it's just that people will drink cow milk all the time but think goat milk is dirty tasting.

(*I've been given milk by 2 people now, for a cheese project, that was cold but hadn't been filtered... straw & dirt floating in it.... the dog was happy with it, since I could not use it)

 

[kuntrygirl]

I let all of my animals free range, which includes them having access to my front and back yard when I'm home. Every day when I return home from work, my sheep, geese, turkeys and chickens are all waiting for me at the fence. They are kept in a fenced pasture that is about an acre, so when I get I get home, I just open the gate and they all run out into my actual yard (another acre) so that they can do more free-ranging. I also take the rabbits out of their cages and let them hop around in the yard, so you see large white, balls of fur hopping here and there. When people pass by or come over to visit, their first response is.........

1. "Do you need help putting them back in? How did they all get out? Won't the run away?"

If i'm inside of the house, people will honk the horn until I come outside or some will knock on the door to let me know that my animals are out.

(People passing by on the road will honk their horn and frantically get out of their car in an attempt to help me "round up" my animals and herd them back in to their fenced area. After I explain to them that the animals aren't going anywhere and they won't run away, they are simply amazed how tame my animals are.)

Other responses include:
"How many chickens do you have?"
"WOW. You have turkeys too?"
"Do you eat your turkeys for Thanksgiving?"
"Do you sell your chicken eggs?"
"Do you eat your chicken eggs?"
"Do you eat your chickens?"
"Do you sell your animals?"
"Why do you have so many animals?"
"How many animals do you have?"
"How do duck eggs taste?"
"Can you eat goose eggs?"
"Do turkeys lay eggs?"
"Will the geese attack me?"
"Can I pet the geese?"
"Can I pet the sheep?"
"Do you eat your rabbits?"
"How many babies can rabbits have?"
"How much does it cost to care for all of these animals?"
"I'm thinking about getting chickens. Can I cover over and get some tips and suggestions from you?"

Sometimes families will park on the side of the road and just sit in their vehicles and watch the animals and then drive off. They wave and smile and then just sit there. I have no idea who most of these people are.

It's always a long conversation when first time visitors drop in. I was thinking about creating a handout to include questions and answers, so that I can give it to first timers, so I don't have to have the "Weclome to my farm speech."

 

[kuntrygirl]

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He said WHAT? Forget him. He is just jealous.

 

[chickenannie]

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I love your story and how you take care of your animals. People and animals can have much more symbiosis than people realize. No one can believe my birds will free-range and not run away either. Keep the animals happy and they have no reason to run away!

Maybe you should make a handout with all the questions you listed!

 

[chickenzoo]

I made this sign: This is what I point to:

 

[Vince]

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I want one!!

 

[chickenzoo]

I make them,

you can change out the critter for what ever critter you want - duck, goose, goat, horse etc.... $20

 

[kuntrygirl]

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I WANT ONE!!! I WANT ONE!! I WANT ONE!!! What do I need to do to get a sign? Yea !!!!!!!! I love it !!!!!

 

[chickenzoo]

I have a thread in Everything else for sale..... you can visit my website for more ideas or paypal [email protected].

 

[guin lover]

People see my guineas and i get these:

"are those turkeys?"
"what do you use them for?"
"Why are they so ugly?"
"do they lay eggs?
"what do they taste like?"
"Do you eat they're eggs?"
UGLY?! well, excuse me!!!

when they see me standard OEG roo, kids are like,can i pet him? can i hold him? one kid said "i dont like him. he'll eat me.."