Question of the Day - Saturday, August 9th, 2025

[Luckyhen006]

Maybe not the birds so much, but the other animals I'd say so, the dogs especially, those little creatures have created plenty of awkward situations

 

[BoundlessLove]

Nope

 

[5Australorpasaures]

No

 

[Sally PB]

Not really.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Today's question is from @CombNWattles:

Yes.

Yes. Mentioned I had some polish and Spanish chicks in my barn. Manager almost fell out of her chair laughing when I explained what I actually meant after her horrified/stunned reaction to the words

 

[azurbanclucker]

The tortoises like to bite toes.

 

[BDutch]

Our garden has no fence so the chickens go to the neighbours every now and then. Normally they don’t mind, and are amused by the visit if the chickens come over, but sometimes it’s a bit too much. Like when the neighbour who has strawberries comes over to complain.

And some of the neighbours started to complain the times I had a cockerel, who starts to crow before their alarm clock.

We always lock the chickens in the run when we have guests to avoid awkward situations. Once a guest came with his dog (on a leash) and the chickens fledged onto the run and over the hedge. He felt guilty and never came unexpected around the back with his dog, ever after.

I have, too.

X3
Talking about chickens too much to our guests, and my children start to apologise on my behalf to them.

 

[fowltemptress]

There's nothing socially awkward about anything my birds do. Now, I can't control my guests' perception of things.

 

[Gill-b]

We had a tame white pigeon who spent a lot of time with us in the house, but there were times when we needed her to go outside, like for instance when we were expecting visitors, and then we would throw her out the back door to go be with our other pigeons in the garden. When we opened the front door to welcome in our guests, that pigeon would be waiting to come back inside ...on the head of whoever had rung the doorbell. One time, a woman visitor, with eyes huge from fright, commented that she thought it was the holy spirit coming down on her head to bless her. She nearly fainted.