Silliest thing someone said to you about your farm animals.

[GuineaFowling]

Hello, just a fun little thread to see what people have said about your farm animals or regular pets that was quite weird or silly.

I'll start.

1.(about my chickens) Whats that red rubbery stuff on their faces? Can I touch it?— She was referring to the comb and wattles. XD

2. (about the guineas) OH MY GOD, you have pet dinosaurs!

Most of the times everyone is afraid of the guineas because they look ''funny''.

3.When will your rabbit start laying eggs?

 

[dikbiscuit]

Isn't this a repeat of this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...eople-have-said-about-your-chickens-eggs-meat

Perhaps this one could be dedicated to other farm/'regular' animals?

 

[GuineaFowling]

I suppose so. I hadn't realized one already existed. So lets dedicate this to regular or farm pets.(horses, cattle, dogs, birds, cats, fish, etc)

 

[dikbiscuit]

No worries. I don't have anything to add at the moment, so I'll just wait and see what others post.

 

[happyhens1972]

'Why spend £1000 on vet bills for a goat when you could just get a new one for £60?'


'Chickens are vegetarians and if you give them mealworms, they'll get a taste for blood and kill each other'


'Chickens don't need space or light or grass or anything, the battery hens are perfectly happy without all that'


'Why would you keep something that was designed to eat, as a pet?'


'Come on, I don't believe for a minute you can actually tell your birds apart, they all look the same' (this was from the mother of identical twins, you'd have thought she would understand!!!)

 

[dikbiscuit]

'Why spend £1000 on vet bills for a goat when you could just get a new one for £60?'


'Chickens are vegetarians and if you give them mealworms, they'll get a taste for blood and kill each other'


'Chickens don't need space or light or grass or anything, the battery hens are perfectly happy without all that'


'Why would you keep something that was designed to eat, as a pet?'


'Come on, I don't believe for a minute you can actually tell your birds apart, they all look the same' (this was from the mother of identical twins, you'd have thought she would understand!!!)

1. I hope that person doesn't own any pets if they view them as this disposable.

2. I'd ask that person what an animal is called when it eats both plant and animal matter. If they answer 'omnivore', then I'd ask them what insects, mice, snakes etc... are, if they answer 'animals', then I'd tell them chickens eat insects, mice, snakes etc.., so what does that make chickens?

3. No. Just no. I truly hope that person was trolling. Again, I wonder if they have any pets and if so, would they stick Fido or Felix in a tiny cage for the rest of its life?

4. I hate that attitude/view on keeping anything other than a cy00t kitty or doggy as a pet. Point out the intelligence of pigs, and how they are cleaner and smarter than dogs, and how cows are seen as sacred animals to those in other countries.

5. Got no comments for that one.