This are some of the most common misconceptions about back yard chickens that I had to answer to :
"chickens need a rooster to lay eggs"
-"chickens only lay brown eggs, white eggs are bleached, that's why back yard eggs are only brown"
- "chickens are very dumb"
Most people do have a basic understanding of where and how our food is produced, and sometimes you can have highly educated people who will ask some of those questions that for us are so silly. Few "silly questions" are perfectly normal for people who have never had to deal with chickens or domestic birds.
Of course every now and then there will be an exception, where the degree of ignorance is beyond excuse.
"chickens need a rooster to lay eggs"
-"chickens only lay brown eggs, white eggs are bleached, that's why back yard eggs are only brown"
- "chickens are very dumb"
Most people do have a basic understanding of where and how our food is produced, and sometimes you can have highly educated people who will ask some of those questions that for us are so silly. Few "silly questions" are perfectly normal for people who have never had to deal with chickens or domestic birds.
Of course every now and then there will be an exception, where the degree of ignorance is beyond excuse.

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