The funniest things people say when they hear you have chickens...

[Telamon]

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trust me, only about 100 thousand are produced a year, most likely to be more, but people change the world, i'd rather kill a person than kill a chicken * which i wouldn't *

IDK there are a lot of chickens in the world and I would rather kill one of my chickens to feed some of the homeless people around here then say "I am sorry you'll just have to starve" I once let a rooster loose by a horse farm and a homeless man grabbed him and killed him in an instant, he was so hungry it makes me want to raise 100's of meat birds to process and feed to the people around me. I love my hens, but I still eat chicken and I still give away the roosters to families that I know will eat them because they need the food.

its a cruel world, give em vegtables and fruits instead...

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

There isn't much protein in fruit and vegetables.

Think about it though, long before factory farming people kept chickens in the their yards and killed them for dinner. It is a new idea that you can't raise chickens and still be a meat eater, int he old days if you didn't raise your meat you didn't eat it.

 

[Telamon]

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argh! you guys are killing me!

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

Ok... Back to the funny comments.

I was on tech support this morning, when one of my roosters crowed outside the window.

The tech support guy, "Is that a ROOSTER?!?"

Me, "Yes, he's right outside."

Him, "Wow. I didn't know they really crowed in the morning. I thought someone made that up."

 

[Telamon]

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[eggseroneous]

"You mean the kind that lays 'Country eggs'? Eeeew! I won't eat 'country eggs'!"

 

[gallinamama]

my daughter still can't stop laughing... I will talk about my chickens and she will start laughing.. she said she never would of thought that I would be talking about my chickens as if they were children.

Other people just say "Why?"

My daughter in law says, "Ewww" I won't eat those eggs.. she asked how long do they lay eggs? I said for about 3-4 years... she asked then what?.. I told her then I make soup, "Ewww"

I tell her the store bought are all full of chemicals, and the living conditions are awful, at least you know what I feed them and how I keep them clean.. she said it didn't matter it grosses her out.

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

Probably the funniest thing I've heard is when I tell them I fed them hard-boiled eggs when they were chicks and when they are really good girls. People say, "You feed them EGGS? Isn't that cannibalism?" and I answer, "No, because the eggs are unfertilized and they ate egg yolk for nutrients before they hatched."

 

[chickeypeep101]

Me: I have three hens and and a rooster.
Friend: Oh, I thought you only had chickens!

 

[KBChicks]

Mom: so how do you know if your egg has a baby in it or not?

Me: the egg would have to be fertilized to have a chick in it. I would need a rooster for that.

Mom: ohhhhhhh....so the rooster sits on the egg then?

Me: argh.....