Weird things only poultry people get.

[AltonaAcres]

My grandma once asked me if female chickens wear bras after I told her that chickens have breasts.

 

[Chickstarrs]

My grandma once asked me if female chickens wear bras after I told her that chickens have breasts.

She was joking, right?

 

[CluckerFamily]

Okay, well I have something. Everyone immediately assumes that chickens stink. I have been asked many times, "Do you have the coop far away from your house? The smell must be awful." But, the coop only smells if you neglect your chickens and never clean it out.

For new chicken parents that is always the first question they ask me and I respond with "if it starts to smell, that's a sign you need to clean it more often."
Another question I get is how much time do I need to spend on chickens, "Chickens require less work than a dog but a little more work than a cat. You will find yourself spending more time with them just because you will enjoy them."

 

[The Happster]

When I was in school someone else had chickens too. She said she didn't like them because they smelt. I was so confused. They're actually very clean animals.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

My friend keeps chickens for eggs only. I asked her what kind she had, she answered "the black kind"
I asked if she knew the breed, and she said she didn't know there was a difference. Her parents told me they were like Austrlorps or something. I'm still wondering about the red ones...

 

[HappyClucker7]

Whenever people are at my house, they always want to see the chickens. (Who wouldn't? They're adorable.) So I always take them to the coop. Once the people stand in front of the chickens, they always get kind of nervous and they tentatively ask, "Are your chickens nice? Will they peck me?" I always tell them no, the chickens will not peck them. The people rarely ever pet them though.

 

[Cheeki]

A girl I know went all out. She bought an incubator and brooder with all the trimmings. She bought 10 chickens and waited patiently for them to lay eggs. She faithfully gathered eggs every morning and filled her incubator to capacity.
She waited and waited. Day 21 came and went. Day 25 came and went. Nothing. She called me and asked what could be wrong. I said, “ It sounds like your rooster isn’t doing his job.”
Her reply...”But I don’t have a rooster.”
I died.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Does she have a rooster yet?

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

And so, with the revival of the thread, the facepalming begins once again.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Once we had my mom's cousin over who has an extreme phobia of birds (this isn't funny, it's just very intriguing) I brought out one of my sweet turkeys to show her and she had a complete meltdown I had no idea beforehand that she had this fear so I was surprised at her reaction