Weird things only poultry people get.

[member 592157]

Also had a customer buy a dozen of eggs, then stand there staring at them. I started to get worried that I accidentally gave him an unwashed box, when he asked, why are they different colors?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My wife's large family always had us to their place for Easter. At the time, I had lots of different breeds. There were white, tinted, all shades of brown including dark reddish maroon as well as green eggs. We didn't color the eggs, just brought them as they cam out of the hens. I said, what do y'all think of my dying? One of my nieces asked if the green ones were safe to eat.

 

[mviera101]

My non chicken owners came over ,and were enthralled by the gals. They were like , so when do the eggs hatch? I was dumbfounded , but proceeded with a complete discussion that boiled down to " no rooster no chicks". I've given the talk many times through the years.

 

[jsr5]

One of my nieces asked if the green ones were safe to eat

yes but only with ham, Sam I Am

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

My non chicken owners came over ,and were enthralled by the gals. They were like , so when do the eggs hatch? I was dumbfounded , but proceeded with a complete discussion that boiled down to " no rooster no chicks". I've given the talk many times through the years.

Well, good practice for when kids ask the same question, I guess.

 

[member 592157]

someone brought in some chicks in a box and I was looking it the box to see what was in it, My sister jokingly said "You know there's an easier way of telling what's in there" She then placed her ear on the box and pretended to tap it and said "Yep there are baby chickens in there" I giggled at her joke and walked away and the poor lady walked over at put her ear to the box and tapped on it! My sister busted a gut and the lady walked away blushing.

A little off topic but I work at a fruit stand in the summer(so many stories with that) and a guy joking told a woman that you tap on cantelopes to see if they are ripe(not true, our family's method is to push the blossom end) and she believed him! For the rest of the summer she would come in and spend 15 or more minutes tapping cantelopes...I had to try so hard to not laugh

 

[Melky]

A little off topic but I work at a fruit stand in the summer(so many stories with that) and a guy joking told a woman that you tap on cantelopes to see if they are ripe(not true, our family's method is to push the blossom end) and she believed him! For the rest of the summer she would come in and spend 15 or more minutes tapping cantelopes...I had to try so hard to not laugh

Don’t laugh I still tap my cantaloupe.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.oo...01911/how-to-tell-if-your-cantaloupe-is-ripe/

It is not a wives tale. It will be firm and solid heavy when ripe. I do have to laugh at the colored egg one though. Maybe the client was interested in a breed discussion for the different colored eggs.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I press on the blossom end. That is the way to tell. My dad tapped on watermelons but not cantaloupes.
The lady that owns the produce market close to me swears that brown eggs taste better than white eggs.
When I explained that shell color has nothing to do with it and it is about their diet, she got mad at me and ran me out of her store.

 

[Coop deGrace]

Had a frustrating conversation with my older brother when I was a teenager about chicken reproduction. He was absolutely sure, despite having no actual interest in chicken keeping, that roosters aren't required for chickens to reproduce. He knew this because a girlfriend's father was a chicken farmer and she had told him so. I tried explaining that you don't need a rooster for hens to produce EGGS, but that the eggs won't actually HATCH without being fertilized, but he was adamant. I could not convince him otherwise. This same brother visited last year and was upset that I was keeping my pony "in a cage". The pony was in his 14 x 14 stall.

 

[Mogul Moonshine]

" americans dont really lay blue eggs you are trying to trick me."