Weird things only poultry people get.

[Three Little Bunnies]

A man told me about a preacher who said "as faithful as a hen lays an egg a day". The man talked to the preacher after the meeting and told he that there are not any hens who lay an egg a day.

My WLs come pretty close, they only take a break like once a month...

 

[The Happster]

Anyone ever had people worried because they've seen their chickens eating small rocks, or lying on the floor dead (d-u-s-t b-a-t-h-i-n-g) or even because they have a weird lump on their backs (oil gland)
Or has anyone HAD those worries
It's been so long since I got chickens I don't remember worrying about it, but I probably did.

 

[JadeFarms]

I have an Americana, and people are like, wait, what? How does she lay BLUE eggs? And when I explain, they stare at me blankly.

Same here, I have ameraucanas and people are shocked to learn that they lay eggs. Some people don’t even want to eat them because they are blue

 

[black_cat]

I have an Americana, and people are like, wait, what? How does she lay BLUE eggs? And when I explain, they stare at me blankly.

I wANT an easter egger REALLY badly. I've also had my friends, who have their own chickens, not believe me when I said that our leghorn would lay white eggs. I think that she thought that I thought that ALL white chickens lay white eggs. But nope! I know my stuff, and she will lay beautiful white eggs.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

I always have to explain to people that the chickens only peck them if they stick their fingers through the hardware cloth. And, not poultry related, but I have to tell people the same thing about the bunnies.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Anyone ever had people worried because they've seen their chickens eating small rocks, or lying on the floor dead (d-u-s-t b-a-t-h-i-n-g) or even because they have a weird lump on their backs (oil gland)
Or has anyone HAD those worries
It's been so long since I got chickens I don't remember worrying about it, but I probably did.

I thought it was scary when my week-old chicks were dust-bathing in the shavings. But when I found the oil gland, I thought it was cool!

 

[JadeFarms]

Anyone ever had people worried because they've seen their chickens eating small rocks, or lying on the floor dead (d-u-s-t b-a-t-h-i-n-g) or even because they have a weird lump on their backs (oil gland)
Or has anyone HAD those worries
It's been so long since I got chickens I don't remember worrying about it, but I probably did.

I have had many people think they were dead and I was scared they had a something growing outta them when I first discovered the oil gland

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

The kids told someone that our chicken lays green eggs (I think they're blue, but whatever) and they were like, cool! Green eggs and ham!

 

[The Happster]

I’ve had an adult ask me if a chick (day old) was gonna peck they and they were scared to hold it because they thought it could hurt them.

Oh, so many people.
Even when I held it the other way so they could stroke the back of their neck without seeing the beak.


I actually had someone the other day ask what the feet were reffered to as. "Hands?" "Uhhh, claws"

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Oh, so many people.
Even when I held it the other way so they could stroke the back of their neck without seeing the beak.


I actually had someone the other day ask what the feet were reffered to as. "Hands?" "Uhhh, claws"

The kids next door think that the feet are talons.