What is SO WRONG with Chickens? Does YOUR family complain?

[MagsC]

Most of family is pretty good about it, mostly I guess because just my 17 year old lives with me and no one else has to really have anything to do with my chickens.
But my dad....sigh....always had to take pot shots of some sort about them.
Friends, aquaintances are a mixed lot. Some approve, some dont and some are neutral.

 

[Kansaseq]

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The people who take 'pot shots' would not be invited to my home anymore. If it's not good natured, then they'd be given one chance to stop it. It's not about the chickens; it's about respect for you.(I think someone else already said that--sorry!)

 

[redhen]

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Your BF sounds like a jerk..

 

[Morgan7782]

My brother gripes constantly about my chickens and anytime I say the word chickens he is moaning and groaning at me. He tells me they are stupid, pointless, messy and dirty. He has let the cat out a few times to "see what would happen" and it almost ended up me giving HIM a bloodied nose. This is the brother who was recently in the hospital due to a self inflicted.. situation.

Ever since he has been home he b****** at me about my girls, how loud they are, what a mess they make, how we have to keep the cat locked up. A few times he tried to catch one of my pullets and nearly dropped her from much higher then she could have flown. This is a 30 year old man I am talking about.. ::sigh::

I and the family explain my brother as having "outsmarted his common sense" and he does NOT have a Jiminy Cricket on his shoulder sadly. I try to avoid him but we live in the same house at the moment. I just try to keep away whenever I mention my chickens, he is merciless with his rude teasing and crude jokes about them and the cat..

Edited to add: My pullets do NOT stink, nor are they any dirtier then any other chickens. They are friendly, and smart. I know I don't have to convince YOU all this but it's nice to have somewhere to talk chickens. I don't have anybody in person I can even mention it to without getting some stupid response or groans.

 

[DragonEggs]

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I feel your pain sister!

I tried 2 tactics today and both got on everyones nerves. I spent the first half of the day ignoring everyone. I got so good at it that I was missing out on almost everything they were saying, which didnt bother me too much but sure p*$$3d them off. It worked really well since I had to go to the feed store and buy a few things and ended up talking to all the really nice people there about chickens

I had totally tuned out all my of my BFs groans and moans and complaints of "Are we done yet? Can we go now?". Once we got home I turned the tables on him and groaned and moaned about everything he was doing, from spending too much time in the bathroom (in reality he only spends about 30 seconds at a time in there) to what kind of chips he bought. I complained about everything until he snapped and demanded to know why I was snapping at him so much. I told him he was annoying me as much as my chickens annoy him. We spent a few hours in silence, then the dogs got into the trash and I told him to clean it up, he asked why I couldn't do it, I said "I'm getting a job to support my chicken habbit. What are you doing with your life?" (I was filling out applications on my computer, he was playing WoW). Silence again for the next couple of hours until bed time.

I could get use to being a mean chick. LOL

 

[Morgan7782]

Great advice! You get what you dish out! I will have to try that.. My brother is painfully irritating with all his griping and moaning. My mom just rolls her eyes at him, but for me it is SO constant that it tends to ware me down. A few times I have thrown my hands up and said "Fine! Forget it! I will rehome them!!" But I never do thank gosh..

 

[manderzpants]

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you're a better person than me, i would have had to pound him into the ground for trying to drop my chicken. especially since he's a 30 year old "man". it sounds like he has mental/emo problems. i guess i would have to give him some more while he was there. but then again, that's just me and i'm NOT a nice person to mess w/ b/c i am very protective of the ppl and animals that i love.

 

[poultryhaven]

My parents complain sometimes. They said it would be a phase, but I still have them 2 years later. If they complain, I just remind them, they dont do anything to them and I take care of them all on my own and then they kinds shutup lol. I started with 1 bird and now I have tons haha.