dianneS
Loving the herd life
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I still have a lot of clients that I deal with from the city and the suburbs even though I'm in the country now. I'm always amazed at how little people know about livestock. Especially since we're in Central Pennsylvania and surrounded by farm land. Non of our "cities" are really real cities. I always assumed that most people in our area either have farmers in their families somewhere or at least know people who farm... but I guess not?? 
I can't count how many times I've had to explain to people that chickens don't need a rooster to lay eggs!
Chickens seem to be the most confusing to some. I had a woman ask if the hen nurses the chicks! 
People can't believe that the chicks can eat on their own right after they hatch. I had a guy blown away that my hen had ten chicks, like she was Octomom or something! 
I think he really thought she gave birth to them. Another guy, couldn't believe that I eat my chickens eggs. He thought I had to do something to them before they could be eaten. Like pasturization or what??? 
Recently I was telling a client how hard its been to dispose of my horse manure in the 4 feet of snow we have on the ground, since I can't push my wheelbarrow through it, nor make the trek to the manure pile. He was blown away at how much work that must entail and wanted to know if all of the poop piles were "on top of the snow"? That I wasn't digging in the snow to get to the poops?? I was totally confused until I realized that he thinks horses are like big dogs, and I must go out in the pasture every day and follow them around with a pooper scooper and bag and clean up after them, like he cleans up after his dog! Well, I couldn't help but laugh at him after that one. 
I said "they're not big dogs!!" and explained that it was manure from their stalls.
Some people just never cease to amaze me! I'm still laughing over that last one!
I can't count how many times I've had to explain to people that chickens don't need a rooster to lay eggs!
Chickens seem to be the most confusing to some. I had a woman ask if the hen nurses the chicks! People can't believe that the chicks can eat on their own right after they hatch. I had a guy blown away that my hen had ten chicks, like she was Octomom or something! I think he really thought she gave birth to them. Another guy, couldn't believe that I eat my chickens eggs. He thought I had to do something to them before they could be eaten. Like pasturization or what??? Recently I was telling a client how hard its been to dispose of my horse manure in the 4 feet of snow we have on the ground, since I can't push my wheelbarrow through it, nor make the trek to the manure pile. He was blown away at how much work that must entail and wanted to know if all of the poop piles were "on top of the snow"? That I wasn't digging in the snow to get to the poops?? I was totally confused until I realized that he thinks horses are like big dogs, and I must go out in the pasture every day and follow them around with a pooper scooper and bag and clean up after them, like he cleans up after his dog!
Well, I couldn't help but laugh at him after that one. I said "they're not big dogs!!" and explained that it was manure from their stalls.Some people just never cease to amaze me! I'm still laughing over that last one!
