My friend says if you wake up & put food in your mouth then give that food to a chicken, the chicken will die.?

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A bunch of us went out to St. Johns to visit Eric’s (and Ben’s) chicks. This was their second time outside and they were having a grand old time. More Moxie.

Question by Briget R: My friend says if you wake up & put food in your mouth then give that food to a chicken, the chicken will die.?
Is this just an old wife’s tale? My friend says her Uncle grew up on a chicken farm. He said that if you wake up, don’t brush your teeth, then give food that you had in your mouth to a chicken & they eat it, they will die. Supposedly because they cannot tolerate all of those human germs.

Sounded like an urban legend to me ….

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7 Responses to My friend says if you wake up & put food in your mouth then give that food to a chicken, the chicken will die.?

  1. its true believe me i am fox channel news reporter!!!!

    blues123
    October 13, 2012 at 2:46 am
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  2. it is not true. As long as you aren’t feeding them whatever you were going to eat for breakfast. You can’t just go hand them a bacon strip you had in your mouth.

    If you for some reason put some chicken feed in your mouth and then feed it to a chicken it will not die.

    Adam L
    October 13, 2012 at 2:53 am
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  3. your an idiot

    lost girl
    October 13, 2012 at 3:26 am
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  4. Not so. I also grew up on a chicken farm.

    science teacher
    October 13, 2012 at 3:26 am
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  5. It is not true. The tales just want you to brush your mouth if you wake up because your mouth is smell no good

    gwan
    October 13, 2012 at 3:52 am
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  6. If you wake up, put food in your mouth, then give the food to a chicken and then make soup out of the chicken, well…

    as to the germs. Chickens are pretty robust animals. They eat a lot a things that are on the ground and exposed to a wide variety of bacteria.

    m w
    October 13, 2012 at 4:06 am
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  7. HAW! HAW! HAW! don’t you believe it. almost nothing a chicken will eat poisons it.Chickens seem to have some sixth sense concerning poison food.

    goofy
    October 13, 2012 at 4:43 am
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