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Madder Than a Wet Hen

by tpw
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I have always heard this phrase, "Madder than a wet hen..."

And being the kind of freak I am, when I heard it tonight, I started to wonder where that phrase came from...

Since I hear it mostly in farming areas, I assume it must be true that you can tell a hen is mad when she gets wet...

So I went to YouTube to find a video of a hen getting wet, then getting mad about it.

I could find no such video...

So I have a request...

Either:
  • Point me to a video of a hen getting mad because she was wet; or
  • Take a water hose out to the barn yard, and spray the hen down, filming it and putting it on YouTube...

Gosh durnit... I want to see what "madder than a wet hen" looks like!! :p
  • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
    Bill,

    Here's a challenge for you.

    Fill up a bucket of ice cold water, find a hen, then pour it over it in one fail swoop. Sit back and watch.

    Failing that, if no hens are available, do it to your wife instead.

    I'm under the impression you'll get the same effect and lay to rest your curiosity on the matter.

    Hope that helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author MaxBounty
      Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

      Bill,

      Here's a challenge for you.

      Fill up a bucket of ice cold water, find a hen, then pour it over it in one fail swoop. Sit back and watch.

      Failing that, if no hens are available, do it to your wife instead.

      I'm under the impression you'll get the same effect and lay to rest your curiosity on the matter.

      Hope that helps.
      The added benefit of using your wife as the test subject is you may also get to see what it looks like when someone "blows a gasket", "gets their knickers in a twist", and "screams blue murder".
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by MaxBounty View Post

        The added benefit of using your wife as the test subject is you may also get to see what it looks like when someone "blows a gasket", "gets their knickers in a twist", and "screams blue murder".
        WOW, WE often say "screams BLOODY murder"!
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post


      Failing that, if no hens are available, do it to your wife instead.
      If Bill does that and posts a vid, I'll give him 34 cents!

      If he takes a vid of her beating the kark out of him in return, I'll give him even more.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Originally Posted by tpw View Post

    I have always heard this phrase, "Madder than a wet hen..."

    And being the kind of freak I am, when I heard it tonight, I started to wonder where that phrase came from...

    Since I hear it mostly in farming areas, I assume it must be true that you can tell a hen is mad when she gets wet...

    So I went to YouTube to find a video of a hen getting wet, then getting mad about it.

    I could find no such video...

    So I have a request...

    Either:
    • Point me to a video of a hen getting mad because she was wet; or
    • Take a water hose out to the barn yard, and spray the hen down, filming it and putting it on YouTube...

    Gosh durnit... I want to see what "madder than a wet hen" looks like!! :p
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    When them hens get mad the head goes down, the butt comes up and the eggs come flying out.
    It's like playing dodge ball on Halloween night
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    I tried to Bing it and I found a video that looked pretty promising - BUT when I clicked it, turns out they didnt spray the hen.. it was just naturally angry
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  • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
    mad as a wet hen

    In the old south, after a hen laid her eggs she would want to sit on them until they hatch. Even if you gathered up all her eggs, she would still sit on the empty nest. So in order to "break her" and get her to lay more eggs, the farmer would lift her off the nest and dunk her in water. She'd then go right back to her nest, so this had to be done two or three times, after which she'd be mad as hell and start "fussing and scrambling about" Apparently this "broke her" and she'd start laying eggs again.

    her husband came home late and drunk again, and she was mad as a wet hen!

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  • Profile picture of the author kenyaengineering
    When other birds do bathe with water hens actually bathe soil/sand. In fact hens sitting on eggs during incubation do this every moment they come out. You can then imagine the scenario that would unfold when you substitute soil with water for their bath. Is a real scare in the face.
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