I don't think the chicken farmer knows what a thousand means. He probably thinks it just means many.
To put that into perspective, the oldest known permanent human settlement is about 25,000 years old. The Bronze Age wouldn’t start for another ~20,000 years, so they wasn’t any metal working.
A family generation lasts about 20-30 years.
1000 * 25 = 25 000
that's an old sword.
I don't think the chicken farmer knows what a thousand means. He probably thinks it just means many.
To put that into perspective, the oldest known permanent human settlement is about 25,000 years old. The Bronze Age wouldn’t start for another ~20,000 years, so they wasn’t any metal working.