ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS ISSUE???

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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$150k

 

[wegotchickens]

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My DH originally agreed to 4. Then I added 2. MPC sent 7 total (a 'packing peanut' was included). We gave away one, have one pending give away, and so I can keep 2 of the chicks I just hatched. Then I negotiated for adding 4 more to the swingset coop (10 chickens total). I failed to mention that the tractor will be a banty pen... We'll get to that later

He's currently focused on the fact that I said I had plans for all the hamster tanks he wanted me to give away. I haven't actually mentioned the button quail to him yet

But wondering what I'm up to with the tanks has kept him from asking about the tractor long-term plans

I think SO / spouse management is a combination of training, rewards, and mystery.
And I gotta keep him essentially happy, since he does more laundry and dishes than I do, vacuums, and dusts. He's a neat freak and I love him for it!!!

 

[Cara]

My husband made the mistake of saying 52 "laying hens". Well they don't all lay every day, and some are too young to, and some aren't chickens at all....

 

[Run-A-Muck Ranch]

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So does that mean that the ones that aren't "laying" mean they don't count...

And you can keep adding until you get 52 'laying hens'...

At least that's what I would try....

 

[GAhen]

My husband stays out of my chicken business.
He knows I enjoy them and they make me happy.
And as the old saying goes...
When momma ain't happy NObody's happy.
So my dh likes me to be happy!

I appreciate his patients on the matter.
One thing I told him before I got my chickens.

I only have this one life on this earth.
I want to make it a happy one.
I do not want to be old and say...
I really wanted some chickens but my husband wouldn't let me..
Boy that would be sad now wouldn't it.

So now I have chickens and goats and cats and lots of dogs and a bunny

 

[Guitartists]

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I've been telling my DH this for YEARS!!!! But he doesn't buy into it

Says I'm selfish :| Selfish???? If I was selfish, why would I do everything for everyone, including putting HIS clothes away because he is too lazy and finding the juice because it was "hidden" behind the milk...... I swear... why can't men learn to look under and behind things????

 

[Cara]

I think my husband is just glad they're more birds and not more dogs. Apparently 1 Bloodhound = 3 regular dogs, and there's no way I can have more than one hound at a time. I haven't asked what the horse quota is.

I'm actually under chicken quota at the moment as I lost two and gave six away, and will soon be down another three. Not that he counts them, but he said he will impose a chicken audit and go in with a shotgun if i'm over LOL Quail are another matter, he actually said I should get some more

I think he's trying reverse psychology.

 

[Guitartists]

Just get little quail colored chickens and tell him you thought they WERE quail!

 

[GAhen]

Marriage is a partnership.
It is not a dictatorship, by the wife or the husband.
It is not 50%-50% it is 100%-100%.
As long as both believe that and strive for it, then things should be great.

My husband enjoys flipping houses...
I love my animals...
So I go with him to look at houses, I help him with decorating decisions etc.
and he leaves me alone about my chickens.....
Works out good.

 

[wegotchickens]

If I pay for the feed, do the maintenance, and the neighbors don't complain, should'nt that make DH's limits null and void?

I'm thinking about that as my next argument...