Does your spouse or significant other support your chicken hobby?

[write2caroline]

My husband was less than supportive to the point that he, at first would not even help me build the coop. Once they started laying eggs, and we had enough so many in fact that his coworkers were asking if they could purchase them and then he had some pin money....The great chicken venture was suddenly his idea and he really got into it. We had our issues and our losses too. I lost all of our laying hens this summer because they got stuck in the coop on a very hot day when I went to church. He was traveling and even offered to get chicks and bring them home.

Be patient and very appreciative of anything your spouse does because often it is not because they necessarily changed their paradigm about chickens but more often it is a way they show they care about us and that is a truly sweet thing.

Caroline

 

[newbie32]

My DH has been wonderful so far, and we don't even have our chicks yet! So far he has INSISTED on building an amazing brooder (I was just going to use a rubbermaid tub) and is researching our coop needs so he can start converting an old shed into a coop and run. He even offered to drive two hours in the middle of the week to go pick the chicks up from the hatchery. I said no to that one; he works that day, and will have to pick them up from the post office as it is since I work far away.

I will be undertaking their daily maintenance, but DH has been all over the prep work!

Sounds like he liked the idea of a PROJECT! Just keep adding until he says no LOL

 

[newbie32]

Mrs. Mudd is very supportive and appreciative, and fairly helpful as well. I still do most of the work, but she likes to be involved. She understands that losses are part of the game. She went from thinking the six I originally bought were too many, to understanding why I bought another either, to wanting to help pick out the next eight. Now she'll point at one hen or another and say, "You need to hatch some of her eggs."

LOL it is great that she can see the beauty in the hens and want more!

 

[newbie32]

Be patient and very appreciative of anything your spouse does because often it is not because they necessarily changed their paradigm about chickens but more often it is a way they show they care about us and that is a truly sweet thing.

Caroline

Yes very true!

 

[Cluky]

I call my DH a closet chicken lover. when I told him we will have chickens he told me I was nuts. We live downtown a major US city. BUT first egg comes around, first omelette is made, chicken pictures he is first one on Facebook posting those pics!!! all proud of that stuff. plus he loves eggs. so I suspect he can call be crazy all he wants he jut won't admit he is crazy along side with me...

 

[Mrs. K]

Mine just smiles at me, and teases me if we have to buy eggs! They are my project, and we are secure enough that the feed bill is a non issue. He has never done ANYTHING with the chickens, except eat the eggs!

 

[GSPx2]

Not really. My wife said no but I told her I was going to get the wood to build a coop and she didn't believe me. Well she open the garage door and saw a half built chicken coop and realized I was serious. After the coop was built I told her I was going to pick up chickens and again, she didn't believe me. She was a little mad when she came home to see chickens. She's better about it now, but I think it's because our 2.5 year old son loves the chickens and helps care for them.

 

[cheeperchick]

Sort of. At first it was my husband's ideas and I quickly said no but then after some thinking and remembering when I was a kid collecting eggs from my grandma's flock, I decided to give it a try. He re-designed and expanded the run & coop and I feed and water and sit & the coop with them. Sometimes he has to go and get me. ;-)

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Ugh my hubby, bless his heart, couldn't be bothered with piddly little things like chickens and their upkeep. But, he does build me coops and hutches, and he does routinely drive me sometimes hours away to pick up birds and he does at least pretend to listen to me when I go on and on about them

He actually wanted to get chickens in the first place. I said no, absolutely not. I came home from work one day and we had a new coop and 8 new chickens to go with it. I was extremely unhappy about that. Then, a week later we had 3 new turkey poults to go with them. Again, not happy. I was even less happy when his coop cleaning didn't meet my standards. I took over and they've been mine ever since. Now, I can't imagine what life would be like without them. They bring me alot of peace and joy, and I even find it semi relaxing to do my daily chicken chores.

I guess I have my wonderful, hard headed husband to thank for that

 

[dblankin]

My wife said "I never thought you'd actually get any" and was disturbingly upset with my 5 Dom chicks. They are a week old and she still doesn't like them. She is supportive in offering money saving tips for my coop project so I think there is hope.