Lol this thread is too funny
Thankfully mine doesn't have this problem, when I first told him I wanted to get some chickens like around a half dozen or so he got MAD because that wasn't enough. He had some very strong arguements as to why I NEEDED to start out with 50. Such as well you have to look at your losses, your going to lose 10% right off the bat, and even if you order all pullets 10% are going to be boys and he was figuring predator loss, etc etc etc. He wants to get me a sportsmans incubator so I can hatch out more eggs (mind you I am hatching my first rounds of babies right now thanks to the help of some broody hens) and build me an insulated brooding shed. If he had his way I would have about 400 birds, he drew up housing plans for them and once again had very persuasive arguements that it wont take me any more time to take care of that many than it would to take care of 1.
He doesn't want me to order hatching eggs becuase he is afraid that they won't hatch due to all the stress in shipping.
He won't let me get any silkies cause he says they are too delicate but I already have plans to get some cause a neighbor down the road has some so I plan on getting some eggs from him and incubating them with some other eggs, then suprise.
We have other "discussions" about chickens because he is a midwestern farm boy (hence the logic of why I need large numbers of chickens) and I grew up mostly in L.A. and yes I had chickens there including my pet RIR roo.
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6 dogs, 2 cats and around 6 dozen chickens.
