Feed store/husband mess up...what would ya'll do?

[202roosterlane]

RE-HOMED

I love it! Sounds so much nicer than what I did

to them. My current DH of 12 years is a keeper. He used to laugh and tease about the chickens to his friends but now a little teasing and he admits they are a lot of fun and he enjoys them too.

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[aubreynoramarie]

In my honest opinion there are much more trivial things you could be mad at your husband about. This is one of those things i would file in the "numbskull mistake" pile and be done with it. Sounds like your biggest problem is that your hubby is too nice and chatty and can be distracted. If thats the worst of your problems i say you have it easy. I tend to feel really bad when i read the husband rants on this site

especially since for the most part they mean well and have just made an honest mistake. People are too harsh on other people in my opinion. everyone makes mistakes. At least he loves you enough to accompany you on your four hour trek.


as for your issue, though...I bet the meaties will be safe with feeding them half and half. Ive had t feed layer pellets to babies that live with broody mamas and theyve al turned out alright. i know lots of other people do the same too...

 

[Pharm Girl]

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x2! I figure the things that drive me nuts about my husband are the same things I'd miss terribly if he were suddenly deceased. I try to remember that, but it's hard. I guess no one said marriage is easy!

 

[Erica]

Though when the same thing happens over and over, it gets frustrating... I think that's when we come down a bit harshly on something trivial.

 

[EggsForIHOP]

I know...and once I vented I was pretty much over it...but around here we have multiple kinds of critters and multiple feeds that all look so close to each other from the bags they come in to once they are portioned out that is actually a VERY big deal that he learns to read tags. It's not trivial if a horse colics because it was fed hog feed or chicken feed instead and it's not trivial if Ming gets the wrong dog food and is bald and itchy 24 hours later - it is a VERY serious thing when you are staring down a vet bill because of something you could have avoided as well as the misery of a sick or hurting animal.

I get, I should be nicer, and I try to be...but it is a HUGE deal to me that my husband learns to read tags on the bags. We had that talk yesterday and he understands my frustrations with him. To him, they LOOKED like the right bag - if I had checked I would have seen right away a bright red tag instead of orange and known better - not checking was my mistake and I am fault equally. I myself have had a few close calls...but I'm not color blind...he is. I can see the subtle differences in things and the different colored bags, he can't.

So, yes...I do need to be nicer to him and not blow up as easily as I do. But the feed thing is so serious to me, it's one thing I actually keep organized and labeled, and rotated, etc....I couldn't help myself but be upset by his lack of focus.

And I'm just teasing (mostly) about rehoming him...we all have our moments right

Some days I realize how lucky I am...and some days Im ready to give him the boot...but he's still here...for now

(And the broiler chicks got 50/50 mixed feed this morning and are all still kicking so far

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[aubreynoramarie]

 

[ScottyHOMEy]

Grinning at the OP and replies.

Myself, I'm blessed with a BH who just has a different way of doing things and is aware of it. Yes, I can still roll my eyes now and then, but if she tries to help out by, say, picking up a bag of feed because her travels will take her past the feed store, she takes great care to take my note with her. 50# NON-medicated Starter/Grower CRUMBLES (yellow bag, not brown . . . ). She always brings home what's needed. Because she's aware of her propensities and plans around them. It's an endearing quality as far as I can tell.

I'm back raising chickens after a hiatus. This is her first experience with them and the only challenge has been reining in her enthusiasm, if only just a tad. It took a while to share the hang of it with her but we've found the balance that allows her to take treats out to the ladies without throwing them off their formulated feed. She gets to enjoy her small handful of scratch for them each day and will make the occasional stop at the pet store to bring them a couple dozen crickets. I have the advantage (given our disparate schedules) of an extra eye on the girls to report any thing different or amiss, and she's gotten right into it. She was the first one to fnd the cross beak I had been watching closely when it first went down. That I had to cull it hasn't deterred her one bit.

On the upside, she was also the one who came flying through the back door this past Saturday morning to report that there were five, count 'em five, eggs laying about the litter in the Pullet Palace. The first from this flock and also in her experience. There hadn't been any the day before, so I'm guessing I may have three started laying. She left a note before she left for work that she had only found one this morning, but then she leaves at 6:30. I found two more when I checked before I left at ten. I'm not going to discourage her from checking, but I did take the time tonight to explain that they tend to lay in the morning and, where we're finally starting to get into freezing night temps, It'll be a good idea that we both check, so as not to leave any out to freeze. She, in turn allowed at how smart they must be, since they are consistently using the nest boxes since I opened them up Saturday afternoon.

What's not to be happy about? Miss Karee. I think I'll keep her.

Only thoughts I have on the layer feed . . . I'm with the crowd that seems to be emerging that wold be okay with cutting it into a starter feed. They are a little young yet, but they will be putting on a lot of bone. That said, if you decide otherwise, you can make the second trip. If the budget permits, rather than swap feed (Did I read right, it's opened and dumped so that's likely not an option), just buy what you would have two weeks from now and you can cut the layer feed in later or in smaller measure. Form the ditance you describe, I don't doubt you tie other errands in with your feed runs . . . so it might not be saving you a thing. Just a thought if you think it's warranted.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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Very good point. I like it.

 

[EggsForIHOP]

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Very good point. I like it.

A friend and I REALLY thought about this maybe a year ago now? It's been a while...but we did talk about it...I mean, it does kind of make sense after all when you think it through...but then life happened and she never got to test it out...guess I will be the one doing the testing now?

Day 2 of their mixed feed and while they seem a little crazier than normal, they're all gobbling it down right now! FEISTY barely begins to describe them! So they must be doing just fine

 

[flowerchild59]

Been thinking about this post and the similarities to my husband.
1. Feed messed up.....check.
2. Eggs messed up....check.
3. Wine messed up....check.
Dilemna???????????? Nah........as long as he brings in a paycheck. It's not worth training a new model.
He's a keeper. Just don't bring him shopping