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You're not a brat for wanting what you envisioned. I know EXACTLY what you mean. My future father-in-law is like this. He thinks the only way to do things is his way and he is very intimidating. I told my boyfriend that we were waiting until his parents left (his dad's job would have him gone for about a week) before we built the coop. Not because I didn't want them to know we were doing it but because I knew if his dad was around he would bully Ryan into doing it half-butt as you say. His dad would have good intentions but the coop would not be how I wanted it.
I also had to argue with Ryan as to how big the coop and run needed to be to be able to house so many chickens (square footage per chicken). He used to work in a chicken house, as in the big houses with a thousand chickens where each chicken has about 1 square foot of moving room. So he doesn't think 10 square feet per chicken is justified. I argued that there's a HUGE difference in chicken houses and personal farm chickens. Of course they could survive with less room, but it would not be ideal conditions.
Needless to say, I got what I wanted because I argued and kept after him about how it was to be done. He'd get mad at me for griping and he'd throw things and say "I'm not diong this anymore!" but of course he did finish and now that it's finished, he's very proud of it and is even warming up to the chickens.
Just hang in there and do your own little modifications when you can.
By the way: Are you still living at home with your parents or have you moved out? I just noticed you said something about a hubby. Could you at least wait until your dad wasn't around to do modifications?
You're not a brat for wanting what you envisioned. I know EXACTLY what you mean. My future father-in-law is like this. He thinks the only way to do things is his way and he is very intimidating. I told my boyfriend that we were waiting until his parents left (his dad's job would have him gone for about a week) before we built the coop. Not because I didn't want them to know we were doing it but because I knew if his dad was around he would bully Ryan into doing it half-butt as you say. His dad would have good intentions but the coop would not be how I wanted it.
I also had to argue with Ryan as to how big the coop and run needed to be to be able to house so many chickens (square footage per chicken). He used to work in a chicken house, as in the big houses with a thousand chickens where each chicken has about 1 square foot of moving room. So he doesn't think 10 square feet per chicken is justified. I argued that there's a HUGE difference in chicken houses and personal farm chickens. Of course they could survive with less room, but it would not be ideal conditions.
Needless to say, I got what I wanted because I argued and kept after him about how it was to be done. He'd get mad at me for griping and he'd throw things and say "I'm not diong this anymore!" but of course he did finish and now that it's finished, he's very proud of it and is even warming up to the chickens.
Just hang in there and do your own little modifications when you can.
By the way: Are you still living at home with your parents or have you moved out? I just noticed you said something about a hubby. Could you at least wait until your dad wasn't around to do modifications?
