We already order chickens for the kids to show, though in the past they've stayed out at DH's grandma's house because we lived in town. This year I decided that we'd order a bunch and keep them all to raise the kids' chickens next year, sell some eggs and babies( to help pay for feed). We did have to make a "deal" in order for me to get my pens built the way I want them but once I pointed out that they'd cost the same to feed as our dogs and we'd actually get something back, he didn't have a leg to stand on. Of course they were already ordered so it wouldn't have done him any good.
I do as I please most of the time anyway, so this was nothing new to him.