How do you convince your significant/insignificant others?

Say pretty please and bribe him with foot rubs. And make him goats milk ice cream. He looooves that!

 

Well, sit them down and just ask...see what their responses are. The best way to get an answer is to talk it out Good luck!

 

Keep those lines of communication open. My husband was skeptical when i said i wanted "just two chickens". Then i hatched some silkies, and then some showgirls. Added some pullets, then some more. Along the line, though, i have rehomed ones that were not working out. He has hit his limit at times, and tells me so. But he seems to really love the big girls, our EE's and red stars. And he is currently working on a bigger pen for our big girls.

Just make sure you tend and care for that significant other, at least as well as you care for your critters.

 

As soon as the animals produce more work than they produce enjoyment you may
want to back off a bit.


I'm no authority on this but my wife hasn't gotten mad yet. The other night
I tried to convince her we had a new Spotted Bantam chick. It worked for
a little while. It was really a quail.

 

My wife enjoys the birds she does give me crap when i say this will be my last batch of eggs to incubate and then a month later i'm still putting eggs in the incubator. I also sell alot of my birds and eggs and i think that helps.

 

I just make sure for everything I get, he gets something he wants.

You want that new XBox honey? I was thinking about starting another breeding project..

Hey, honey, I want these new Sumatra chickens. No, they aren't good for meat, they are more "ornamental".. Well, what do you want?

I took him to a poultry sale, against his wish.. He doesn't care much for my animals.. Well, he surprised me when he walked up with a turkey poult and asked if I had some cash.. That's what I get for leaving him alone with Steve and Sharon(SandSPoultry) for two minutes .. Now we have three turkeys..

It's all good.

-Kim