Honestly most of the men who keep chickens around here are much older and very set in their ways.
They don't want to learn anything new or even talk shop unless you're near their age and male of course.
Haha recosnizable. My male partner has an uncle that is in a LOT of birds. So am I. I know them all by name. All the species, their mating habits, I have SOOO many questions for him about this birds. But much to my displeasement, asking him all kind of questions about his birds.., and my partner that has 0 interest in birds, my partner keeps being forced to look at his birds and hear all his bird-rambling.. which atcually interests me!! But I'm 'let just leave the hens here to squabble about female things won't we'. :')
So I hate not being involved with his birds, and my partner hates to hear endless talk about story's about birds.. I'm there with his aunt, trying awkward to talk about interests, interests she shares with my husband... we both want to trade places.. hé wants to squabble like hens with his aunt.. I want to talk about birds with his uncle.. but this old man is stuck in some old-fashion way :') No matter what I say that really makes clear that I know what I am talking about, my husband that has 0 knowledge about birds, is prefered to talk with about birds, due to penis :') It's not men though. I also get a LOT of baby's stuffed in my arms or cooking-orders by women since I am a women and must have naturally experience with that =/ While my husband is better at baby's and cooking...hahaha!
We secretly both laugh about it. Because really.. what is bird keeping? Raising, feeding and cleaning them. Things that those 'men' in other situations think are 'stuff that females are naturally better at'... but no, not suddenly when it comes to birds :') Hahaha!
I talked with my partner about it yesterday. And this sounds macabre... and I hope it is not taken the wrong way; (I also want to warn about language that describes genitalia) but we are kind of glad it are all old men.. because when they are gone, young people and female people have a chance to enjoy their hobby. I know at this moment; when I would take my birds to a show, where I'm the only female ánd young person it will end in two ways if I would win;
A. I win. And my male partner gets congratulated because it IS impossible that a women raises such fine chicken/pidgeons.. my husband must have trained me well!
B. I win. But it is JUST luck. Because again; it is impossible that a women raises such fine chicken/pidgeons...
And the whole time even being there in the process they will call me 'little girl', 'wee child', 'newbie', or plain ignoring me because I should be in the kitchen at home instead of meddeling with this manly-man hobby I have 0 knowledge off because apparently knowledge of birds is stored in your penis. And, it's not just women; apparently how younger you are as man, the tinier penis you have when it comes to storing bird-knowledge and you are also not welcome. That't their logic. You can be a 71 year old male doing this for 50+ years, and the ones that are 80+ will STILL treat you like a newbie child. I have no clue when or why bird-raising became such a 'manly-man' thing to do.. but I have my supicions. Looking at my grandfather and other chicken/pidgeon keepers; it was a way to be alone and yourself. They all were in forced marriages, they were not forced to mary; but the first person you met at a young age that you wanted to have intimate relationships with you had to marry before doing that, it was a big thing in society. You were expected to have children soon. The more the better. Getting a divorce was out of the question. No matter how much you found out that you are not the right partner for each other, which can easily happen since it is for both of you the first relation you start; you had to live it for ever. Make the best of it. Since your wife was expected to be the boss in the house; pidgeon/chicken keeping was a good way to be out of the house, ánd meet men in the same situation. They probably never talked about it, but being around people like you, that are feeling the same, is very nice. No words are needed. That and animals don't judge you.
Luckely, now, we have a choice. We have a choice to stay virgin until marriage. We have a choice to not do that when it does not fit us. We are allowed to divorce when it does not make you and your partner happy. We don't need to find a hobby 'to get out of the situation'. But we can also choose to do that when it is something that benefits us. We can make our own personal choices. And due to that; the next generation of bird-keepers will be more diverse, and more about actually the bird-keeping. And I like that idea. I wish all people to enjoy something that makes them happy.
,,,I would spontaneously combust and blow away and become more sand. Hey maybe all that sand is people like me? 
