My coop is going to end up in a divorce!

[mtullis]

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WOW!

 

[Rocky Top Chick]

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Are we married to the same man?

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He really gets around.

 

[bad_coffee]

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Sounds like a good plan to me. I do most of the cooking/baking/cleaning around here, She gets off lucky because neither of us wants kids. I got off real lucky with the coop. She says "I want a coop, and I don't care what it looks like as long as it holds all the birds and doesn't anger the neighbors!" She went out and looked at it today and says "wow. this is really nice!"

My rant wasn't aimed at every woman who has a coop. It's just kind of a wake up call to those people who don't realize their 'better' half is doing a lot for them. I've worked with plenty of women who are better carpenters than I am. I've met some really cool weldors who are women. I'm not saying women can't help, I'm bringing up the point that some wont help. The Lady asked repeatedly if I needed help, and told her it's all good. Not because I didn't want her helping, I just didn't need the help.

B

 

[mistyfeather]

me and my hubby do everything together sharing all of our house duties, cooking , cleaning , yard work etc. now we work together on the "chicken project" . i tell him how many birds im getting, how much space i need. we both put in ideas on how it should look, i draw up the plans (being an artist makes for great pre-build to scale pics

) then we both build it

i dont ask i just do. every thing works better with team work and a project that would take 4 weekends is done in one

i know he gives up a great deal of time to help me with my projects so when he beefs up the coop or run more then what i wanted i know its just because he wants me to be proud of it and wants it to last

 

[Penturner]

Just a touch of reality check on the "Attitude" Comments. Keep in mind that even when people are willing and even excited about building something. It is a very hard and frustrating thing to do. Just see it as an opportunity to enhance your vocabulary!!!

I always say construction is an exercise of testing your ability to solve problems. It is a process of making one thing after another work the way it is supposed to. Cuts, scrapes, sore muscles, measuring twice cutting once and heading for the hardware store. The actual event takes it's toll on even the best natured people. It helps if you do not retaliate to blow outs but sympathize with it. when they throw the hammer or board that will not work. Pick up the scrap piece and throw it to. With any luck it will make them laugh. My wife has learned over the years that the more she understands about building and is actually involved and helping. My tantrums make far more since and are far less personal to her. She realize I am just tired, frustrated and cranky. She brings me a cold drink and says set down a while. Even I think that works way better. Trust me it did not look like that 20 years ago.

 

[lauren6]

My hubby stopped smoking the week we started building the coop

GOOD TIMES !!!!!!!!! LOL

 

[sattoritx]

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Oh my, I know how tense that can be without the coop on top of it, i'm happy to say our marriage survived the coop. Now to plan the large run, lol

 

[colowyo0809]

Ok, so I've gone through five pages about this and now I'd like to pop in my two cents

. My DP (thats dear partner) and I tend to share alot of the responsibilities equally. He vaccums, I take care of garbages and recycling. He does the majority of the cooking, I do the majority of the dishes (although, come to think of it I do the dishes even when I'm the one cooking lol). Just to show how well he actually knows me, this past valentines after I had sent in the money for our chicks from Sandhill, he went out, bought the stuff needed, or found it lying around here, and built a brooder from some plans I had found. Granted, its one of those simple rubbermaid tubs with chicken wire, but it works and he put time, effort and a little bit of blood and a burn into it. He helped me tear down a shed to use some of the useable boards to make our vegatable gardens (which he then built that afternoon). I have designed a moveable "tractor" that I plan on building, maybe even with his help. We can't recycle a whole lot around here because a. there isn't a whole lot to recycle and b. alot of what is around is not good enough for recycling. However, I will be using the tin siding for the "tractor" in addition to the brand new lumber I'll be buying at the depot. We have had our arguments, just like the rest of ya'll, and sometimes after I've offered help and he's refused and then he hurts himself its really tempting to say "Well, now I bet you had accepted my offer". Instead, I let him cuss it out, kiss it better, and then make him sit down so I can take over for a while

Some people tend to let one person do it all, some people want to do it all with no help, and some people are able to work together as a team. Find what works best for your team and make that happen. If that means he builds it while you make dinner and clean up his work area while he's working, or he does that while you build it, or you do the nailing while he does the cutting, just make it happen!

BTW, I think all those pics we've seen so far are great! And our chicks would love to fly out of their brooder, which makes me pretty darn sure that they (or at least some of them) are older than 1.5 weeks!

Have fun, after all, what else can you do?

Matthew

 

[St-Hubert]

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Nothing to add to this thread, just have to say that is a wonderful-looking coop! Nice!

 

[write2caroline]

We both recycle and mine can barely hammer 2 boards together so I build my own coops. If I don't like the way a coop or run turns out I have to blame myself. Below is my Japanese teahouse coop for his Japanese bantams.

OMGOSH LOVE IT.

I wish I wish I wish my hubby was handy - he tries really hard. It doesn't matter how it looks - the fact that he built it for me is what matters cuz it is one of many ways he shows me he loves me. I do wish stuff didn't look like Hobo Holiday inn or Shanty town but - If is functional and cheap Cheep Cheep!
Caroline​