A year ago when I got a rooster (to sit on the fence and crow) my DH was fine with that. The breeder talked me into a hen to keep him company (the rooster). DH was even okay with that. Then spring came and DH started saying we needed a few more hens, just in case those eastern tent caterpillars come back this year. Well...that just opened the flood gate.
Long story short...I got an incubator and he's been dead set against me hatching anything during winter. "No chickens in the house!" Perhaps the one night with the brahma rooster crowing from a crate in the living room was enough.
I hatched shipped eggs 2 weeks ago and he has been sooo okay with it. They are in the hallway outside our bedroom. The only time I think he may have wanted to say something, was when they woke us up sounding like a smoke alarm. We both sat straight up in bed. Kinda funny...now they respond to my alarm clock. So I hear Beep Beep Beep and then Peep Peep Peep.
Anyway, he has made it clear (nicely) that I shouldn't have hatched in the winter. But today (sad lip forward) I told him that the eggs I'm getting from the Jan. swap have been shipped. I said "if you don't want me to hatch them...we could have a big duck egg omelet." He said "No...go ahead and try to hatch them."
And he was unloading hay for me today into the barn while I was at work. And he told me about what one of the pullets was doing.
I think he's coming around
Long story short...I got an incubator and he's been dead set against me hatching anything during winter. "No chickens in the house!" Perhaps the one night with the brahma rooster crowing from a crate in the living room was enough.
I hatched shipped eggs 2 weeks ago and he has been sooo okay with it. They are in the hallway outside our bedroom. The only time I think he may have wanted to say something, was when they woke us up sounding like a smoke alarm. We both sat straight up in bed. Kinda funny...now they respond to my alarm clock. So I hear Beep Beep Beep and then Peep Peep Peep.
Anyway, he has made it clear (nicely) that I shouldn't have hatched in the winter. But today (sad lip forward) I told him that the eggs I'm getting from the Jan. swap have been shipped. I said "if you don't want me to hatch them...we could have a big duck egg omelet." He said "No...go ahead and try to hatch them."
And he was unloading hay for me today into the barn while I was at work. And he told me about what one of the pullets was doing.
I think he's coming around