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You go! I would have definitely wanted to clean and FILL the bator and I'm mean enough to actually go there...ha!
My DH is pretty mellow most of the time. He complains about animals, of course, but he also wants what some of the animals provide...eggs and meat and he wants to be more self-sufficient so while it's partly his idea, I think he believes he can have some control over how much time it takes me to look after the meat and egg factory. That he thinks he has a significant amount of control over what I do with my time is, well, delusional,
but I know that the new chicks and the amount of time I spend fussing with them is annoying the crap out of him.
Same thing with the garden. I'm a gardening freak and he knew that when he found me. He wants to grow food and he doesn't actually do it himself so he needs to either keep quiet or find ways to make the time I spend out there more efficient. I suck at efficiency
He's a soldier...he doesn't!
He also knew that the three pot bellied pigs I had were part of the deal and that no discussion would ensue when we had to move from Arkansas to NC and then from NC to Michigan. With the pigs. In the back of the U-Haul truck. Love me, tolerate my pigs!
To be fair, even though I'm exhausted when I get home from work I almost never ask him to take care of "my" critters. The rabbit, pig, dog and cat are my responsibility and I try to shoulder it without complaining...he doesn't need any ammunition! He's the one that wanted chickens and he's building the coop and going to be responsible partly for their care. He helps if I'm sick or really wiped out and he helps with other things like dinner when he can see that I'm about done in. But when I feel like whining, I try to remember these things
