Who takes care of....

[yinepu]

Me.. all the critters are my responsibility.. however IF i need a hand my husband will help out.. we just figure he has enough with bringing home the paycheck that I tend to everything else... it's worked out well so far and we're happy with the arrangement

 

[greeneggsandham]

As the animals are mine I do all the chores, but if it is something big like moving a coop or clearing some land then the hubby helps. He also takes over afternoon feeding in the winter just because by the time I get home it is dark out, but he only has to dump the food in the bins. I make sure everything is set-up.

 

[chicmom]

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[Nicole01]

We split the responsibility. I have 100% duty of the chickens, my 17 year old dd has 100% cat duties and we all take care of the dogs. My other two dd's are responsible for their own hamsters. All of our hamsters live 4-5 years, so they must do something right.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I do everything except killing sick/ injured too badly animals . Plus he helps catch goats if I am selling them or need a hand disbudding or something. Sometimes he unloads feed, or helps get hay. He did help fence our 10 acres and cross fence. And closed in the barn, built a hay loft and stalls. But I do the daily stuff.

 

[turney31]

My DH lets them out in the morning. Feeds the pigs. Builds the coops. Feeds the outside dogs and cats. Takes the inside dogs out. DH has sucessfully provided CPR services twice over the years.

I do all the feeding, wing clipping and DRing. I gather eggs, and put them up at night. I help and point on the coop building.

We both keep the water full and cool.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Mostly me I look after the cats and the dog (well unless you call trying to poison the cats by giving them supermarket cat biscuits) Chickens have been put on hold until feb so I can afford a nice 215 square feet chicken run.

 

[thechickenchick]

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Same here! I also know if it werent for me he would not have them. Dont get me wrong, he likes them its just he would not have the added responsibility if he were still single.. I also figure if he works to buy the food the least I can do is put it in the bowl!

 

[bullyforme]

All of my animals are taken care of by me - every meal, every grooming, every litterbox or aquarium or coop cleaning, etc. I brought them all home, so I willingly take care of them all.

My sons will take the dog for a walk though

 

[MommyMagpie]

DS13 takes care of the dog, DD is responsible for the parakeet, and DS10 and I care for the chickens, with occasional help from the other two (like if I hear an egg song and can't go out right then to check). I also do the garden (a friend's husband comes with his tiller in the spring) and am training DS13 to do the yard but mostly I do that too.

Since our washer died I also have laundry duty b/c the children are afraid of the laundromat. I have decided that I will have a new washer before the weekend so that will go back to being DD's responsiblity. I don't like doing laundry.

DS10 has kitchen duty, a consequence of dumping a whole dishpan of dirty dishwater on a freshly waxed kitchen floor about a year ago. He has to clean up the kitchen until he: does all the dishes and gets them clean, wipes down table/counters/stove, takes out trash and sweeps floor, without being told to do any of that. I'm still waiting. Yes, he is stubborn, but I have almost 40 years more practice at being stubborn and I will win this battle.