Steve the Gas Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Keeping hens is not just for the ladies, I live with my youngest son and we both look after my flock of 12. I don't have a OH to moan at/ nagged by So not all bad then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Him Indoors is vaguely aware that we have a few hens (24) at the bottom of the garden somewhere, but that is about it. He did once carry a watering can full of water up to the run for me when I was nursing an injury, but that is as far as his chicken keeping skills stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My OH was a bit sceptical about getting hens at first and only relented when he realised they were ex batts. As he is a great animal lover I knew he would become very attached to them, which of course he has. Mind you like many others I do find it's me doing most of the work when it comes to feeding and cleaning, but in the really cold mornings he is quite willing to go and take down their food and water for them before he goes to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My DH's interest in the chooks has quadrupled since we got a cockerel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraJ Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My other half fusses over our hens like you would not believe. A couple of days ago he nearly bored me to tears with the straw v hay debate, his final comment was 'well if I were a hen I would much prefer to snuggle up in some lovely soft hay'! He even cut short a business trip when our first girls were killed by a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My OH was deeply sceptical when I got the girls...DD phoned him as we drove back from Cotswold Chickens to tell him the glad news, and you could hear the silence down the phone. However, since then he has mellowed somewhat. They definitely make him laugh and when we went on an outing to the Domestic Fowl Trust he kept going back to look at the frizzle bantams - and has said that if I buy him a black frizzle then I can have my pekins in the spring. H He also drove the Volvo back from Somerset when we went to collect the ....I can't imagine him actually doing anything to look after them, unless I was laid up (that's how he has always been with our pets) but amused tolerance will do me fine for the moment. ONE day I'll need him to build a WIR but that's not for several years - til I retire from vicaring and we're back in our own house. He's certainly far more engaged than I feared that first day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerlady Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Keeping hens is not just for the ladies, I live with my youngest son and we both look after my flock of 12.I don't have a OH to moan at/ nagged by So not all bad then We're not that bad.. Besides..what about this young lady I recall you referring to in another thread? Does she not moan or "nag" you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I was asking a builder about concreting the girls a new run base when his mate piped up I wanted chickens a couple of years ago, one of them Omlet Eglu houses, really fancied them. I was quite taken by suprise, he didn't look the sort, rather fit though, he can come and look at my chickens any day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Gas Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I've known worse ones, oh yes, so she has promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissPug+Chooks Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 My OH was constantly trying to put me off having the girls at first then when they arrived he was quite interested in them! Now (2months on) he takes the responsibility of letting them out in the morning (as I leave the house at 5.30am and its still too dark to let them out!) and checking that they are fed and watered. When I work away he is quite happy about looking after them as long as he doesn't have to clean them out (luckily I do it daily anyway so it never gets disgusting!) He certainly doesn't complain about the amazing eggs we get every morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 My OH was the one who wanted them first, I wasn't so keen but then DD showed me , we then went to a hen party and the rest is history.......... Even going to look at a house with land tomorrow. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 My HD didn't mind me having chucks but he made sure I knew they were mine to look after. I feed/water and clean let them out and shut them in. He dose do an egg collect when he comes home at lunch when I'm at work, he won't admit to it but he dose talk to them and I'm sure he throws a handfull of corn in the run. I think he get a bit fed up of the poo on his lawn but I then remind him of the lack of moss this year. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I love this thread! I think I've managed to turn Hubby into an animal lover. He didn't use to like dogs but he absolutely adores our dog and I think it's the same with the chooks. He wasn't really bothered, but let me get chickens cause I really wanted them. Now he lets them out of the coop every morning and was just as excited as I was to find an egg in the nest one morning. I've caught him in the garden a few times 'playing with the chickens' as he calls it, feeding them corn and trying to give them a quick stroke before they move away. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerlady Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 My Partner has chickens also , so it's quite handy for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 I'd always wanted them, DH was reluctant having had a traumatic experience helping friends wingclip theirs - but in the end he just bought me an eglu for my birthday in 2007 and we've never looked back!! he's not that involved with them, likes to act proprietorial when we have friends round and boast about the lovely eggs - but he did just build me a WIR and if I'm away he will certianly do the food/water bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hey, this thread has come up trumps. My OH read it all through on Friday and bingo - when I got back from being away for the weekend he had added a tiny white Frizzle and a bigger black chook to our collection of hens. The tiny white one he is calling his 'little Daisy'. Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enpekt Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hahaha! Sounds like he's "come out"! Well done that man, you're better for it, as I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House MD 221B Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 lol macho front. I love our girls, in fact, even though Sal had chickens before we got together, since I moved in, I've been the one pestering her about getting a cube and upping our girls from 4 to 10 but sadly no joy. She loves them equally don't get me wrong, but she fears that if we had 10 we wouldn't be able to spend enough time with each individual chicken, and while I think that's nonsense, I have been denied Chickens are frankly the greatest animal I've shared my life with, they are always cute even when they're being little beggers, and I think they are a gender neutral animal, so i don't understand the need for the macho front, I probably bore my work colleagues with talking about them. just corner him and tell him what you've seen and get him to fess up that he loves them just as much as you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banhamm Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Ladies I have to disagree I had to convince DW that we should get chickens - and it took me some little while. Now though she loves all the Ducks and Chooks. Mind you we divide the work equally. She collects the eggs and feeds them. I do the mucking out and changing the pond water I have to agree with Chucky1, I too had to convince the lady that we should have chickens. She's still not that convinced but participates in their upkeep and begrudgingly enjoys the eggs our two ladies provide. However she's definitely not as keen as me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
