Alis girls Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Yup my man after years of not wanting chucks - gazed at the girls in awe yesterday and said " I couldnt love a woman who didnt like chickens" I was gob smacked. He loves cats and goats but was never keen on hens till now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindafw Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Should we be surprised...after all we know how wonderful chicken keeping is...I suspect it just takes longer for some men to get hooked. BEWARE he catches morehens as the collecting bug can become a passion for some men....on the other hand perhaps a book of different breeds left conveniently on the table???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum-2-olly Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 love this post! my husband finally gave in to my chicken requests after a mere year of asking and letting him know what a great pet they are! then we got them 2 weeks ago...my hubby nipped outside the other night to get something from the car and i heard him talking, when he came back in i asked him if he was talking to joe,...our neighbour, and he replied he was chatting to the chickens! definitely a convert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I must be an exception - the only lady whose man suggested the chickens in the first place! He's pretending to be disappointed with their egg-production so far (they're only young!) and threatening them with the grill but he's besotted, really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 It took me years and years of pleading, grisling, leaving pictures about, collecting chicken ornaments etc etc. before I finally just went and did it. When the coop and run arrived he patiently put them together but still did not think some featheries would fill it. (Must have thought I was like those women who push around empty prams ) The day after the first 3 actually arrived my OH was less than pleased but right now he is out there sweeping chicken poos off the path and chatting away to all 8 of them as if they were the children we never had. Bless him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The day after the first 3 actually arrived my OH was less than pleased but right now he is out there sweeping chicken poos off the path and chatting away to all 8 of them 3 become 8 - I've spotted more chicken maths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I must be an exception - the only lady whose man suggested the chickens in the first place! Nope, I can put my hand up to that hubby nagged me for a few years.... Although he now reckons he created a monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counturchickens Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 It took me at least a year to persuade my hubby, within 30 mins he wanted to know why we hadn't got hens before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Mine took a bit of persuading. In the end he go so fed up driving round the area looking for fresh free range eggs for sale that he gave in. It started with 3, now we have 12 with chicks on the way. Oh and another comming soon. havent told him yet, there may be touble ahead........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egglicious Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 This thread is awesome!! I have been nagging hubby for a while now and he finally gave in a couple months ago. We don't have our girls yet but the other day we went to the feed store and there was the sweetest little rooster there. I could see the excitement in his eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hes even building a little wooden coop (this the man whos never shined at DIY) for me to get a replacement chuck so I can keep her separate till intigrated. Theres love for you. He holds them patiently whilst I do bum checks and has a quick look too although he then says " what am I looking for" , didnt complain when we both got covered in the evil purple spray and loves watching "chicken run" - has a whole new meaning. Wanted to know if they had an egg laying rota in the Eglu - one day off one on. He was willing to drive me to Bucks to look at a Sussex hen but that fell thro. So nice to see hes not a alone in being a hen Daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Mine has spent well over an hour outside tonight taking photos of our 10 weeks old chicks because "they are growing so fast" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Egg Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Okay, so what am I doing wrong, I am a husband, I bought the Eglu & the Go but the line has been drawn at a cube, or quails, any suggetsions greatfully received Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splicola Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Yes I've been begging for about 2 years and eventually he agreed (knew I was going to do it anyway so obviously thought he'd pretend it was with his agreement). He still hasn't admitted he likes them but someone from his work told me how nice my chickens are the other day - he has clearly taken secret photos and shown them to all the girls at work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 mine used to pretend they were 'her chickens' but as soon as they started laying he was more than happy to give friends 'our chickens' eggs! and he loves the ex-batts. in fact my first eglu was a birthday present from him - total surprise, as it was always a 'one day' thing for me - 4 years later, we are now up to 12 girls plus 6 quail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egglicious Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Okay, so what am I doing wrong, I am a husband, I bought the Eglu & the Go but the line has been drawn at a cube, or quails, any suggetsions greatfully received Jewelry (for the wife, not the chickens!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickanne Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Took me two years of begging to get my girlies. I've had them a year and he has remained quite distant, BUT I have just come out of hospital (fell down stairs at night ) and he has done a brilliant job (runs on grass, grapes, untangling Louise from netting). My brother was the star of the show tho' he came up from London and cleaned out the Eglu. Best of all, I'm lying in bed surfing and he has just called up the stairs "Don't worry about the girls, I've just let them out." Ha! Pehaps when I go to the Drs next I can discuss Morehens disease.... PS would not recommend breaking two vertebrae on the off chance you could win your man round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashjc Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Hmmmm its me who converted the wife... she agreed as long as we had a nice wooden pretty house at the bottom of the garden.... so we got an eglu classic!.... I told her it would be OK.... then 3 weeks later convinced her to have a cube (my poor old back you see) Her reply?..... "it looks like a little tykes play house!... it arrived, its up and she loves it now... I convinced her it only took up the same amount of space as the classic. Mind you.... shes happy to collect the eggs but yours truly has to clean it out, feed them, rake the wood chippings. She is however trying to convince me that they would look nice with diamante ankle bracelets!.... I confess my wife is such a townie... I have told her.... its just not going to happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 She is however trying to convince me that they would look nice with diamante ankle bracelets!.... I confess my wife is such a townie... I have told her.... its just not going to happen! They'd peck the sparkly bits off After 3 years, mine's still not a complete convert, but has trailed many miles collecting my cubes & eglus from all over the country from Chichester (Darlington, Stroud, Brighton........they were all combined with visiting HIS friends so not just feeding my obsession ) ...when I went away a couple of weekends ago he took one look at the 3 A4 pages of instructions & passed it to the children to action.........he does talk to the chooks as he wanders through the garden & has put up with a house chook for 6 months and her chicks when they hatched, 2 batches of quails in the house and the chooks believing that the kitchen is part of their domain so wander in & out, trying hard to trip him up on the way............ He's given up saying I can't have something, he announces we have no room, then when I deliver an answer & the critters in question arrive! Yup, in all he's a good'un, I'll keep him Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Just remember the story I heard from Roy the Omlet driver .... Cube and chickens ordered as a 'surprise present' by someone's husband, he turned up to deliver them, and was told in no uncertain terms that they were not wanted and he could take them back again! I'm sure if she had let him put the Cube together and install the chickens, she would have been converted in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Her reply?..... "it looks like a little tykes play house!... I have to admit, she does have a point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashjc Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 My wife likes everything to look very natural, inside and out. There is enough wood in our house to make a rainforest!. As soon as I said there is less chance of little creepy crawly things with a plastic house she was sold! The stipulation was it had to be green to blend in better with the garden, the edging for the chippings had to be green to match too! Still if it meant I could have the chooks it was worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Adam just do what we girls do or did when we wanted hens - whine, winge, stomp round house , moan, leave Omlet catalogue out, moan about the cost of the kids pressents and compare the cost of an Eglu, whinge a bit more, threaten to leave, threaten to stop cooking, washing and other things - then when OH says yes ok you can have an Eglu and chucks - throw your arms round his neck (in your case her neck) and thank him over and over again. No its not nice - but hey it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Adam, play on her maternal instincts and say a Cube is needed for some little ones. Then take her somewhere she can see some fluffies. and finally let her choose the colour of the cube even if it is pink (but then perhaps she is not the girly sort ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 nooooo! we shouldnt be telling him all this, how on earth are we women meant to maintain the upper hand?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
