Changing times.

[kenya]

Well my husband sees me bringing one of the chickens into the house. "Is she sick?" he says. I tell him no but shes the only one like her I raised and shes a little thin and I don't want to take a chance. I tell him I have some wheatees I'll give her. He tells me yes ,better not take a chance, I have some harvest crunch in the car , do you want me to bring it in for her?
This makes me stop and think back 20 years when we were first married and I brought a chicken into the house, he was like nooooo way get that thing out of here!
How things have changed, for the better I might add.
Anyone else have this experience?

[Jaye]

Yep. It took me twenty years to convince my DH to raise our own chickens. I think the prospect of a building project (chicken coop/run) swayed him in the end. Now he's all "I have an idea to make [insert anything poultry-related here] ... better".
And he is the one who sits himself down on one of the stools in the quail tractor, just "communing" for the better part of an hour sometimes.

[Kbr42]

Well, this was my 'mid-life-crisis'...i wanted chickens, not a sports car. Now we have 4 hens house and enough chickens to fill them. Now, when i get home from work i get, 'I moved the fence for the silkies, they didnt have enough grass and i think you need to build.......'
When i bring them into the house, as long as its not a rooster, what's wrong with her...lol a long way indeed.

[Shnookie]

I live alone so I bring whatever I want into the house. :)

[ross]

My favourite saying “THE ONLY THING CONSTANT IS CHANGE “
Luck all this winter with your birds . Remember if you save & breed the weaker ones you will end up with all weak ones in your flock eventually. Not talking breeds but individuals within breeds .

[kenya]

Yes Ross for the most part you are right ,and I agree but I remember a good friend at school was born a preamie. Only 1 Lb at birth, I would have thought that one that tiny would end up with quite a few health issues later in life , which a lot do. She has no health issues whatsoever and you would never know. I think of that and I will help out a little chick that needs a little extra but I won't go overboard to help out a chick with obvious physical problems such as cross beak or bad legs.

[ross]

Lol yep but that’s people & an individual. My point was breeding / reproducing
Inferior livestock not people.
I always remember when I was in the horse / training business a horse / Mare that just didn’t have the talent or weak in structure the owner would say “ I’ll just breed her “ To me that was just reproducing the faults . Didn’t make sense . Just my opinion .