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cannibalia @slrpnk.net

Caring for Sentinel Chicken flocks, how can I maximize their quality of life?

These chickens are kept to give blood samples each week to monitor for mosquito born illnesses in the community. They have a very important job to do!

The department has taken the "lowest common denominator" approach to standard of care. Most of the chickens are pecked nearly featherless with visible signs of poor health. "They're just chickens", "the coop is gross" "I just go in to feed them", ect.

I'm no expert, but this isn't right. I've lost a lot of respect for my coworkers, they aren't reliable sources of information on care.

Coop has a dirt floor, with 2-3 inches of straw bedding. Soil was hard packed before intense raking. Roughly 200sqft.

They are fed Nutrena Country Feeds 16% pellets in the feeder pictured below. When I visit, I give them a cup of the wet pellets mixed with one of their eggs (I was told this is great for them?).

I am allowed to visit my girls for 30 minutes, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I let coop #1 forage in a fenced area while I clean thei

  • You can't humiliate someone into changing their mind, especially something so critical to their identity. Minds are changed slowly, with love. With conversations and questions that make them think about it later. If you dunk on someone, they'll just remember how mad you made them what an asshole you are. If you tactfully ask them questions that expose their own hypocrisy, you might just trigger a shower thought epiphany.

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    cannibalia @slrpnk.net

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    cannibalia @slrpnk.net

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    196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    cannibalia @slrpnk.net

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