so don't rely too heavily on it

mfw I get to link this video again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=t_u0jxi_v-w

I'm anti-vegan but this is labelled free-range

What the fuck

try to get as much as you can from local farmers

government labelling is a joke

I used to just personally raise 30 chickens

It’s really rewarding

I'm fortunant enough to get most of my vegetables from the Amish

chickens are pretty easy

the only tough thing is fencing imo

I live secluded enough I didn’t need fences

They knew where the food was

So they didn’t leave

Tortured meat doesnt taste as good

They just kinda roamed 2 acres and knew if they entered the forest something would eat them

So they stayed

And they always layed the eggs in the coup

fencing was more to keep others out than them in

4 aggressive roosters worked fine for that

vegan or not, it's ethically virtuous (maybe obligatory in some circumstances) for society to be concerned to some degree with the welfare of nonhuman animals

Yeah

That’s the first world for you

acting on it is one thing, but to at least have a desire to extend healthcare in some circumstances to neighboring animals would be a virtuous state of intent

many mass shooters were documented as torturing animals

there's a connection b/w how society extends welfare and/or persecution among people-groups and animals

before we ever make the investments into a universal healthcare system, i think it would be more morally virtuous for society to orchestrate some increased level of welfare for proximate nonhuman animals

a life of suffering in the wild is a depressing paradox

yeah, we had foxes, racoons, and coyotes where I'm from, roosters can't do much against that lol

We have all those here too

But the roosters fought in packs and we had guns and everything smelled like humans

You only really have to kill a few coyotes for them to decide your property is not for them to hippity hoppity

The human scent on everything was probably the biggest deterrent though

Also we locked them in a coup at night and those shits hunt at night

I guess mine were just more aggressive because the scent was not a deterrent

That’s probably it. Where I live you could flick a snake and it would apologize and give you its lunch money

They’re teeth can’t even break the skin

They just lunge at you then dangle from you by their teeth

oh wow

Depending on your location @Alexander Ramsey your coyotes may have dog or wolf blood in them. This can cause them to be more brave around humans and aggressive.