I'm so sorry about the doves. I'm glad the hawk got a meal. We've been the epicenter of bird flu on and off around here and so I've been waiting till those numbers drop and then feeding by scattering feed so they don't cluster at a feeder. I'm not sure if that's better but it seems a bit safer? I don't know if that's a thing in Montana. …
I'm so sorry about the doves. I'm glad the hawk got a meal. We've been the epicenter of bird flu on and off around here and so I've been waiting till those numbers drop and then feeding by scattering feed so they don't cluster at a feeder. I'm not sure if that's better but it seems a bit safer? I don't know if that's a thing in Montana. We have so many stinking massive poultry barns that it rips through like wildfire. It hasn't come to us, thank goodness. So much death simply because we've decided cheap meat and eggs are more important than the misery of millions of birds. I admit I've been guilty of buying those things, especially when I've been poor. Like the hawk, we have to eat. But since raising poultry I can't help thinking about the cost, the being who had a whole life before ending up on my plate, and what the quality of that life was. We are lousy with eggs (especially the ducks!) and now that our collective negligence is hitting our pocketbooks I'm glad to be able to provide an alternative to neighbors and friends. The eggs taste better anyways
I've heard first hand stories of how those outbreaks get handled in those gigantic commercial barns, particularly as it relates to turkeys, and it is harrowing.
I'm so sorry about the doves. I'm glad the hawk got a meal. We've been the epicenter of bird flu on and off around here and so I've been waiting till those numbers drop and then feeding by scattering feed so they don't cluster at a feeder. I'm not sure if that's better but it seems a bit safer? I don't know if that's a thing in Montana. We have so many stinking massive poultry barns that it rips through like wildfire. It hasn't come to us, thank goodness. So much death simply because we've decided cheap meat and eggs are more important than the misery of millions of birds. I admit I've been guilty of buying those things, especially when I've been poor. Like the hawk, we have to eat. But since raising poultry I can't help thinking about the cost, the being who had a whole life before ending up on my plate, and what the quality of that life was. We are lousy with eggs (especially the ducks!) and now that our collective negligence is hitting our pocketbooks I'm glad to be able to provide an alternative to neighbors and friends. The eggs taste better anyways
I've heard first hand stories of how those outbreaks get handled in those gigantic commercial barns, particularly as it relates to turkeys, and it is harrowing.