Re:The Silicon Valley elite’s latest status symbol: Chickens
by kurthr on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:46PM
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Well, it is supposed to be a hit piece after all.
Really, I'm so much less bewildered that these folks have figured out how to raise the simplest of farm animals. The "Raw Water" and high-priced Esselen kookiness bothered me more because they took something that used to be nice (or just safe) and turned it into woo-woo for the stock-option mentally impaired.
Raising chickens can be done in less than 50sq ft pretty much anywhere. It doesn't make a huge amount of sense for most folks and there's a real risk of salmonella, if you're not careful... and don't get a rooster, if you want to have neighbors who like you. But expensive, or time consuming... only if you're trying to put diapers on them.
But hey, these folks discover what it's like to raise the animals they use for food, feed them properly, and protect them from predators, etc. That's good, even if they're douche bags about it. You could do a hit piece on the self important waste of time that is President Carter's Houses for Humanity too, but why bother.
Raising chickens can be done in less than 50sq ft pretty much anywhere. It doesn't make a huge amount of sense for most folks and there's a real risk of salmonella, if you're not careful... and don't get a rooster, if you want to have neighbors who like you. But expensive, or time consuming... only if you're trying to put diapers on them.
But hey, these folks discover what it's like to raise the animals they use for food, feed them properly, and protect them from predators, etc. That's good, even if they're douche bags about it. You could do a hit piece on the self important waste of time that is President Carter's Houses for Humanity too, but why bother.