I do not visit the vet with chickens, but I have a farm vet that I use for fecals and other things I can’t do myself. I am able to dose meds, give shots, and tube feed chickens and have many times.
I have a place that is highly protected, and I have a place they can forage. They are not the same place. I have lost birds to predators in the past, but none this year (yet). This is my fourth year of hobby farming and after a wave of botulism decimated my flock last year, and countless disasters in years before, I have accepted that losses are part of farm life. I can do my best to keep them happy and healthy for the time they are here, and that is the best I can do.
I support your decision to be choosey, and I understand if you don’t choose me. Kiki tagged me, so I answered.