I had posted an ad on craigslist looking for a few more cochins and other bantams i wanted to add to my flock and a lady was kind to give me some info on a place in anoka that sells baby chicks( i wont give the name in fear of being banned or something) and much to my surprise they had baby chicks, ducks, and turkeys in these what looked like rubber horse trofts or something about 5 bins or so full of babies being suffocated and trampled not to mention half didnt have any heat source or any feed or water, most looked half dead and some were dead, in fact one was sooo dead it had to have been in there for a few days at least and the other babies who were in the same bin were eating it due to the fact that there was no feed for them! Is this legal? God i wanted to cry i felt soooo bad for these poor defenseless little fuzzy dolls. I also forgot to mention that they were less then 2 ft away from various different fertalizers which are extremely toxic just the fumes in that place gave me an instant headache. Lots of babies were missing eyes, had huge spots on their backs where they were picked on and bumps and welts on their heads from being stuffed into a bin tooo small to give them enough room to even move! I am soooo disgusted with this. How can anyone do this and get away with it. Needless to say i walked out with no chicks because i was afraid they would be sick and give it to the rest of my flock. Is there anyone i can call to report this place? I would hate to see these poor little chicks suffer any longer. If anyone knows of any resources in the minnesota area that would be great.
