The British hen trust(??) published something on the increase in taking ex-batts. But I didn’t see anything about how they fared.Soapboxes are allowed on this thread.
I didn't know those percentages. I wonder if the prediction was right.
Even in the UK the pandemic seems to have boosted the range of chicken accessories you can get. I believe there was a notable increase in people taking in Ex Battery hens. How they fared, chickens and keeper would be an interesting study.
Some of my bigger hens will allow smaller hens to nestle under their wings: Luna & Portia. Portia is a favourite because she is so big & fluffy though I don't think she generates all that much heat. Luna is just very tolerant.
There's a little robovac at my house and it's given me so much more time. One of the few with strong data privacy.
I have though 4 cats 2 inside dogs would choke the poor thing.
I had in mind chores like doing laundry, cleaning cat litter boxes, refilling chicken feeders. Cleaning the kitchen after i trash it baking.
My mom gave me one 20 yrs ago. No wifi so no privacy issue. But it ate fringe rugs, cords and got stuck between the wall and the toilet. Didn't hold much. I hope the new ones are better
If you apply narrow criteria, an argument for sentience can be made and there was one made by a Google staff member just last week. He's now on administrative leave while the lawyers work out how to sack/silence him. That's what they do when their own ethicists rock the boat. In any case, I prefer wide criteria for sentience.There was an article somewhere in the BBC I think that had some interesting information on the most recent progress in AI. Terminator is looking more likely by the day.
I believe humans are still trumping tech wrt most of those chores, so maybe you can find someone to help you out?
To be clear, I don’t want sentience in my home help robot. I don’t want to feel any guilt when I ask it to do the most unpleasant chores and don’t even say thank you.
