Things you wish you could say

[cheepteach]

I am not a therapist, and don't want to feel bad or responsible for you when I don't respond to your expressions of depression.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Because I cull my own birds for having problems (bad legs, scissor beak) does not mean I'm heartless. It's just as cruel to make it survive, in pain than to mercifully put an end to it's suffering

 

[cheepteach]

Because I cull my own birds for having problems (bad legs, scissor beak) does not mean I'm heartless. It's just as cruel to make it survive, in pain than to mercifully put an end to it's suffering

being a responsible animal caregiver is hard! animals and people deserve a "quality of life"--just breathing isn't living

 

[JacinLarkwell]

being a responsible animal caregiver is hard! animals and people deserve a "quality of life"--just breathing isn't living

And I get that sometimes the problem can be fixed, but you /can't/ tell me that the bird with a leg so fused and twisted as chick that it can hardly move and is a third the weight as the siblings or the pullet that has scissor beak so bad that she can hardly drink, not to mention eat, are living a full, enjoyable life

 

[Isadora]

And I get that sometimes the problem can be fixed, but you /can't/ tell me that the bird with a leg so fused and twisted as chick that it can hardly move and is a third the weight as the siblings or the pullet that has scissor beak so bad that she can hardly drink, not to mention eat, are living a full, enjoyable life

And to add to this a little bit, what some people are willing to do and how much they're willing to spend on one bird with disabilities/illness, etc is something they've put on themselves, it doesn't apply to me. I am not willing to hand feed a scissor beak meatbird every day, but that doesn't have to be your choice. It also doesn't mean I'm cruel or heartless.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Also with extra males or aggressive males.

You may be willing to put you and your children in harm's way, but I am not. I also do not love the idea of feeding 30 birds I can't use and can't give away.

The ratio is screwed unfortunately for the male, and while I'm not against batchlor flocks for extra males, I will not have them

 

[CSAchook]

Hypocrisy thy name is complaint threads

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you insist on using messenger to communicate, you need to check it when I send something

 

[Hayden Goseek]

https://www.samizdata.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cats-covid.jpg

 

[JacinLarkwell]

You knew I had a 9 hour round trip to get the chicks I reserved and confirmed the time and place the night before. And yet today you not only stood me up (I waited an hour and a half) but never once even /read/ my messages to you on messenger.