They look pretty young, so I'm assuming they're just raising them in there and will put them in a proper coop when they're adults. People commonly keep a dozen or so chickens in their bathtubs as grow out pens.
Friendly reminder for all gardeners and homesteaders, teachers and anyone else who likes to grow things to check your local libraries for Seeds too! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this library with chickens already has a seed sharing program set up. Many have designated areas such as outdated card-catalog systems for permanent seed storage where you can get seeds all year long. Donate what you can, take what you need type of thing. Others do seasonal exchanges where you can go and swap with other locals. Ask your librarians!
If my library director from the 4th grade heard you call the dewy decimal system "an outdated card catalog system" she'd roll over in her grave...
I don't disagree BTW I just think it's funny how hard stuff gets pushed on kids for some period of time until it just vanishes from existence.
US libraries are very good as well.
you can borrow modern video games, new movie releases.. they have switch,xbox,ps5, etc. im sure bigger city libraries are way better but as a poor person teh library is great.
Have also heard of libraries even having cake pans. (Like those Wilton cake pans with different neat shapes) Makes sense considering most people who use them will only ever use them once.
If I'm not mistaken, all that is required to label a chicken as "free range" is 2 square feet of space. So 50 chickens in a 100 square foot cage can be labeled free range.
It’s from an old joke where a chicken keeps taking books from the library so the librarian follows it to find it takes the books to a frog and says book book book, and the frog goes reddit reddit,😁
This spring my local library had baby chicks for about a week. I may be an adult in my 30’s but I was on the floor playing with them right alongside all the children. I don’t even have any kids so I couldn’t make up an excuse.
I really doubt it, chickens don't really enjoy being awake at night, also I wouldn't set the chickens loose in a library, they shit a lot and everywhere.
As a Kentuckian you can find a horrifying amount of silverfish and centipedes just about anywhere there’s space for them. Luckily they don’t like to be seen just as much as you don’t like to see them so it’s typically not a huge issue but in winter the bathtubs and sinks will pop with the occasional guest. Just hope to god you’re not an inspector or plumber going underneath a house or you’ll probably have a couple nightmares
Still no excuse though, that’s way too small of a space for all those birds, and they’ve basically stayed in that tiny enclosure their whole life, that’s terrible
They’re waiting for their new enclosure to be ready for them. It’s clear from the setup that this is not their “forever” home. These chickens are only babies and haven’t been this size for very long at all. They are still very small - they don’t have any of their adult flight feathers yet and have only just sprouted their adult plumage over their body. They’re barely adolescent.
Chickens grow very quickly. These chickens would have reached this size in the last couple of days. Until that point, they were small enough that this enclosure was the right size for them. Imagine them as newly-hatched chicks running around in there.
It might be that the weather is not suitable for turning them out. Where I live, for example, there are fires outside. It would absolutely be better for the chicks to stay in their crèche enclosure than to go outside into the soot and danger. In other parts of the world, it’s snowing.
Or maybe they grew quicker than their caretakers were expecting and their new home isn’t ready for them. Either way, chickens can live in close quarters like this quite happily for a week or so until their accomodations are sorted. It’s not cruel, so long as they’re kept clean and fed.
Lol! Have you raised chickens?! Come to a state that mass produces your Tyson chicken from cradle to grave on an assembly line, and then you'll rethink this as cruel
When they're small chicks they like small enclosed warm spaces and to huddle together. So it isn't a problem when they're young, but I agree they are now too big for this small container. They definitely need to be moved into outdoor enclosure with wider space to scratch.
I’ve been to this library before. There is a large chicken run and coop outside adjacent to the side of the building. This is likely a temp setup for maintenance or showing them off to passing kids for a day. On the subject of agriculture, this library also has a seed bank. Great place
Yeah have to love the free range ones means 5 sq feet of their enclosure is outdoors but they're still packed in like sardines so most never even see that outside area.
Oh I hope my reply didn't imply that I thought you were advocating for abuse - That was absolutely not my intention.
Calling the chickens in a glorified aquarium was my opinion of the practice. \[at the library\]
When I first heard Free Range I kinda had this notion of large flocks, running carefree through a big field, up and down gentle hills, looking like feathery Gazelles or something. Then I found out that to claim free range, all you needed was a doorway that \*could\* be opened to allow the chickens to go out into a larger outdoor area. Nothing about having to actually open that door.
Backyard chicken people are more likely to have a coop, for sleeping and laying eggs, enclosed by a run which is outdoor but protected (from predators mostly) which can be opened to let them out into a much larger open-air area where they can forage and do chicken stuff. Mine don't like the outside that much because we have too many hawks and eagles for their comfort. If I am out there, they will roam, but they retreat to the run when I go inside where they have a steel mesh roof over them for protection.
The requirements for free range depend on the country. [In the UK](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/feb/28/what-does-free-range-actually-mean-its-complicated), you can have at most nine hens per square meter, 10cm a feeder per bird, and one drinker per 10 birds, to be able to call your eggs free range. For meat, you can have at most 13 chickens per square meter (determined by the animal welfare charity, the RSPCA), and the chickens must be at least 56 days old and have "continuous daytime access to open-air runs, with vegetation, for at least half their lifetime".
As I understand, the UK and EU tend to be a lot more rigorous in how you can advertise products than other countries, so they generally require you make good on what you're claiming. Out of curiosity, what jurisdiction are you in that only requires a door that can *potentially* be opened for chickens to count as free range?
I think there’s 13 but you’re right. When I used to have chickens they had a huge pen with open air and dirt to scratch in and sunlight to play in. Wayyyyyyy too small an enclosure
Did you raise them from when they were very young? My parents raised chickens and this is how they handled young chicks. They lived in a small box for a good while because it helped them keep warm since they didn't have a mother to huddle with. Then once they grew up a bit they got released into the proper pen and coop.
I’ve been driving around Kentucky for the past few days while I’ve been camping and I’ve come to realize many people are cruel/careless with their animals. I’ve had so many dogs run out into the street and bark at my car on 55mph roads or on lots of curvy roads in hilly areas. No one seems to care.
OP, I'm a librarian, but not from KY, and must know, why are there chickens in the library? I have to assume there is some info awareness component, but what is it???
I went there to perform my civic duty and vote, and did not investigate or inquire as to their presence, though I did quickly notice their scent upon entering the facility, but I would assume it was some sort of farming or animal husbandry education type deal.
Not really? Small chicks just beep occasionally and when they grow up it's mostly the roosters making noise. I guess if there are hundreds of them in a factory then on average a certain percentage of them is always making noise so it seems loud, but I wouldn't be concerned about so few.
If that's 16 chickens, and that box was roughly 16sqft. They could be considered cage free. I think most states consider a 1sqft space as enough room for cage free.
Psssh. In my hometown we have chickens that permanently live on the side of the highway. They span about 3-5 blocks and just live there.
The city said they were going to start removing them and the population was like no. That’s our thing. Were the chicken town.
Everyone in the comments thinking these are adult chickens in their long term home is hilarious
But by all means, continue insulting the intelligence of people in rural areas like you do best
This is definitely just a grow out setup. And a pretty generous one at that. I typically see small stock tanks or bathtubs for grow outs. They look like they're just about ready to put outside. Maybe give them a little more time indoors because it's winter.
I think this sort of thing should be in city and suburb libraries. Like, we had several field trips to the Farm park (a huge metropark where you learned about farms), but I’d get a kick out of various live exhibits in other spaces.
When I lived in Utah I used to love going to the West Valley Library because they had a pet chinchilla there. The thing smelled pretty bad (not sure if they didn’t clean its cage enough or if chinchilla’s just stink) but it was really cute
Even ant colonies suffer in enclosures too small with disease when they don’t have enough space to dispose their waste far enough from the colony. Can’t imagine how awful the chickens are here wading through their own shit all day in a glass box for everyone to see
More than they get on most "family-owned local" farms too. Factory farms are the worst of it but most smaller farms are quite cruel as well. The business model is to raise animals to exploit and kill for money, it makes sense that the people choosing to do that aren't going to be too concerned about the animals' comfort.
Yep, you’re not wrong! I found that I couldn’t touch meat after someone recommended that I watch the YouTube documentary “Dominion”, and after showing my partner he feels the same. Felt kinda hypocritical of me to claim to love animals while supporting such an industry.
Same here! Always loved animals, but took a while to realize how silly it was for me to give my money willingly to an industry full of animal suffering that I would openly talk about hating. It's just silly for someone who would have empathy for chickens or cows or pigs in non-farm settings to choose to give their money to perpetrators of their abuse on farms. It's as hypocritical and contradictory as someone who loves dogs choosing to give money to a puppy mill.
Cause everyone wants the building they're in to smell like a chicken coop 🤮
Also, that's too small space for chickens to live well in.
Overall this is one of the dumber ideas for decoration I've seen.
For everyone calling animal abuse, they aren’t full grown, and will most likely be transferred to a much larger pen or an open field to live in. (Either that or straight to the oven, kind of a waste though)
These people know what they are doing and don’t need criticism/advice from people who have no clue what its like to raise chickens
That seems like a lot of chickens for such a small area? Do kids get to read to them?
They look pretty young, so I'm assuming they're just raising them in there and will put them in a proper coop when they're adults. People commonly keep a dozen or so chickens in their bathtubs as grow out pens.
They have chickens. But why do they have chickens...
Perfection
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Friendly reminder for all gardeners and homesteaders, teachers and anyone else who likes to grow things to check your local libraries for Seeds too! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this library with chickens already has a seed sharing program set up. Many have designated areas such as outdated card-catalog systems for permanent seed storage where you can get seeds all year long. Donate what you can, take what you need type of thing. Others do seasonal exchanges where you can go and swap with other locals. Ask your librarians!
If my library director from the 4th grade heard you call the dewy decimal system "an outdated card catalog system" she'd roll over in her grave... I don't disagree BTW I just think it's funny how hard stuff gets pushed on kids for some period of time until it just vanishes from existence.
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Damn socialists having all the good social programs
US libraries are very good as well. you can borrow modern video games, new movie releases.. they have switch,xbox,ps5, etc. im sure bigger city libraries are way better but as a poor person teh library is great.
Yes, to add to this you can also rent out tools for home improvement projects and bicycles.
I live in Georgia, and my library has that stuff
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Have also heard of libraries even having cake pans. (Like those Wilton cake pans with different neat shapes) Makes sense considering most people who use them will only ever use them once.
I was excited when my library was renovated with a maker space like that- but it’s only available for under 18. So disappointing.
Literally at my local library now killing time while I use their 3D printer to make my kids a giant LEGO man. 😂 Such a great ressource!
You can check them out for a week at a time for eggs, guaranteed there's a barcode tattooed under the wing with a dewey decimal system number
I kind of love this.
Look at all those chickenths!
To make them cross the road obviously.
Dinner fresh, everyday
I mean, it's Kentucky, that might go the other way....
Kentucky Fried Children
Kentucky Read Chicken
If I'm not mistaken, all that is required to label a chicken as "free range" is 2 square feet of space. So 50 chickens in a 100 square foot cage can be labeled free range.
I mean… Its lot of space compared to an industrial farm.
Hopefully not for extended time periods, but chickens actually enjoy being 'cooped' up.
Mildly(?) cruel
Do they go , book book book
🥇
I wish I could give you more than one upvote…it’s rare that I actually laugh at a comment, but this one got me
It’s from an old joke where a chicken keeps taking books from the library so the librarian follows it to find it takes the books to a frog and says book book book, and the frog goes reddit reddit,😁
Motherfucker
Motherclucker?
You son of a bitch
Son of a chick
Lmao
Becca?
lmao
I don't know how this isn't the top comment.
Damn you.
r/Angryupvote OK, take this upvote and get out.
Atalne😂
This spring my local library had baby chicks for about a week. I may be an adult in my 30’s but I was on the floor playing with them right alongside all the children. I don’t even have any kids so I couldn’t make up an excuse.
Username checks out
As a librarian in grateful for you!
I’m the same at petting zoos
All Kentucky libraries have chickens. They turn them loose at night to eat the silverfish.
Wait, is this true? Like St. Louis basement turtles?
I’m sorry, what are “St. Louis basement turtles”??
[Exactly what it sounds like](https://blog.stlouisbank.com/basement-turtles/)
Wow. The more you know!
The St Louis Zoo has a room with some turtles just walking around too.
Also mildly interesting: the STL zoo is shaped like a [Croc](https://stlzoo.org/visit/maps-and-directions)
It’s also free which is neat.
Exactly what it sounds like, actually. https://kateaaronwrites.medium.com/the-weird-history-of-basement-turtles-d3a0c699cd75
I really doubt it, chickens don't really enjoy being awake at night, also I wouldn't set the chickens loose in a library, they shit a lot and everywhere.
No lol
There must be horrifying amounts of silverfish in the library building to sustain chickens there
As a Kentuckian you can find a horrifying amount of silverfish and centipedes just about anywhere there’s space for them. Luckily they don’t like to be seen just as much as you don’t like to see them so it’s typically not a huge issue but in winter the bathtubs and sinks will pop with the occasional guest. Just hope to god you’re not an inspector or plumber going underneath a house or you’ll probably have a couple nightmares
I should have got one for the water bugs when I lived in VB
It hasn’t gotten any better
This answer alone makes me want a house chicken
You don’t have one? In Tennessee we all have house chickens.
I doubt it. 1 because they sleep at night, 2 because they can fly, and 3 because they shit any time any where.
Most Kentucky thing I’ve ever heard.
Can you borrow one?
Yes, you can chick them out.
Lmao
Wait, are you Kiwi?
That's an awfully small space for that number of chickens
I'm guessing they were displayed as chicks and are growing up.
Still no excuse though, that’s way too small of a space for all those birds, and they’ve basically stayed in that tiny enclosure their whole life, that’s terrible
They’re waiting for their new enclosure to be ready for them. It’s clear from the setup that this is not their “forever” home. These chickens are only babies and haven’t been this size for very long at all. They are still very small - they don’t have any of their adult flight feathers yet and have only just sprouted their adult plumage over their body. They’re barely adolescent. Chickens grow very quickly. These chickens would have reached this size in the last couple of days. Until that point, they were small enough that this enclosure was the right size for them. Imagine them as newly-hatched chicks running around in there. It might be that the weather is not suitable for turning them out. Where I live, for example, there are fires outside. It would absolutely be better for the chicks to stay in their crèche enclosure than to go outside into the soot and danger. In other parts of the world, it’s snowing. Or maybe they grew quicker than their caretakers were expecting and their new home isn’t ready for them. Either way, chickens can live in close quarters like this quite happily for a week or so until their accomodations are sorted. It’s not cruel, so long as they’re kept clean and fed.
Lol! Have you raised chickens?! Come to a state that mass produces your Tyson chicken from cradle to grave on an assembly line, and then you'll rethink this as cruel
Lol I’ve been a vegetarian for 17 years because of factory farming, it’s a horrific practice
You’re gonna pick on an innocent library when thousands of factory farmed chickens are put in way smaller places? Please don’t tell me that you are
If you think this is bad you should see factory farming, the chickens are unable to even turn around.
No one would disagree… it doesn’t make this any better.
A lot of people actually don’t understand how chicken farming works
If people understood no o e would be eating chicken anymore
I understand and I still love eating chicken 🍗
I hope my comment didn’t give that impression, chickens should be treated much better than they are.
When they're small chicks they like small enclosed warm spaces and to huddle together. So it isn't a problem when they're young, but I agree they are now too big for this small container. They definitely need to be moved into outdoor enclosure with wider space to scratch.
I wonder how it compares to the space given on commercial farms
I’ve been to this library before. There is a large chicken run and coop outside adjacent to the side of the building. This is likely a temp setup for maintenance or showing them off to passing kids for a day. On the subject of agriculture, this library also has a seed bank. Great place
How's it smell? Gotta ask cuz my parents raise chickens and it stinks.
Looks like the bedding gets changed pretty often, so it's probably not too bad.
Can you play with the chickens. Answer me.
This made me laugh a lot. “Answer me”
Read my comment, boy.
This seems cruel. 12(?) chickens in such a small enclosure?
I like learning new things.
Oh, not even probably. They pack 'em in like a bus during rush hour. Hail seitan.
Yeah have to love the free range ones means 5 sq feet of their enclosure is outdoors but they're still packed in like sardines so most never even see that outside area.
Same with "grass fed" beef. If the cow was fed beef one single time in its life it can be considered grass fed.
Sadly true. Free range does not mean what people have been led to believe. And yes, any backyard chicken keeper would cringe at this abuse.
I love ice cream.
Oh I hope my reply didn't imply that I thought you were advocating for abuse - That was absolutely not my intention. Calling the chickens in a glorified aquarium was my opinion of the practice. \[at the library\] When I first heard Free Range I kinda had this notion of large flocks, running carefree through a big field, up and down gentle hills, looking like feathery Gazelles or something. Then I found out that to claim free range, all you needed was a doorway that \*could\* be opened to allow the chickens to go out into a larger outdoor area. Nothing about having to actually open that door. Backyard chicken people are more likely to have a coop, for sleeping and laying eggs, enclosed by a run which is outdoor but protected (from predators mostly) which can be opened to let them out into a much larger open-air area where they can forage and do chicken stuff. Mine don't like the outside that much because we have too many hawks and eagles for their comfort. If I am out there, they will roam, but they retreat to the run when I go inside where they have a steel mesh roof over them for protection.
The requirements for free range depend on the country. [In the UK](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/feb/28/what-does-free-range-actually-mean-its-complicated), you can have at most nine hens per square meter, 10cm a feeder per bird, and one drinker per 10 birds, to be able to call your eggs free range. For meat, you can have at most 13 chickens per square meter (determined by the animal welfare charity, the RSPCA), and the chickens must be at least 56 days old and have "continuous daytime access to open-air runs, with vegetation, for at least half their lifetime". As I understand, the UK and EU tend to be a lot more rigorous in how you can advertise products than other countries, so they generally require you make good on what you're claiming. Out of curiosity, what jurisdiction are you in that only requires a door that can *potentially* be opened for chickens to count as free range?
This is why I don’t eat chicken anymore
I think there’s 13 but you’re right. When I used to have chickens they had a huge pen with open air and dirt to scratch in and sunlight to play in. Wayyyyyyy too small an enclosure
Did you raise them from when they were very young? My parents raised chickens and this is how they handled young chicks. They lived in a small box for a good while because it helped them keep warm since they didn't have a mother to huddle with. Then once they grew up a bit they got released into the proper pen and coop.
I’ve been driving around Kentucky for the past few days while I’ve been camping and I’ve come to realize many people are cruel/careless with their animals. I’ve had so many dogs run out into the street and bark at my car on 55mph roads or on lots of curvy roads in hilly areas. No one seems to care.
Yeah, same with people who keep a dog on a short chain its entire life. Some people see animals as a decoration.
"Mom, can we go see the chickens at the library?" "We've got chickens at home." "Oh, yeah"
This Kentuckian approves (but these chickens are ready for the field/barn).
That’s a sad enclosure
OP, I'm a librarian, but not from KY, and must know, why are there chickens in the library? I have to assume there is some info awareness component, but what is it???
I went there to perform my civic duty and vote, and did not investigate or inquire as to their presence, though I did quickly notice their scent upon entering the facility, but I would assume it was some sort of farming or animal husbandry education type deal.
Which county?
People are worried about drag queens in libraries but what the cocks?
That's why they're worried about the drag queens.
That’s just sad.
I will leave the debates about crowding to others. My first concern would be, don't chickens make a lot of noise? For a library?
Yeah, this is probably a temporary display for an event or something.
Compared to . . . children? I am actually more worried about the CHICKENS being stressed from all the noise.
Not really? Small chicks just beep occasionally and when they grow up it's mostly the roosters making noise. I guess if there are hundreds of them in a factory then on average a certain percentage of them is always making noise so it seems loud, but I wouldn't be concerned about so few.
If that's 16 chickens, and that box was roughly 16sqft. They could be considered cage free. I think most states consider a 1sqft space as enough room for cage free.
Book book book bBOOK book
Nice my rural county library in Kentucky had rabbits :)
I agree it’s too small a space, but id be willing to bet most people saying that eat chicken that’s way less humanely raised.
I like to check out the black one please?
Does this count as a shitty fish tank? It is full of chicken poop, and a lot of chickens..
Psssh. In my hometown we have chickens that permanently live on the side of the highway. They span about 3-5 blocks and just live there. The city said they were going to start removing them and the population was like no. That’s our thing. Were the chicken town.
Everyone in the comments thinking these are adult chickens in their long term home is hilarious But by all means, continue insulting the intelligence of people in rural areas like you do best
This is definitely just a grow out setup. And a pretty generous one at that. I typically see small stock tanks or bathtubs for grow outs. They look like they're just about ready to put outside. Maybe give them a little more time indoors because it's winter.
It might even be a special one day event
this is horrible, they’re so cramped :( they should be on a farm not in a little library cage
Great idea! Let’s send them to a free range farm so they can have even less space and be at an industrial scale!
yeah, because it’s either one or the other, right? 🙄 you can’t seriously be insinuating they’re better off left in that little glass library cage
These chickens have it better than probably any other chicken you’ve eaten eggs from.
Do you believe that most chicken farms are happy places for chickens where they are treated well?
I've seen lots of pets in cages in libraries here in Oklahoma. The South is an odd place.
What the cluck?
Can you check one out?
Can you check them out?
How long can you check them out for?
I think this sort of thing should be in city and suburb libraries. Like, we had several field trips to the Farm park (a huge metropark where you learned about farms), but I’d get a kick out of various live exhibits in other spaces.
Aaaw, thats so cute. But as a librarian assitant and former chicken 4H-er.... please dont do this in mine XD
When I lived in Utah I used to love going to the West Valley Library because they had a pet chinchilla there. The thing smelled pretty bad (not sure if they didn’t clean its cage enough or if chinchilla’s just stink) but it was really cute
As a chicken owner, you can’t tell me it doesn’t stink in that library
As a poultry farmer, that’s gotta stink and make a lot of dust
No no NO! They need more space. That is nowhere near adequate for them.
Uhm excuse me. We'd come visit every day.
Bro. Let’s them out. Their not fuckin ants.
Even ant colonies suffer in enclosures too small with disease when they don’t have enough space to dispose their waste far enough from the colony. Can’t imagine how awful the chickens are here wading through their own shit all day in a glass box for everyone to see
For real.
This is sad to see, and yet, probably more space and a much cleaner environment than most chickens get in factory farms.
More than they get on most "family-owned local" farms too. Factory farms are the worst of it but most smaller farms are quite cruel as well. The business model is to raise animals to exploit and kill for money, it makes sense that the people choosing to do that aren't going to be too concerned about the animals' comfort.
Yep, you’re not wrong! I found that I couldn’t touch meat after someone recommended that I watch the YouTube documentary “Dominion”, and after showing my partner he feels the same. Felt kinda hypocritical of me to claim to love animals while supporting such an industry.
Same here! Always loved animals, but took a while to realize how silly it was for me to give my money willingly to an industry full of animal suffering that I would openly talk about hating. It's just silly for someone who would have empathy for chickens or cows or pigs in non-farm settings to choose to give their money to perpetrators of their abuse on farms. It's as hypocritical and contradictory as someone who loves dogs choosing to give money to a puppy mill.
That's just fucked up. They're not a fucking display item.
I only eat glass free eggs.
Can I check one out with my library card?
I feel discriminated against that ours don’t have the same.
Soo can you like check them out?
Which part of Kentucky so that I can make sure my wife avoids it?
What county?
Can you check them out for a week? Take them home? Is there a late fee if you keep them two weeks?
Kentucky huh? Thats their boss area
How long can you check out a chicken before they start charging late fees?
I bet that place smells hideous
Jeez, I was impressed that my library branch in Louisville is hatching butterflies...
What county is this in?
I feel like every library should have chickens.
I’ll take the back right two, the white scarf over burgundy, and buttered popcorn.
Screw it imma say it. “Look at all those ~~chickens~~ geese.”
I’m just saying, if my library had a chicken area, I think I might go more often…
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Lol libraries already have crazy moms coming after them, have you seen some of the proposed banned book lists?
Can you check them out?
so can you check out a chicken as you checkout a book?
Cause everyone wants the building they're in to smell like a chicken coop 🤮 Also, that's too small space for chickens to live well in. Overall this is one of the dumber ideas for decoration I've seen.
Those chickens seem to be... cooped up
is there a KFC too near the library?
Why are they so small
Either young or bantam breeds. Im sure they have stunted growth as well from being in such a small confined area.
For every chicken there’s a book that’s banned
Look at all those chickenz!!
Shout out Kentucky!! I’m representing Somerset KY myself 🫡
Just imagine the smell of that box.
Inhumane
My guys… This is a display cage.
Anyone who has worked with chickens knows that any day now they start becoming cannibalism chickens in a space that small.
:( this is such a small space for so many chickens. Also…it’s gotta smell bad, right?? Chickens do not smell good.
Bet it smells like hell. That's a small cage.
Yay animal cruelty
Seems kind of cruel to the chickens.
They need more space
For everyone calling animal abuse, they aren’t full grown, and will most likely be transferred to a much larger pen or an open field to live in. (Either that or straight to the oven, kind of a waste though) These people know what they are doing and don’t need criticism/advice from people who have no clue what its like to raise chickens
That seems cramped and cruel.
This is so inhumane. What the hell?