Even though it seems @Chicken poppy has gotten the answers I just want to add a few things:
Purchasing a few Cornish Cross chicks for pets from the local farm store is such a small number is not going make one dent or smidgen of difference in the whole realm of "encouraging" the industry, but...
Hand sanitizing stations in the produce department would help.
Peaches normally ripen fairly quickly, and a rotten peach can be detected by sight.
I admit I do catch myself wanting to pick up different pieces of fruit to inspect before choosing the right one, however I do purchase the one(s)...
One favor I would like to ask:
People please, at the grocery store, farmers' market, and fruit/vegetable stand, only handle the fresh produce you are going to purchase, especially after fiddling with your mask.
I agree. As I have raised them and are raising some now truly free range, it seems all of the "problems" are the results of flock management. Since they're free range I allow them access to food all of the time, just like all of the other chickens, except at night of course. They hang out just...
I wonder if this poster is a troll. Because who really would shoot a puppy for doing what is natural, whether it's an expensive puppy or not, and obviously not keeping the chick in a secure enclosure from harm.
Sigh...obviously there's a difference between letting run the neighborhood (as I posted as the example) and escaping the yard, or get let out by mistake.
Never indicated the dog didn't deserve compassion, did I?