Mary Allen
Abin da a zahiri ya fara a matsayin mafita na dakatarwa yayin rikicin tattalin arziki ya zama kasuwanci mai riba ga Leslie Citroen a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata: tana sayar da kaji. Amma ba a gona a cikin ƙasar ba, amma a tsakiyar Silicon Valley, cibiyar masana'antar fasaha a California. A cikin wata hira, ta gaya wa PetReader yadda abin ya faru.
Idan ka shigar da hashtag #backyardchickens akan Instagram, zaku sami kusan posts miliyan - kyakkyawan ma'auni na ko wani abu ne na gaske.
Kaji sune Duk Fushi a California
Leslie Citroen, wanda tare da kamfaninta na "Mill Valley Chickens", ya cika da zeitgeist, ya ba da gudummawar yin kaji a cikin lambun ku mafi shahara fiye da kowane lokaci. Leslie, wacce kuma aka yiwa lakabi da "Kaza Whisperer", kiwo da sayar da kaji a yankin San Francisco Bay - daidai inda mutane a cikin IT da manyan fasahohin ke samun miliyoyin. Ta yaya hakan ya dace?
"Mutanen nan suna da ilimi sosai kuma suna sane da illolin noman masana'anta, suna so su sami ƙarin iko akan abincinsu kuma suna jin rashin laifi," in ji Leslie a cikin wata hira da DeineTierwelt. Qwai daga kajin farin ciki naku ba shakka suna da kyau.
Bugu da ƙari, saboda fari, ba shi da kyau don shayar da lawn kore, kuma Californians yanzu suna amfani da yankin da ke kusa da gidansu daban - don gidan kaza, alal misali.
Kaza Alatu akan $500
Da zarar an fara, wannan yanayin yana yaduwa cikin sauri - yanzu, a cewar Leslie, kusan al'ada ne don kiyaye kaji a bayan gida. Kuma kasuwancinta, wanda take gudanarwa tare da 'ya'yanta guda biyu, yana amfana sosai daga wannan… Farashin da take kira ga dabbobi yana da wuyar gaskatawa.
Yayin da kajin ke siyar da kusan dala 50, kwanan nan ya samu sau goma don cikakken kajin: Kajin alatu yanzu sun kai dala 500 mai girman kai!
"Yawancin abokan cinikina suna da kuɗi fiye da lokaci," in ji Leslie - shi ya sa sun gwammace su sayi dabbobin manya da su yi kiwon da kansu. Har ila yau, suna son kajin da ba a saba ba, masu ban sha'awa waɗanda ke shimfiɗa ƙwai masu launi. Kuma suna da farashin su.
Amma wannan kusan fiye da alamar matsayi kawai: "Mutane suna da dukiya da yawa a cikin gidajensu, suna so su sake fuskantar wani abu na gaske."
"Kaji Halittu Masu Ƙarfi ne Masu Ƙarfin Hali"
Kafin mutanen Silicon Valley su yanke shawarar kiyaye kaji, duk da haka, ya kamata su yi la'akari da wasu abubuwa kuma Leslie Citroen yana da ra'ayin kasuwanci a shirye don wannan ma: bita ga masu mallakar dabbobi masu daraja a nan gaba, inda suka koyi komai game da kaji da dama. kiyaye yanayi.
Mutanen da ke sha'awar ko da yaushe suna mamakin irin nau'in dabbobi masu ban sha'awa kaji suna cike da hali, in ji Leslie. Batun da ba shi da daɗi shine yawancin mafarauta na halitta waɗanda ke wanzu a California: coyotes, raccoons, hawks, da lynxes. Saboda haka, kaji suna buƙatar wuri mai aminci da kariya da dare.
Tabbas, akwai kuma mafita ga wannan: kyawawan gidajen kaji waɗanda galibi suna kashe dubban daloli a cikin sigar su ta alatu. Ban da wannan sana’a mai kyau, kajin sun wadata Leslie da danginta a wasu matakai da yawa: “Kaji dabbobi ne masu ban sha’awa, masu wayo, yin aiki tare da su ya sa na ƙara kula da gaskiyar cewa laifin mu mutane ne, dabbobi ba su da kyau a bi da su.”
Don haka sabon kasuwanci da sabon sha'awar dabbobi da muhalli sakamakon wata mahaukaciyar tunani ne da ya fara wani wuri a cikin wani lambu a California ...