UMary Allen
Eyona nto yaqala njengesisombululo ngexesha lobunzima bezoqoqosho iye yakhula yaba lishishini elinengeniso kaLeslie Citroen kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo: uthengisa iinkukhu. Kodwa hayi kwifama yelizwe, kodwa embindini weSilicon Valley, iziko leshishini letekhnoloji eCalifornia. Kudliwano-ndlebe, uxelela uPetReader ukuba kwenzeke njani.
Ukuba ufaka i-hashtag #backyardchickens kwi-Instagram, uya kufumana phantse isigidi sezithuba-umlinganiselo olungileyo wokuba into ethile yinto yokwenyani.
Iinkukhu zizo zonke iRage eCalifornia
U-Leslie Citroen, kunye nenkampani yakhe "i-Mill Valley Chickens", ubambe ngokupheleleyo i-zeitgeist, ube negalelo ekwenzeni iinkukhu kwisitiya sakho esithandwa kakhulu kunangaphambili. U-Leslie, oye wabizwa ngokuba yi "Chicken Whisperer", uvelisa kwaye uthengise iinkukhu kwindawo yaseSan Francisco Bay - ngokuchanekileyo apho abantu abakwi-IT kunye ne-high-tech amacandelo benza izigidi. Idibana njani loo nto?
“Abantu balapha bafunde kakhulu kwaye bayazi kakuhle imiphumo emibi yokulima kwifektri, bafuna ukulawula ukutya kwabo kwaye bazive benetyala elincinci,” kuchaza uLeslie kudliwano-ndlebe noDeineTierwelt. Amaqanda asuka kwiinkukhu zakho ezonwabileyo ngokuqinisekileyo ahambelana kakuhle.
Ukongezelela, ngenxa yesomiso, akusekho i-chic ukunkcenkceshela i-lawn eluhlaza, kwaye amaCalifornian ngoku asebenzisa indawo ejikeleze indlu yabo ngokuhlukileyo - kwindlu yenkukhu, umzekelo.
Inkukhu eNtofontofo ye-500 yeedola
Xa sele iqalile, lo mkhwa usasazeka ngokukhawuleza - ngoku, ngokutsho kukaLeslie, kuphantse kube yinto eqhelekileyo ukugcina iinkukhu ngasemva. Kwaye ishishini lakhe, aliqhuba kunye nabantwana bakhe ababini, lixhamla kakhulu koku ... Amaxabiso awabizayo ngezilwanyana kunzima ukuwakholelwa.
Ngelixa intshontsho lithengisa malunga nama-50 eedola, kutshanje lifumene imali ephindwe kashumi kwinkukhu ekhule ngokupheleleyo: Iinkukhu zalo zodidi ngoku zixabisa i-500 yeedola ezinebhongo!
“Uninzi lwabathengi bam banemali eninzi kunexesha,” utsho uLeslie – yiyo loo nto bekhetha ukuthenga izilwanyana ezindala kunokuba bazikhulisele ngokwabo. Bakwathanda iinkukhu ezingaqhelekanga, ezingaqhelekanga ezibeka amaqanda anemibala. Kwaye banexabiso labo.
Kodwa oku kungaphezulu kunophawu nje: “Abantu banezinto eziphathekayo ezininzi ezindlwini zabo, bafuna ukufumana into yokwenene kwakhona.”
“Iinkuku zizidalwa ezinobuhlobo ezinobuntu obunamandla”
Ngaphambi kokuba abantu baseSilicon Valley banqume ukugcina iinkukhu, nangona kunjalo, kufuneka baqwalasele izinto ezimbalwa kwaye uLeslie Citroen unombono weshishini olungele oku kwakhona: iiworkshops zabanikazi bexesha elizayo bezilwanyana ezixabisekileyo, apho bafunda yonke into malunga neenkukhu kunye nelungelo. ukugcina iimeko.
Abantu abanomdla bahlala bemangalisiwe ukuba luhlobo luni lwezilwanyana ezinobuhlobo ngokumangalisayo iinkukhu zigcwele ubuntu, uhleka uLeslie. Isihloko esingayonwabisi kangako ziziqwenga ezininzi zendalo ezikhoyo eCalifornia: iicoyotes, iiraccoon, iikhetshe, kunye neelynx. Ngoko ke, iinkukhu zidinga indawo ekhuselekileyo nekhuselekileyo ebusuku.
Kakade ke, kukho nesisombululo kule nto: izindlu zenkukhu ezintle ezidla ngokuxabisa amawaka eedola kuhlobo lwazo olutofotofo. Ngaphandle kweli shishini lihle, iinkuku zityebisa uLeslie nentsapho yakhe nakweminye imigangatho emininzi: “Iinkuku zizilwanyana zasekhaya ezimangalisayo, ezikrelekrele, ukusebenza nazo kwandenza ndayiqonda ngakumbi into yokuba kuphosakele kuthi bantu, izilwanyana ukuziphatha.”
Ke ishishini elitsha kunye nokuthanda okutsha kwezilwanyana kunye nokusingqongileyo ziziphumo zombono ophambeneyo owaqala ndaweni ithile egadini eCalifornia…