I am aware but like, all the alternatives are WAY MORE fucked up. like, both in terms of witches eating people and in terms of factory farming, like, existing

can't say you're wrong! I will be there with spare seeds. do you have a site picked out

not SPECIFICALLY. do you have any thoughts for a place super far away from everyone?

I don't wanna try teleporting witches so no, we're gonna do this outside the city but still sorta close

yeah that is fair

She finds a spot where probably nobody will notice them and sets a few things up. 

...then, because she is not an idiot, she texts her mentor explaining what's going on. 

FIVE THOUSAND?

But then I'll be attached

I am very sure that no matter how things turn out I do not need all five thousand for mad science if you want any

It would stop being a downy baby soon though!

That is true. I know some people keep chickens as pets but I think people who do that mostly keep hens...I don't really know what happens to extra male chicks when it isn't horrible factory farming things.

I don't know. I do know that you can't keep roosters in most places because they're loud though.

makes sense. I wonder if there are any magical girls who do sex changes and could generalize to birds

I've only done the one, and it was pretty labor intensive, no way could I do five thousand.

you don't have a specific power for it!

Nobody smart does! If that's what you want you can get it wishing for anything!

ok but there are lots of not smart people in the world I bet any of them are magical girls

They don't live as long! Maybe there are some alive right now though.

I proooooobably have better things to do than track them down

Yeah.

Do you want me on standby in case anything happens?

for something like this more backup is better than less. but like also I was thinking regular check-ins and if we miss one someone ie you knows something has gone horribly wrong

Okay, I can do that.

thanks

the chicks arrive. Wei Ying buys them several sacks of oats and dumps them in the middle of the pallet after it gets teleported out to their chosen site. She texts Shi Qingxuan to expect check-ins at least every fifteen minutes. She collects Lan Zhan and the three of them go monster-dowsing. 

Chicks go peep peep peep and try to climb over each other to eat the oats.

The nearest witch isn't as close as would be convenient. It's almost a mile off. It is, however, a small one, not even causing any newsworthy misery in the suburb it's roaming at the moment.

She raises her flute to her lips and commands the witch to follow them. 

The shimmery barrier glides over stucco siding and concrete gutters to follow her obediently.

It's a long walk. Wei Ying stops multiple times to recharge off grief seeds, although she hasn't quite filled up the first one when they reach their destination; it really is a very small witch. 

She orders the witch to feed on the chicks.