Are there vaccines for reptiles? Even if there were, I don’t think that two meters long dragon or that over three meters long snake with the upper half of a woman would take them. This collection of monsters might even end up being covered by the news.
Maybe even my cute chickens… No, give me a break. My chickens aren’t for show.
After struggling to come up with something to take with me to give to Matsuyama, I talk to Aikawa about it, and he suggests an assortment of fruit. I don’t think a guy would be very happy about that, but maybe it’d be good for women and children.
The next day, the alcohol is out of my system, so I go to N town with Aikawa to buy it. There are already cherry fruits being sold. It really makes me feel what season we’re in, or what time of the year.
“You’re really attentive, Aikawa.”
“…There’s a lot to do on a mountain, but I’m practically alone. That’s why I have plenty of room in my mind for this sort of thing. That makes me think too much about some stuff too, but it also makes it so I can get ideas more easily.”
Plenty of room in his mind? I wish I can be like that eventually too.
Yuma came with me to town, and since we parked the two mini trucks next to each other, when we come back, it looks like it’s talking with Rin about something. Rin is sitting on the passenger seat, and for some reason, Yuma is on the driver’s seat. Both have their windows open, so that’s why it looks like they’re chatting.
“I hope the two girls are getting along.”
Says Aikawa with a laugh. Yes, that’d be nice.
Aikawa is always looking after me, so I give him some large cherries.
“You didn’t have to… But Rin will be happy. Thank you.”
I guess girls really do like sweet things. Also, I bought cherries for my chickens to try them, and they devour them all. I don’t even know if they have a sense of taste, but it gets me looking far away and thinking that sweet things really are tasty.
And the day after that, it’s time to go to the poultry farm. I want to get them vaccinated, but before that, my chickens need to be examined. That’s the main objective today, to have a veterinarian examine them.
But when I try to get them on the mini truck… Pochi runs away.
Once everything is ready, it runs in the direction where there are densely packed trees.
“Eeeh?”
I told them about going to see a vet, but not about vaccination. Do they have some sort of animal instinct about these things?
“Hey! Pochi! We’re leaving! Come back!”
It peeks out from behind a tree just a little bit.
“Tama, Yuma, can’t we do something?”
“Can’twedosomething.”
“Wecan’tdosomething.”
Eh?
I feel like they said we can’t do anything, so I look at Tama and Yuma closely.
We can’t just stand here forever. Today I’m just going there to have them checked out anyway, so let’s give up.
“Pochi, you’re definitely coming next time! Look after the house.”
I feel like I see its crest going up and down. Like it’s saying it understands, but I doubt Pochi will want to come next time either. If it really runs away, I’ll have to catch it. Let’s make sure it listens, and ask if it will come if we vaccinate it using other methods other than injections.
“Good morning.”
“Welcome Sano.”
It’s Matsuyama’s wife who greets me, and her face brightens when I give her my gift.
“Oh dear, how considerate. You didn’t have to…”
Her reaction is quite different compared to when I brought rice crackers. I’m sure not all women like fruit, but this is still pretty useful. Good job, Aikawa!
“Hello Sano.”
Matsuyama comes from the farm with a man I don’t recognize.
“Hello. Thank you for contacting me.”
“No no, I was curious too.”
The other man’s eyes are wide open.
“Well… They sure are big…”
“Sano, this is Kimoto, a vet. Kimoto, this is Sano, the owner of the giant chickens.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m a veterinarian in S town.”
“I’m Sano, nice to meet you.”
S town is to the south of the village, beyond the mountain. I think it’s bigger than the N town to the west.
He has a lot of white hair, and seems like a nice middle-aged man.
“I heard you had three…”
“Sorry, one… Sensed something, and I couldn’t catch it…”
“They’re free range? I guess they have to be, considering their size. Matsuyama, can I measure, weigh them, and do a simple examination in your place?”
“Sure, no problem.”
We enter his house, and borrow the dirt floor.
“They’re bigger than brahma (the biggest chickens in the world)… A hundred and ten point three centimeters. The weight… Seven point eighty-two kilograms. Pretty heavy. Maybe it’s the tail. They have reptilian tails… Are they going back to their dinosaur roots? Can you open your mouth? Uwah… Those are some incredible teeth. You’re not going to bite me, are you? I’ve never seen something like this. Incredible… I could write a paper on this. There, all done. They’re very well behaved.”
Kimoto skillfully examines Tama and Yuma, and then turns to me. Wait, did they get bigger again?
“They look like chickens, but also feathered dinosaurs. We could use vaccines for chickens, but it would be your responsibility if something happened…”
“I see… I heard about vaccination through drinking water.”
“Drinking it doesn’t necessarily make it safe. It’s a live vaccine. But I also can’t say inactivated vaccines are incredibly safe. Maybe we should administer an DPT-IPV vaccine and see how they do. It might prevent diseases, but it’s still something that’s supposed to be used on normal chickens…”
“I see…”
I look at Tama and Yuma. Yuma is tilting its neck. Cute.
“I’ll try talking about it.”
I need to talk to Pochi too. I think my chickens understand me, so I can talk to them. I want to accept it only after we talk.
I think it’s good if we can avoid diseases through vaccination. But I should discuss their natural immunity with people.
That day, I have tasty chicken again. It’s all fresh too. I kind of feel Yuma and Tama glaring, but I ignore it. It’s too good.
I’m going to visit Doctor Kimoto in his clinic in the S town another day. Once we get over the rainy season.
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