Freshman Raises Baby Chicks in his Dorm
March 24th, 2024
Wrote, shot, and edited profile feature video about Drake Whitman, a Mizzou freshman who had been keeping baby chickens in his dorm room and fighting against Res Life to keep them on campus.
For the past month, Whitman has been raising four chickens in his dorm. When it’s nice out, Whitman takes his chickens in a shopping cart to the Quad, where he lets them run around and invites people to pet them. Whitman calls a farm in Salsbury, Missouri home, where he raises chickens, ducks, and cockatiels. Before he got the chickens on campus, Whitman would go to Columbia Pet Center to see their parrots. For Whitman, it was natural to want to be around birds.
Photo stills from video