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Pratyush Dhamdhame

@lazyswan123503 · Jan 12, 2026 2:09 am

I was placed in a foster family and ended up being used as farm labor

Just to be clear, english is not my first language. I used translation assistance to write this text so I could express myself accurately. The events described are true and written as factually as possible.
I was placed in a foster family following serious family difficulties. This foster family ran a farm with several chicken coops.
When I arrived, my phone was broken. The family suggested that I collect eggs from their chicken coops in exchange for some money so that I could buy a new phone. The farm had three coops: two with around 2,000 hens each and a smaller one with about 1,000 hens, for a total of roughly 4,000 eggs per day. The eggs were brought by conveyor belts into a room where they had to be cleaned, sorted, placed into boxes, and stamped. There were also eggs left inside the coops that had to be collected manually.
I worked every morning from 7:00 a.m. to around 11:30 a.m., Monday to Friday. At the beginning, a farm employee was present and did most of the work. I was slower and learning. I did this for two weeks and was paid 200 Swiss francs, which allowed me to buy a new phone.
After that, the family asked me to continue collecting eggs. I agreed, assuming I would c