Some of these places are not legit. There was a “kol korei” posted this year, signed by Rabbonim, asking people not to go to any kapporos place that pops up on a street corner. In addition to the unsanitary conditions and the tzaar baalei chayim, the shechita is also problematic in some of these places. And kapparos is a minhag, not a mitzva. Not to say that it’s not important to follow minhagim, just saying it would more or less defeat the purpose if in doing so one is performing several aveiros. Caveat emptor!
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