Good morning from Chicken Paradise Hawaii — with one of our ducklings, who I scooped up because they happened to be right there. Another blue sky today!
I opened up the chicks’ area. You’re doing well — still little, but getting bigger. Dolly, it’s been a while! The grass around here never grows because she eats every new shoot.
Banana is doing great
Remember the banana I introduced before? (A plant, not a chicken.) It’s now taller than me! The leaves suddenly got lush, and it looks very healthy — beautiful, very dark green leaves. At one point I thought it was going to wither, so I’m so glad it recovered.
I’ve heard it will take another six months to a year before it finally grows bananas, so I’ll keep watering it every day and wait. Good luck, banana!
Around the farm
Grass from over the fence is popular today. Some birds’ feathers are starting to grow back, and a few were relaxing together. The nest box is vacant today.
The little ones often gather around the mash pile. Orihime was very nervous. Roosters and hens ate side by side, Mint joined in, and Peanut Butter and Grey wanted to be on camera — Grey looked straight into the lens.
Meet our Leghorn intruder
Today’s chicken introduction is a little different. This is a wild rooster I just caught. He’s half White Leghorn — a breed kept for laying eggs — and half wild chicken, so he’s a bit small.
If wild chickens like this are left alone, they just keep multiplying, so I’m trying to catch all the chickens around the house. Today he happened to wander onto the property, so I herded him in and caught him. The neighbor had been chasing him for three months, and when I told him I’d caught him in an instant, he was very surprised.
He looks relatively clean and healthy, so I’d like to slowly test whether he can live together with the hens that lay big eggs. Good luck, little guy!
It’s a little hot today. Thanks for watching Chicken Paradise, and see you next time!