Good morning! The one in front needs to keep moving — everyone behind is stuck. Ducks, out of the way!
Morning roll call
Cho is all spiky. Luna, don’t step on Cho! Balloon is very relaxed. Here’s Marshmallow, who was eating corn lying down the other day.
Mr. Black Tiger, so fluffy. Echiseana and Monarch — sisters, and they really do look alike. Okki-chan, spread your wings a little more! Here’s Kurohige (“Black Beard”) — his beard is black again today. And Poppy 1 and Poppy 2 look so alike I keep mixing them up.
Brownie! Your feathers have grown in, and they’re beautiful. And Mint — don’t nibble on people! Hello, Mint.
Hako-chan is getting better
I’ve been showing you this hen for quite a while now: the chicken that was probably hit by a car. She’s getting much, much better. To keep her resting, I kept her in a small box the whole time, and since she has no name we’ve been calling her Box Chicken, Box-chan, or Hako-chan (hako means “box”). So, Hako-chan it is.
She was hit by a car and was completely limp, but after I gave her first aid she came back to life. She’s Marron’s sibling. One eye sort of opens, sort of doesn’t; the other eye has closed up, but the swelling has calmed down a lot.
Her legs have gotten very long — she’s growing. At first she was skin and bones and nearly dying, but I kept hand-feeding her every day (force-feeding, putting food into her beak), and she’s recovering!
She can’t see, so she can’t find where the food is; she pecks in odd places or doesn’t realize it’s food. So I’m still hand-feeding her, but she’s getting stronger, so I think it’s time for her to practice eating on her own. She’s very laid-back. It’s been about a month since her rescue.
Some news from me
Sorry this news is so late: I graduated from high school a few months ago! In the US, high school is four years, counted as grades 9 to 12, and in Hawaii the school year starts in August and ends in late May or early June, with two full months of summer vacation.
So we’ll be dropping the “high school girl” label from our titles and thumbnails. In the US you become an adult at 18, and I’ll be 18 soon — scary! From now on, Chicken Paradise Hawaii will be my main job. Thank you so much for your support. In America you throw your cap when you graduate, so here goes — though it’s so windy, watch it fly away!
Thanks for watching Chicken Paradise, and see you next time!