Good morning! Good morning to the ducks, too.
Cheer up, Sonata
Sonata, why are you looking so droopy? There are a lot more of us now, huh. You need to perk up a little. Are you listening? Cho, say something to him. Sonata, pull yourself together! Hmm… now he’s getting clingy. His default face is the same as Taro’s.
Okki-chan, say something to him — you’re his senior, after all. “I don’t care anymore.” Wamekuko, why don’t you yell a bit for Sonata? “I’ll pass.” Well, off you go. Charging complete!
Marron’s crowing practice
Marron has been with us since he was about two days old — the chick I’ve featured at home all this time. I think he’s about six months old now. He’s been practicing his cock-a-doodle-doo and has gotten much better. And there he goes, crowing right in the middle of my explanation again! Bad timing, but you’re getting good at it.
The little duckling that walked onto our farm by itself is getting bigger. It’s okay — chickens are scary, huh. Is it a boy or a girl? We’re saying it’s probably a boy.
Meet Lavender and Cloud
This is Lavender, an Old English Game Bantam in a color called speckled blue — an expensive, proper breed of chicken.
And this is Cloud, a wild chicken and a rooster. When he was little he was pure white — well, a strange color, like a rain cloud.
So why do they look so alike? The color of their combs is exactly the same, the blue patches beside their ears are the same, and their legs are the same blue. What is going on? I wish someone who knows about genetics would tell me! They look alike, but they’re actually completely unrelated chickens.
Parsley’s blue wings
And here is Parsley, who fell from the sky and has been treasured at our house ever since. Her face has stopped turning white. Let’s look inside her wings — wow, light blue (it changes with the angle). Beautiful! I thought she was big, but she’s small and cute next to Howl. Her face bumps are starting to grow. Ducks seem to calm down when you hold their beak, and many of them tuck it in like this.
A purple visitor
A dragonfly got caught inside the chicken coop — and it bit me! It’s purple, about 5 centimeters long, with a flat tail. So beautiful. I checked later, and it’s probably a male roseate skimmer. I rarely see dragonflies in Hawaii; maybe they gather here because we have so many creatures.
Thank you for watching Chicken Paradise! See you next time.