Happy New Year from Oahu, Hawaii! Here’s to another good year together in 2023.
January’s calendar stars
On the January page of the 2023 Chicken Paradise Hawaii calendar are these two: Heart and Star. They grew up together from when they were tiny, so even though they’re both roosters, they get along really well. They turned four around December and are still stuck to each other, as always.
Heart is actually very important, yet he never got his own Today’s Chicken Corner, so here he is.
Heart, the leader of the coop
Heart is probably just an ordinary wild chicken. Four years ago, in heavy rain, he was being washed along a stream of water at the side of a road, just about to go down a drain, when a young couple found him. They dried him off but couldn’t keep him, so they took him to a pet store. We were on very good terms with that store, so they called us and we picked him up.
Now Heart leads not just the little ones’ room but the whole coop. Without him, I don’t think this coop would work. When young roosters start pointless fights, it’s hard for a person to stop them, since chickens don’t understand us. But one little glare from Heart and everyone stops. He also looks after hens and weak birds. Thank you, Heart.
Star, the Polish rooster
And here’s everyone’s favorite, Star. When we took Heart in, I had just read that a chick raised alone gets lonely, so we went to buy another. I decided on a breed I was curious about: the Polish. From the box of Polish chicks, I picked the one that looked quietest and smallest, to match Heart’s size, and that chick grew into this fine rooster.
Polish chickens are known for having no comb, so many people can’t tell males from females at a glance. For a long time I said Star was a hen. Completely wrong! And so the legendary rooster duo was born.
Hello from our rabbits
It’s the Year of the Rabbit, so here are our rabbits. A lively boy with a black face and a fluffy dark-gray body. A slightly clumsy boy we call Miffy anyway, with white fur and blue eyes, the same coloring as Natsu the cat. A mischievous gray boy with plush-toy fur and a charming orange spot on his forehead. A big eater like a round furball. A stylish black-and-brown girl who is fairly calm and friendly. A light-gray girl whose fur is growing back after we trimmed out the mats. And the leader of the girls’ team, who is big and smart.
Happy New Year, and thanks for watching!