Good morning! Breakfast first today — everyone’s hungry. Pineapple the rooster has moved over here all by himself. Why? He wanders out of the room like it’s nothing. Now he’s having a sand bath and piling sand on his face.
22 chicks, all thriving
This month’s 22 chicks are all growing up without losing a single one. I’m not sure whether to be happy — what are we going to do with so many?! Out you go! Oh no, they won’t come out of the guinea pigs’ house.
Meet Usa-chan
We have a new family member, though the chicks are too noisy to talk. This is Usa-chan. Yes, as anyone can see, a rabbit. An animal welfare group had a fee-free day for Halloween, so I went. Lesson: animal lovers should not visit an animal welfare group on a free day. I came home with a rabbit. Easter arrived right on schedule! (Just kidding.)
Usa-chan came with a name I didn’t like, so I was thinking of a new one and asked viewers for ideas.
Rabbits on shifts
Our other rabbit, a huge white one, is put away right now. She was so pure white that I renamed her after a snowy Japanese sweet, but when she’s angry she stamps her foot on the floor — “dan!” — so she also got the odd nickname Danko.
This roomy enclosure was built for the guinea pigs, but rabbits can use it too and eat the same things, so they take turns: guinea pigs, rabbit A, rabbit B. Both rabbits are spayed females, so I thought they could go out together. But wow, rabbits fight! It turned into a squealing mess, so shifts it is for now. Both are said to be about two years and one month old. Next, I want to build a bigger rabbit hutch.
Meanwhile, the chicks have learned to drink from the rabbits’ and guinea pigs’ water container, which is a big problem. Komugi, you’ve gotten so big! You started with one friend, and suddenly you have 21 — and rabbits too.
Feeding time
The chicks are already eating. Everything we feed here is free of antibiotics and other drugs, so if a rabbit or guinea pig takes a bite, it’s no problem.
Ah, what a peaceful space. Oops, not over there: Pen-chan and a chick are having a staring contest. With water in an ordinary dish, chicks climb in, get soaked, catch cold and can die, which scares me, so normally I mix water into their food. A chick just hopped on the camera. No — you’ll get it dirty! Grow up big, everyone.
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