Good morning from Chicken Paradise — it’s me and Pen-chan, and another blue-sky day.
A duck drops in
Driving home yesterday, I saw something big and white flying along. It looked tired and glided down, and when I got closer, it turned out to be a duck. So we took it in. We’re looking for its owner, and if we can’t find one, we plan to keep it here. So cute and pure white.
The hibiscus bloomed again today — smaller, dainty flowers this time.
Scrap wood and a fresh duck house
I pulled the screws and nails out of some scrap wood, one by one, until it came apart into separate boards. Now to get creative with them.
I also turned grass into mulch and put it in the duck house. Ducks drink a lot of water, so their droppings are wet and the floor gets dirty fast. They splash the water in their tub everywhere too, and it gets pretty smelly. Chopped grass soaks up the water nicely. Basil got a little spooked, but soon the floor was soft and fluffy. Here came Cho, who has only one eye, and Shi-chan too.
Never underestimate a sprinkler
Next, a sprinkler — the kind you stab into the ground and attach a hose to. I pushed it into the middle of the garden and turned on the water. It soaked the camera, attacked the poor broccoli, and moved in strange ways, so I had to pull it out and try again more than once. In the end, a friend taught me how to use it, and now it turns a full 360 degrees.
Min-min loves nibbling the tips of weeds — only the tips, never pulling up the roots, but very fast. Min-min was the pet of an elementary-school boy, but the neighbors complained, so the family had no choice but to give Min-min up. Min-min was clearly loved and is very tame.
Meet Luna
Luna is our biggest hen, and one of the three birds in our very first group of hens. But she’s not a big eater at all. She’s slow, so when I hand out treats she often misses out. She’s three years old and lays very large brown eggs with a purplish tint. She’s a Black Australorp, one of the five biggest chicken breeds, developed to grow large so that after laying ends, the hens could be used for meat.
Next to little Opal, the size difference is amazing. Both are chickens, yet they look like parent and child. And Opal is actually the older of the two! Our big, easygoing Luna.
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