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▶ May 24, 2023 A Trap by the Sheep and a Wall of Grass: Hard Work Alone A hen and two chicks live with the neighbor's sheep, I set a gift trap to catch them, and I hack a… ▶ May 22, 2023 A Rooster With String on His Legs: Meet Anthony A new rooster turns up at a chicken capture site with string tied tight around his legs. We cut it off, and… ▶ May 20, 2023 Another Cold, a Week of Driving, and Chickens Outside the Net I've caught another cold, so the chickens hear all about it. Plus a week of driving myself, molting birds, mealworm deliveries, and… ▶ May 19, 2023 Natsu on Patrol, a Baby Guinea Pig, and a Hammock in the Coop Natsu supervises the flock (and finds a hammock), our baby guinea pig learns to come running for biscuits, and a quiz: whose… ▶ May 17, 2023 A Season of New Life: Pigeon Chicks Hatch, and Happy Has a Baby A crowded pigeon house, a chick whose parents nobody can name, and Happy's new baby. We follow our pigeon chicks from hatching… ▶ May 15, 2023 Natsu Lounges in the Coop, and Two Big Hens Go Broody Natsu lounges among the chickens and ducks, the flock gets donated apples and corn, and Echiseana and Luna, two of our big… ▶ May 13, 2023 Heart’s Rare Dust Bath, Shy Chicks, and a Cat and Dog Slideshow I catch Heart taking a rare dust bath, go looking for this year's half-grown chicks hiding from the heat, hear Snickers' story,… ▶ May 12, 2023 Star Gets His Own T-Shirt Everyone's favorite Polish rooster, Star, got his own T-shirt, with a drawing designed by my mom and a very confident slogan on… ▶ May 10, 2023 A Driver’s License, a Car, and My First Step Toward Independence Big news: I got my driver's license and a used car, bought partly with your donations, so now I can come to… ▶ May 8, 2023 Have You Ever Seen a Banana Grow? Our Banana Plant Blooms Our banana plant is now about 5 meters tall and has flowered, with rows of tiny bananas. Plus: why bananas are at… ▶ May 6, 2023 Star the Rooster Is in the Mood for the Camera Hiyo-chan keeps growing, the unnamed youngsters copy Pachita, Star decides today is his day to be on camera, and a big photo… ▶ May 5, 2023 Rainy Day Update: How Chickens Dodge the Rain Heavy rain at the farm: everyone heads to bed early, Nugget turns out to be a hen, the male ducks are squabbling,… ▶ May 3, 2023 Grey’s Little Comeback and a Peaceful Day Grey is back among the flock, sheltered by the fluffy hens. Hiyo-chan crows on camera for the first time, Toast gets a… ▶ May 1, 2023 Banana Day Shows Everyone’s True Colors A big banana treat shows who's who: Heart breaks bananas into bits for everyone, Chico gobbles, Piccolo forgets to share, and Star… April 30, 2023 Farm Notes — April 2023: Three Duck Brothers, a Chick Meeting and an Angry Guinea Pig Team Thirteen little clips from April: chicks skipping a feast, a chick meeting, three duck brothers, cat wrestling, a baby mouse, grumpy guinea… ▶ April 29, 2023 Spring Appetites and Three New Guinea Pig Brothers Spring brings bigger appetites, the guinea pigs get banana peels, three new guinea pig brothers arrive, and the cran-apple hibiscus moves to… ▶ April 28, 2023 Meet Chibi and Sweetie, Two Broilers Who Beat the Odds Two giant meat birds join us after being lovingly kept at a church. At two years and two months old, they've lived… ▶ April 26, 2023 After the Storm — Can No. 354, a Rooster Who Can’t Walk Well, Fit In? Another storm blows through the farm. Then No. 354, a young fighting rooster dumped by the road because of a neurological disease,… ▶ April 24, 2023 Narrating Feeding Time: Health Checks and a Growing Hiyo-chan I narrate footage my mother filmed, watching it for the first time: feeding-time chaos, why we spread the food out, nail and… ▶ April 22, 2023 Yellow, the Rooster Who Came Back — Plus Everyday Faces Yellow, a low-ranking rooster, slipped out through a hole and turned up the next day asking for food. Plus a slideshow of… ▶ April 21, 2023 Collars for the Neighbor’s Sheep — and Getting Knocked Flat With the owner's permission, I tried to put collars on the three sheep next door so they could help mow our parking… ▶ April 19, 2023 A Cold, New Boots, and a New Collar for Iroha I'm back after a cold with a very low voice. The bananas are rounding out, I finally replaced my boots, and Iroha… ▶ April 17, 2023 Luna Goes Broody at Almost Five — and Mint’s Stolen Eggs For the first time, a hen of an egg-laying breed has gone broody here: Luna the Australorp. Plus a duck meeting, a… ▶ April 15, 2023 Corn Party in Playground No. 3 Word has got around about Playground No. 3, and a corn treat brings everyone running: Star, Heart, Toast, Sonatine, Glico, Bee and… ▶ April 14, 2023 Barbie, Snickers and Spaz Arrive — and Chako Goes Broody Young chicks taken from kids who were tormenting them in a park come to us, and Chako, whose growth we've followed since… ▶ April 12, 2023 A DIY Water System for the Rabbits — and Moo-chan’s New Home With so many rabbits in our care, water bottles couldn't keep up, so I built a tube-fed drinking system. Plus playground news… ▶ April 10, 2023 New Food for Our Eight Cats (and One Very Eager Dog) We ran out of cat food, so I tried some new wet food on the farm cats, while Iroha, our dog, did… ▶ April 8, 2023 Playground No. 3, One Week On: Hiding Spots, Squabbles and Chive A week after the extension, the bushes in Playground No. 3 let weak hens live freely, hidden roosters squabble, and Chive the… ▶ April 7, 2023 Easter, Easter Eggers — and Sonata, the Gentlest Rooster Spring means Easter, so today: where Easter Eggers' colorful eggs come from, the Easter Eggers in our flock, and Sonata, my very… ▶ April 5, 2023 Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Grubs for the Chickens An invasive beetle is damaging Hawaii's coconut palms, so I dug up a bucket of its grubs and let the chickens help… ▶ April 3, 2023 Cleaning Day for the Rabbit Boys, with the Chickens’ Help I clear leftover grass and droppings from the male rabbits' floor, the chickens turn it into compost, and the sheep next door… ▶ April 1, 2023 All About Eggs: Colors, How They’re Made, and How to Store Them Our hens' eggs come in every size and color. How an egg forms inside a hen, which end goes up, the protective… ▶ March 31, 2023 Bitten by Fire Ants, and Tamamushi Crows for the First Time The chickens pour into the newly opened extension, fire ants bite me while I rescue a rooster, and Tamamushi gets his name… March 31, 2023 Farm Notes — March 2023: A Giant Chicken, Fuyuto Staying Out and a Guinea Fowl’s Alarm Thirteen little clips from March: a giant chicken, a fine comb, six-month-old Fuyuto, a camera-curious chick, a guinea fowl's alarm call, a… ▶ March 29, 2023 Meet Hiyo-chan, Plus Five Little Adventurers and Rabbit Haircuts Bok choy for the tortoises, five orphaned chicks out exploring (and getting scolded), haircuts for the angora boys, and meet Hiyo-chan, who… ▶ March 27, 2023 Rooster No. 354: How Our Roadside Rescue Is Doing The rooster I found by the road, with a wing tag reading 354, now has a huge appetite, and he's standing and… ▶ March 25, 2023 A Bigger Playground for the Baby Tortoises (After a Measuring Blunder) The baby sulcata tortoises are palm-sized now, so I turn the flower bed into a fenced tortoise playground, after cutting a whole… ▶ March 24, 2023 Playground 2 Is Open: Double the Space for the Chickens The long-planned second chicken playground is finally built on our old field. Opening day brings snacks, a papaya surprise, and guinea fowl… ▶ March 22, 2023 Medicine Day for 45 Rescued Rabbits (and the Farm Cats) A vet visit showed our rescued rabbits had bugs in their fur, so all 45 get a drop of medicine one by… ▶ March 20, 2023 Flowers for the Tortoise Playground, and Moo-chan’s New Room I plant flowers where the tortoises' playground will be, the cats come to supervise, and grumpy rooster Moo-chan moves into a roomy… ▶ March 18, 2023 Storm Gusts, a Roof Repair, and the Sheep Move to New Grass Hurricane-strength gusts nearly tear a roof off, so I brace it with a frame. Then Blueberry, Strawberry and Watermelon move to a… ▶ March 17, 2023 A Baby Pigeon Joins the Loft, and Happy’s Husband Is Too Intense A young pigeon with a broken leg, found under a car, joins our pigeon house, where Happy's husband gives it a hard… ▶ March 15, 2023 A Peek at the Chickens’ Daily Life with a Hidden Camera Fresh sawdust after the rain, then I leave a camera in the coop: curious crowds, Piccolo on guard duty, high-ranking Glico, and… ▶ March 13, 2023 I Asked the Ducks About the Rain: A Week of Downpours Turns to Mud A week of rain has turned the playground into a swamp, one year after we moved here. I ask the ducks and… ▶ March 11, 2023 A Guide to Chicken Combs: Straight, Pea, Rose, Walnut — and None Straight, pea, rose and walnut: our muddy-footed flock models the different kinds of chicken combs, and I explain what combs are for… ▶ March 10, 2023 A Slow, Cozy Day in the Coop — and Meet Gin-chan, Six and a Half A gentle wander around the farm: dust-bathing youngsters, broody Parsley, the guinea pig boys, Star and Ilima in the pigeon house, and… ▶ March 8, 2023 Broody Season Begins: Coaxing Hens Out from Under the Table Broody season is here, and hens who forget to eat get pulled out for dinner, with plenty of pecks for my trouble.… ▶ March 6, 2023 “You’re Free Now”: A Roadside Rooster and Black Soldier Fly Treats I find another rooster dumped by the road, unable to walk, and take off his wing tag. Then the flock tries dried… ▶ March 4, 2023 31 More Rabbits Arrive, and a Guinea Fowl Keeps the Peace I build rabbit hutches just in time for 31 more rescued rabbits, the bantam ladies star in the March calendar, and a… ▶ March 3, 2023 Grey Retires? Our Lemon Blue Cochin Turns Baby Again, Plus Sheep Grey, one of our first roosters, has gone from coop second-in-command back to a shoulder-riding baby. Plus three sheep arrive next door…