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▶ March 1, 2023 Another Downpour: Sawdust on the Floor and Fuyuto’s Mischief After a flood warning and a night of thunder, I spread sawdust over the mud, open the coops to a very relaxed… February 28, 2023 Farm Notes — February 2023: AI Portraits of Glico and Star, Cat Wrestling and Better Crowing Twelve little clips from February: AI-made portraits of Glico and Star, cat wrestling, a blue-eyed kitten, sleepyheads, a dash for shelter and… ▶ February 27, 2023 The Othello Bros. Return, Succulents, and Hawaii’s Rainy Season The Othello twins are back, now huge and about 4 kilos each. Plus hibiscus for the rabbits, a succulent experiment, a new… ▶ February 25, 2023 Sad News: Our Old Farm Car Broke Down The 2002 minivan a kind stranger gave us has finally given out, stalling in a highway tunnel with Pen-chan and a kitten… ▶ February 24, 2023 Cats and Chickens Side by Side — and Meet Pachita Cats and chickens ignore each other, Marshmallow demonstrates a dust bath, and meet Pachita, our newest arrival: a chicken on the outside,… ▶ February 22, 2023 Digging for Okinawan Sweet Potatoes — and Meet Dal I tackle the weedy Field No. 1 to dig for Okinawan sweet potatoes, Sonata takes it easy, and meet Dal, a 90%… ▶ February 20, 2023 Our First DIY Rabbit Hutch Is Finished A search for a cheap cage led to a hundred rabbits needing help. Now the boys' team has a roomy new homemade… ▶ February 18, 2023 A Little Music Break: “Kaze ni Naru” on Ukulele A break from farm news: I sing and play a ukulele cover of the Japanese song "Kaze ni Naru" ("Becoming the Wind"). ▶ February 17, 2023 This Season’s Chicks Grow Up — and Black Sex Links Explained This season's surviving chicks make their playground debut, and Cho and Balloon show how two Black Star hens can look nothing alike. ▶ February 15, 2023 Eleven Months Later, a Banana Bud — and Meet Othello Black The tall apple banana we planted 11 months ago finally has a bud, and Othello Black, nearly all fighting-breed, has grown into… ▶ February 13, 2023 Our First Chicken Paradise Sticker Set Is Here! Our official chat sticker set, "Chicken Paradise Hawaii 1st," designed by my mother, is full of the funny faces of our chickens… ▶ February 11, 2023 Why Do Roosters Crow — Even in the Middle of the Night? How a rooster makes his cock-a-doodle-doo, why he crows at odd hours, whether the boss crows first, and why a few hens… ▶ February 10, 2023 Pigeon Homing Practice Begins — but Nobody Can Use the Door Back in the pigeon room: Happy and her husband, a frizzle-feathered pigeon with eyebrows, a giant white rescue, and a flock that… ▶ February 8, 2023 Kirin Moves to the Big Room — and Meet Oreo, Now Four Kirin has healed and tries life where the flock can see him (the cage-side fights start in seconds), the lettuce flowers, and… ▶ February 6, 2023 Big Bodies, Bigger Attitudes: Our Ducks at Six Months An update on our ducks: the brothers who fought and made up, gentle giant Ringo, a hungry stray who's now laying eggs,… ▶ February 4, 2023 Thank You! We Reached 1,000 Subscribers A special report with Star: our channel passed 1,000 subscribers! A big thank-you, a word on where the channel's earnings go, and… ▶ February 3, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 3: Everyday Health Care The last part of our happy-chicken series: a health check with Kin-chan, trimming nails and beaks, Basil's parasite patrol, heat and cold,… ▶ February 1, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 2: What We Feed Part two of our happy-chicken series: why we use crumble feed, how to check the crop and body condition, good treats —… January 31, 2023 Farm Notes — January 2023: Pen-chan’s New Year, the Freshest Egg on Rice and Marching Ducks Fourteen little clips from January: a New Year greeting from Pen-chan, a one-minute-fresh egg on rice, chicks on the move, busy cats,… ▶ January 30, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 1: Their Living Space Part one of our happy-chicken series: space, perches, nest boxes, bedding and poop, and how many roosters and hens to keep —… ▶ January 28, 2023 Fancy New Pigeons Arrive — and a Bathing Spot at Last Our rabbits get the bok choy cores, I finally give the pigeons the water bath I forgot, and three fancy feather-footed pigeons… ▶ January 27, 2023 Is Nugget a Rooster or a Hen? Plus Tortoise Bath Time Even a self-described chicken pro can't tell whether Nugget is a rooster or a hen. Then our leopard tortoises get a soak… ▶ January 25, 2023 Our Pet Salon Opens: First Haircuts with Clippers Someone donated a set of dog clippers, so I tried them on our long-haired foster rabbits and a guinea pig. The customers… ▶ January 23, 2023 Nest Box Report: Tease-chan Is Not Amused A nest box report: Poppy and Poppy 2 side by side, Brownie on supervisor duty, Tease-chan on the attack, Yukinko's blue eggs,… ▶ January 20, 2023 Our First Tote Bag, Starring Baby Tsuki Our original tote bag is finished! The design is based on a photo of Tsuki as a chick — so we asked… ▶ January 18, 2023 Bird Flu: What It’s Like Here in Hawaii Taro finds a sunny spot while I talk about bird flu: how wild birds are tested in Hawaii, how chickens are kept… ▶ January 16, 2023 Iroha the Dog Visits the Chicken Playground, and Meet Sugar Now that Iroha has calmed down a little, I let our dog into the chicken playground. Plus Sugar, the hen who slipped… ▶ January 14, 2023 Our 200th Video: Calling Every Chicken by Name in One Take For our 200th video, I tried to call every bird in the coop and playground by name with one camera. The count:… ▶ January 13, 2023 A Bigger Cat Room, and a New Kitten: Natsu’s Sister Hanabi A sunny day of sunbathing chickens, a cat room remodeled with my new tools, and our newest kitten, Hanabi, Natsu's little sister. ▶ January 11, 2023 Brownie’s Fluffy-Cheeked Relatives Move In Our neighbors are moving and left four hens with us, and the fluffy-cheeked girls I picked turn out to be Brownie's blood… ▶ January 9, 2023 Last Year’s Chicks Have Grown Into Fine Roosters Inazuma and the silkie-mix pair Sammy and Calvin are all grown up, plus a roll call of last year's chicks who are… ▶ January 7, 2023 Star Is Back in Top Form, and I Finally Get My Own Tools Star's feathers have grown back and his pneumonia is gone. Plus a busy feeding round and unboxing the power tool set I… ▶ January 6, 2023 How We Keep So Many Roosters Together Without Chaos Two or three roosters in every shot? Here's how we bring wild roosters into the flock step by step: quarantine, trust, a… ▶ January 4, 2023 What Happens When Chickens Hear a Whistle Candy? I blow a Japanese whistle candy for the flock to see how they react. Plus a fierce Oreo, the EP133 ducklings all… ▶ January 2, 2023 The Wanderer: An Oreo Look-Alike Moves In from Next Door A young Plymouth Rock from next door has been visiting since the storm, so we're looking after it for now. Plus our… ▶ December 31, 2022 Happy New Year from Heart and Star, Our Legendary Rooster Duo Heart and Star, January's stars on our 2023 calendar: how a rain-soaked wild chick and a quiet Polish chick grew up side… December 31, 2022 Farm Notes — December 2022: Mopsy’s Rehab, Popular Heart and Star, and Ducklings Thirteen little clips from December: Mopsy's rehab, Heart and Star in demand, ducklings, a baby pigeon and plenty of cat time. ▶ December 30, 2022 Looking Back on 2022, Our First Year on the New Farm A quiet evening with the flock, Iroha hoping someone will play, and a look back at our first year on the new… ▶ December 28, 2022 After the Storm: Drying the Playground and Hosting Twelve Hens I spread dry grass over the muddy playground, look after our neighbor's twelve hens, and the coop gets very, very crowded. ▶ December 26, 2022 The Grape Deliveries Continue — Please Don’t Bite! More Christmas grapes: one-eyed Cho and Melona, the Shiratama team's first taste, meet Tsuyoshi the brave rooster, and some very sharp little… ▶ December 24, 2022 Christmas Presents for Everyone at Chicken Paradise Merry Christmas from sunny Hawaii! Treats for the cats, a sweet potato chew for Iroha, a grape party for the chickens, and… ▶ December 23, 2022 Thank You, 2022! Our Blooper Reel To wrap up 2022, a digest of outtakes: tangled intros, a forgotten breed, the wrong name, mosquitoes, and animals with ideas of… ▶ December 21, 2022 A Big Winter Storm Hits the Farm Days of wind, rain and thunder: we packed the chickens indoors, rounded up our neighbors' escaped birds, and came through without major… ▶ December 19, 2022 Meet Ohana the Rabbit — and Our Entrance Is Suddenly Closed The brown rabbit from the shelter has a name: Ohana. Then some bad news: our main entrance is closed, and every feed… ▶ December 17, 2022 Booth-Style Dinner for Five Farm Cats (It Sort of Worked) Feeding time with five kittens is chaos, so I built cardboard lanes, one cat per lane. Some got the idea right away;… ▶ December 16, 2022 A Thank-You, a Cage Update, and Pigeon Chicks Getting Their Colors A thank-you to everyone who donated toward the rooster cage, a look at how baby pigeons grow their feathers, Happy's chicks, and… ▶ December 14, 2022 Morning at the Coop, Taro’s Story, and a Monarch Caterpillar A damp morning: breakfast for everyone, chicks in the sun, cats eyeing the guinea pigs. Then meet Taro, our Rhode Island Red,… ▶ December 12, 2022 Our 2023 Calendar Arrives — Plus a Pigeon Nursery Update Our 2023 Chicken Paradise calendar finally reached our house, glossy and beautiful. Then a check on Happy's chicks, the white pigeons' babies… ▶ December 10, 2022 Hot or Cold? What Winter Is Like on Our Hawaii Farm Many of you asked if we get cold here. A look at winter in Hawaii, why some chickens handle chilly nights better… ▶ December 9, 2022 Basil Runs the Wrong Way, Happy Feeds Her Babies, Balloon’s Muddy Feet Basil finds a new way to be on the wrong side of the door, Happy shows how pigeon parents feed their young,…