Good morning! Oops — Fujiko tripped. Good morning to you, too.
Morning hellos
Good morning, Shiratama! Good morning, Salt — you are Salt, right? And Shiratama just sat down. Good morning, Dal. I can touch you! You don’t even notice, do you? You’re being touched by a human right now. You started out wild, so you’re supposed to dislike humans… oh well.
Oh, it’s Peep. How’s the battle with the chickens going, Peep? Tough, huh? The feathers on the back of your neck have gone bald. Sorry, my kids are rough. This isn’t Happy — Peep’s feathers are a little whiter. And off Peep goes to attack people.
Here’s Mitarashi, and Kukui, an in-law sibling. Kukui, you’ve got another bump on your face. You were doing fine, and now you look droopy again.
Garden and a new rooster area
The lettuce in the field is almost ready to eat, I planted pansies in the flower bed. We’re clearing land to build a rooster coop. This spot is slightly sloped, so we’re mowing the grass and leveling the ground. I don’t have much time to work on it, and I’m tired!
Meet Namonakimono
Today’s chicken corner features Namonakimono, which means “the nameless one.” She went without a name for so long that this became her name.
She was listed as “free” on an online classifieds site. In Hawaii, chickens listed as free are often eaten, so I worried she was in danger, contacted the poster, and went to get her. A five-year-old boy had found her as a lost chick during something like summer vacation and wanted to help her. But when the vacation ended he had to move and couldn’t take her, so he left her with his grandmother, who didn’t know what to do and decided to give her away. She was about a month old when she came to us.
She grew up healthy here, though along the way one eye nearly closed up, her feathers didn’t grow in, and her toes became bent — it was rough. Now she’s doing well, and today she wanted a break: she’s been sitting in the nest box wanting to hold eggs, and went back because she couldn’t leave them any longer.
The Little Nuts
Who are you, climbing on me with dirty feet? I call these two the Little Nuts because they look a bit like our adult Nuts sisters. They have real names, but I forgot them, so they’re second-generation Nuts: Macadamia and — oh, Kukui Nut from earlier. Nicknames are fine!
Cloud, you look beautiful. Go on, tell everyone: “I may have gotten lost once, but my life didn’t end there. Don’t give up!” Thanks for watching Chicken Paradise!