Chicken Paradise Hawaii

Farm Diary

Every episode from our YouTube channel, written up in English — new chicks, brave roosters, garden projects and the occasional escape.

May 18, 2024 New Ducklings, a Bully in the Chick Cage, and Cuddly Rooster Udon Julietta hatches another brood of ducklings, a little black chick turns out to be a terrible bully, Udon is still a sweet… May 10, 2024 New Hens Arrive, Udon’s Gang Graduates, and Julietta Brings Babies Five hens arrive from a mountain home, Udon and friends graduate from their cage, and on April 22 Julietta shows off her… May 3, 2024 Rooster News, Busy Senior Hens — and the Guppies We Thought Were Gone Iruka moves back indoors, the senior hens start laying again, and the duckweed pond hides a wonderful surprise: around 50 baby guppies. April 30, 2024 Farm Notes — April 2024: Lost Chicks Rescued, Grey’s Babies and Kittens Learning to Trust Thirty little clips from April: lost chicks rescued in Kailua, Grey's babies, kittens learning to trust people, Aurora goes broody and rooster… April 21, 2024 How We Help Wild Hens Settle In, and Release Day at Last The playground fence is duck-proof at last, so the caged wild hens can go out. Here's how our roosters and a few… April 11, 2024 Fixing the Fence and Evicting Hens — Farming Is a Real Workout I put up steel hardware cloth where the goats keep breaking in, then wrestle stubborn hens out of the packed nest boxes.… April 6, 2024 Farm Cats, the Elder Hens’ Club, and a Busy Pigeon Coop Mike-chan and her daughter Ikura say hello, Natsu catches us filming other cats, the elder hens gather on their favorite perch, and… March 31, 2024 Farm Notes — March 2024: Nest Box Rush Hour, Flute All Grown Up and Our Goat Family Thirty-one little clips from March: crowded nest boxes, Flute all grown up, young rooster Nishiki wins over the older hens, helpful farm… March 30, 2024 New Goats, Then We Dig: Grubs and Worms Galore for the Flock A mother goat and her kid join us. Then I dig up the dry ground, and the hens and ducks feast on… March 25, 2024 Hens on the Loose! Egg Rounds and Another Secret Exit Ryu is turning into a fine rooster, the goats are hard at work, and the egg round comes with pecks. Then hens… March 15, 2024 Nanoaru’s Farm Debut, Furious Broody Hens, and a Fairy Egg Nanoaru moves from the house to the farm, the broody hens are furious, a tiny "fairy egg" turns up, and Rex keeps… March 8, 2024 Morning Chores, Full Nest Boxes — and Broody Hens Are Seriously Scary Come along for a whole morning of chicken care: mash for breakfast, eggs (duck eggs too) from packed nest boxes, and some… March 1, 2024 Paper Wasps at Natsu’s Nap Spot, and a Day with Feisty Hens Paper wasps built a nest where Natsu the cat naps, so out comes a cup of soapy water. Then an afternoon egg… February 29, 2024 Farm Notes — February 2024: Growing Kittens, a Wild Peacock and a Double-Yolk Surprise Twenty-nine little clips from February: kittens Mei and Hana grow up, Salmon raids the food storage, Lavender sits on her eggs, a… February 23, 2024 Episode 300! Meet Nanoaru, and a Nest Box Full of Balloons Our 300th episode: surprise banana bunches, our farm-born baby goat all grown up, a young stray hen named Nanoaru, and broody hens… February 20, 2024 A Giant Fire Ant Nest, and Our New Pond Gets Guppies Dried grasshopper treats (Natsu the cat loves them most), dealing with a fire ant mound, a new pond with water plants and… February 13, 2024 A Duck Drops In, and Our Friendly Hens Get Jealous A big shadow, alarm calls from the guinea fowl — and a runaway duck lands on the pigeon coop roof. Then the… February 9, 2024 Cat Towers for Our Farm Guardians, Bananas for the Hens The bananas survived the storm, the cats get cat towers as a thank-you for guarding the farm, and meet Sapphire, the blue-eyed… February 1, 2024 Stormy Start to 2024 — but the Chickens Are Doing Fine Wind and rain batter the farm, bananas lose their leaves and things blow over. The chickens don't seem to mind, and the… January 31, 2024 Farm Notes — January 2024: Surprise Brown Eggs, Rainy Days and a Cat Masseuse Eleven little clips from January: our Leghorn mix lays brown eggs, the chickens wait out the rain, tiny chicks feed themselves, Ao… January 23, 2024 A Pig Paid Us a Visit — and Left Quite a Mess I come back to find my work area turned upside down. The culprit? A big pig from next door, looking for food.… January 19, 2024 Kintaro, the Tiny Bantam Rooster Who Never Gives Up Sunshine after the storms: the tortoises soak up the sun, Kona the feisty hen keeps her distance, and little Kintaro shows how… January 15, 2024 Fresh Greens for All — and Ryu’s First Crow in the Year of the Dragon Rainy-season grass grows fast, so I cut armfuls for the flock. Barbie is broody for the first time, and at sunset Ryu… January 10, 2024 Our 2024 Calendar Is Finished — Announced with Luna A little late into the new year, Luna and I announced our 2024 Chicken Paradise calendar, now with goats and many more… January 8, 2024 Happy 2024! New Year’s Greetings and a Cat in a Hammock Grey and Namonakimono help with our New Year's greeting, Hanabi copies her sister Natsu's roof hammock, and Udon is turning into a… January 5, 2024 Two Mother Hens Go Missing — So We Ask the Cats Donut and Ishiko both ended chick-rearing on the same morning and vanished, leaving 19 youngsters behind. Plus fluffy older hens, muddy Mint… January 1, 2024 A Rainy Day, the Goats — and Meet Toast, Our Oldest Chicken Rain makes the grass shoot up, so the goats get to work. Then meet tiny Toast, probably our oldest chicken, and a… December 31, 2023 Farm Notes — December 2023: Donut Shares Her Food, Ao Leads the Way and Iroha’s Nail Trim Six little clips from December: the secret of Chico's face, Donut sharing food with a chick, Iroha's nail trim, Ao leading the… December 28, 2023 Chickens Have Feelings Too: How Curry Met Udon A slightly sad story: Tomoko struggled as a mother, and only one of her chicks, Curry, survived. Now he's best friends with… December 25, 2023 Chickens Everywhere! What Breakfast Time Looks Like Follow our farmer through the morning feeding: Nuts rides along, Kombu guards an egg that isn't hers, Fujiko's eye looks better, and… December 21, 2023 Rescuing Henry, a Dumped Rooster — Plus a Watermelon Party Henry the rooster was raised as a pet, put outside, then shot with a BB gun. His rescuer brought watermelon and squash… December 18, 2023 Nice to Meet You, Happa the Rose-Ringed Parakeet Meet Happa, a bright green parakeet rescued after falling from her nest, who imitates hens and goats. Plus Hare-chan's amazing recovery and… December 15, 2023 Mulch for the Mud, a Grub Chase and a Mealworm Feast Fresh mulch for the rain-soaked playground turns up an invasive beetle grub — and a chicken chase — followed by a big… December 12, 2023 Chickens Are Amazing: How a Mother Hen Raises Her Chicks From laying a clutch to the day she declares 'done': how wild hens in Hawaii raise their chicks, what makes a good… December 8, 2023 Not Just White Hens and Yellow Chicks: All About Feather Colors A walk through the flock talking about feather colors — lacy hens, a 'thousand flowers' bantam, birds that change color as they… December 4, 2023 Two New Hires: Meet Our Border Collies, Irumi and Shadow A walk around the farm after the rain: sand baths, apple bananas, two mother hens with big broods — and two young… December 1, 2023 Trimming Goat Hooves, and a Tortoise Found Walking Down the Road Goat hoof trimming turns out to be much harder than expected, a big tortoise found on a road at Thanksgiving comes to… November 30, 2023 Farm Notes — November 2023: Two Mother Hens, a Newborn Goat Kid and Fuyuto Comes Home Twenty-six little clips from November: Karaage and Sona with their chicks, a two-day-old goat kid, diving ducks, a mouse-catching farm cat and… November 27, 2023 Our Farmer’s Day Off: Mom Serves Breakfast on a Rainy Morning With our farmer taking the day off, Mom handles the chickens' breakfast in the November drizzle — new perches, a new roof,… November 19, 2023 A Baby Goat Is Born — and the Goats Get a Home of Their Own After a long break: our 'mowing crew' mother goat gives birth to a healthy baby boy, and we turn an old building… October 31, 2023 Farm Notes — October 2023: Goats Join the Crew, Karaage’s Chicks and Happa the Parakeet Thirty-one little clips from October: three goats join as our mowing crew, Karaage raises her chicks, Iroha digs and races, and we… September 30, 2023 Farm Notes — September 2023: Hiyo-chan Finds His Voice, Barbie and Basil’s Patrol Thirty little clips from September: Hiyo-chan's first crows, Star, Jack and Rex, people-loving Barbie, Basil on patrol, this year's ducklings and former… August 31, 2023 Farm Notes — August 2023: Grey, Oreo and Cho, Chicks in the Sand and a Sushi Collar Thirty-one little clips from August: Grey, Oreo and Cho, roosters in rehab, chicks on a treasure hunt, cats and guinea pigs, and… July 31, 2023 Farm Notes — July 2023: Kitten Adventurers, a New Cat Room and Sonata’s Hens Forty-eight little clips from July: kittens finding their personalities, a rescued cat family's new room, Natsu and Hanabi, Sonata among the hens,… June 30, 2023 Farm Notes — June 2023: A Young Mother Cat, Five Kittens and Gudetama the Chick Forty-seven little clips from June: a 10-month-old mother cat and her five kittens, Meeko the black cat, Gudetama the new chick, Walmart… June 30, 2023 Molting Season, Growing Pigeons — and Natsu vs. a Bee The flock is molting and eating more than ever, Spice's eye has healed, the pigeon chicks are growing up, and Natsu learns… June 23, 2023 Back on Camera: Soy and Pearl Arrive, and Meet Cutie Pie After a break from filming, I introduce two new hens, Soy and Pearl, check on this year's young birds, and tell the… June 2, 2023 Lucky’s Long Day: A Young Cat Gives Birth to Five Kittens Lucky, a 10-month-old cat who came to us late in her pregnancy, labors from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. — a breech… May 31, 2023 Farm Notes — May 2023: Hiyo-chan (named after a manga about vets), a Runway Crow and a Chick Festival Seventeen little clips from May: Ao purring off, a smiling cat, Hiyo-chan (named after a manga about vets), a runway crow, a… May 26, 2023 How Heart and Star Grew Up: Our Leader and His Best Friend A keepsake episode: the story of Heart, a chick saved from a storm, and Star, the fluffy-headed Polish chick who became his…