Hello! Today is Nanoaru’s graduation day from the house. Lately she’s been grumbling at home, “bock, bock, bock” — can you hear it? I think she’s decided she’d like to live on the farm, so today I’m trying her in a room with some slightly older boys.
Meeting the boys
In this room are our familiar Udon and, behind him, Curry. Curry, please don’t do a giant poop while staring right at me. (As the video title says, it was that kind of day: there was a poop-on-the-forehead incident, too.)
The white one next to Udon is Shiroppy, Ishiko’s son. Someone I know looked after him for a while and named him Shiroppy because he’s white, and the name stuck when he came back. What a glutton!
These two love people, so they were more interested in me than in Nanoaru. Then in she went. When Nanoaru can’t see well, she panics and runs. In the chicken world, running around like that is considered rude, and rude birds get scolded. Sure enough, she rushed about and got told off. I paused things for a moment. When I peeked in that evening, I decided to leave everyone as they were and keep watching.
Broody hens and a fairy egg
In the nest boxes, the hens in their brooding phase are absolutely furious. That’s the hormones at work.
And look what I found: a tiny, perfectly round egg next to a normal one. It’s called a “fairy egg” (also known as a “fart egg”). It happens when the body makes a shell around just a little egg white, with no yolk. Some are half this size, so this one is actually on the big side. They’re common in older or very young hens. It’s not an illness, just a small glitch in the body. Even with this many hens, this is only about our tenth.
Mitarashi, your foot is caught — come on out. Brooding season can bring trouble, so I check on them every day, even while getting scolded.
Hay and the little ones
Hay for the rabbits, and some for Yagiko too. They love hay! Then over to the little ones’ room, where I introduced Happa to everyone. Our security leader, Rex, stayed on alert the whole time.
Meet Nanoaru
Until now Nanoaru lived in the house. Her eyesight isn’t great, which makes her easily flustered around other chickens. Today she became a farm chicken, sharing a room with Udon, Curry and Shiroppy. We’ll keep watching how she settles in.
Thank you for watching Chicken Paradise! See you in the next episode.