Farm Diary · September 19, 2022

Parsley’s Face Is Turning White — and Another Duckling Walks In

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Good morning! You made it out today. Good morning to you, too.

Who is this duck?

Who’s this duck? It’s Parsley! Parsley’s face was supposed to be black, but lately it has suddenly started turning white. Parsley, you’ve gotten so big! Where are you going? She comes when I call her but gets scared when I go to her. So cute.

Madame Parsley, what is this? A new fashion? “No idea,” she says. Yuhi, behind her, please say something. Asahi, up above, is saying something. Parsley, why is your face white? I liked it better before — though this is nice too. Look, Heart and Star have come to comment: “What’s with that white face?” Mint has come to say something too.

Mint has her own issue: lately her feathers aren’t making oil. Without that oil (ducks use it to waterproof their feathers), she gets completely soaked whenever she goes in the pool. What’s going on? I don’t know.

Meet Parsley

So from now on, if you see a duck with only a white face, that’s Parsley — the Parsley you all know well. Her face keeps getting whiter, much whiter than last time, and now it reaches the back of her neck. What happened all of a sudden? Her face looks like a clown’s. (She’s giving me a “how rude” look. But it’s true!)

Parsley’s at that age — has she gotten into skin whitening? This is Hawaii, nobody cares about that! Stop it. The usual Parsley is just fine.

Mystery duckling number two

Out of nowhere, a second mystery baby duck has walked onto our farm on foot. It’s yellow all over, with black spots only in the middle of its back and on top of its head. What is that pattern? When it took its very first dip in the pool, the guinea fowl up above shouted “Danger! Danger!” (What are the guinea fowl even doing in the chicken coop?)

No matter how you look at it, the little duckling’s head is too big for its body. The chickens glare at it when they spot it, and the other ducks try to eat it, so we have to be careful. Oops, it fell over! Now it’s casually wandering right into the chicken coop. It loves bathing, its feathers are still very short, and it flicks its little tail.

Well then, everyone — nice to meet you, little one! Thanks for watching Chicken Paradise.

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