Hello from Chicken Paradise Hawaii — and from Shimako, who is wriggling in my arms. Another blue-sky day.
Neighbors and free-roaming cats
This is our neighbor’s goat, Winston, a neutered male, which is called a “wether” (not the weather!). And this is a friend’s sheep, the one that got its head stuck in a box. Since then I’ve seen it wearing a cat food bag about three times.
Mike-chan is looking very plump. Hana and Yuki went outside for the first time about two weeks ago; they’re used to it now but still don’t like people, so they slip quietly in and out of the bushes. Kanata wasn’t feeling well and moved outside, and has actually started to recover. Denki moved out too, and in about a week that long fur has become more compact, as if switching to outdoor mode.
Light’s coop debut
Light was caught at a feed store along with a female kitten. She found a home, and Light stayed here to train as a farm cat. He’s not quite three months old, and today was his first time in the chicken house. He’s been around chickens since he was tiny, so he marched right in, and a rooster warned him off a little. As long as a cat doesn’t suddenly run, chickens are fairly tolerant of cats.
The parakeets’ bead “egg”
Neon, the green parakeet, was passed from home to home after his owner died, and was about to be abandoned when we took him in. At first his pupils were pinned with fear; he’s much calmer now. We gave him a partner, Aqua, and the two got along so well that she began laying eggs. They broke and ate the first two, and after the third, they took a toy apart and lined up its beads to keep warm. It seems to be Neon who sits on them. No breeding plans until there’s a proper nest box.
Back outside, a goat climbed onto a shelter roof and dented it, and Fifi the goose followed us all day, so her voice is in every clip.
Meet Charles
Charles is my sweet little prince. He ran right up to me as if asking to be my child, so he became my child. Once, a rooster kicked him in the head (Charles probably did something he shouldn’t have). His neck stopped moving and he couldn’t get around, and I thought all I could do was wait. But he made a wonderful recovery.
Now he’s at that teenage stage, off adventuring with a dozen or so friends, and that’s fine, because he always comes back. He gets jealous, too.
Thank you for watching Chicken Paradise Hawaii! See you next time.