タグ: Chicks

▶ October 7, 2022 A Flower Garden Playground for Our Baby Tortoises — and Meet Sora I plant pansies and violas in a fenced playground for our little tortoises, and introduce Sora, a friendly chick from the third-generation… ▶ October 3, 2022 The Third-Generation Chick Team Makes a Messy Debut Cho is molting, and our third generation of chicks has its first morning opening — led by Sanji, with Pi-chan, a lonely… September 30, 2022 Farm Notes — September 2022: Sleepy Kittens, Trumpet the Nest-Box Guard and a Rescued Java Sparrow Thirteen clips from September: a kitten asleep on a cucumber, Trumpet guarding the nest boxes, a lost chick, a rescued Java sparrow,… ▶ September 28, 2022 Trying a New Organic Feed — Pen-chan Says No Thanks Chicks and ducklings share the potato field, our guinea fowl are growing up, and I bring home a new organic feed that… ▶ September 17, 2022 The Dumpling Team, Rex All Grown Up — and Okki-chan Caught Red-Handed Meet Shiratama and Mitarashi, our 'dumpling team' chicks. Rex has grown up handsome, and Okki-chan is caught with egg yolk on her… ▶ September 12, 2022 Guinea Fowl Life, Happy’s Smooth Head, and a Copycat Sand Bath Our new guinea fowl settle in outside and remember their chick friends, Happy finishes molting, and our injured chicken is well enough… ▶ September 10, 2022 A Night in the Big Room — and a New Mother Hen with Seven Chicks The young chick team spends its first night in the big room, I say hello around the flock, and we welcome a… August 31, 2022 Farm Notes — August 2022: Pen-chan Turns Four, Walter the Survivor and Cats vs. Chickens Fourteen clips from August: Pen-chan at four, a broody hen calming down, Walter the cockfighting survivor, a chameleon-eyed chicken, cats vs. chickens… ▶ August 17, 2022 Tiny Chicks from Iolani Palace — and Meet B-chan Three tiny orphaned chicks found at Iolani Palace come to the farm, and meet B-chan, a long-legged girl with a cartoon-style crest. ▶ August 8, 2022 The Chickens Did Nothing Wrong: Trapping Instead of Culling Neighbors complained about roosters at a day care center, and the usual fix ends in culling. So I'm trapping the chickens one… ▶ July 30, 2022 New Hens from the Wild — and Marron Is Back Yesterday's wilted greens bounce back, Marron returns after a long break, and new hens from a chicken-removal request meet the flock. ▶ July 29, 2022 Cat Goods for Natsu — and Happy Gets Bold Shy Happy the pigeon suddenly comes at my hands, and I bring home a bag of cat goods for Natsu, including a… ▶ July 16, 2022 Here Comes Our Farm Cat! Meet Natsu Our family has grown: a tiny kitten from a feed store's warehouse is now our farm cat. Plus a full house in… ▶ July 9, 2022 Sowing Grain in the Playground — and a Chick in the Duck House Parsley grows new feathers, our curled-foot duckling rejoins her siblings, a chick panics in the duck house, and I sow sprouting grain… ▶ July 8, 2022 The Little Black Chick Gets a Name — Meet Niji Parsley the duckling is growing fast, Chako is now a big, sturdy chick, and our tiny black chick finally has a name:… ▶ July 1, 2022 Rain Sends the Chickens Running — and We Dig a New Garden Bed A sudden downpour sends the chickens back indoors (the ducks don't mind), then we clear and plow a new patch for corn,… ▶ June 27, 2022 Pumpkins vs. the Heat — and a Summer Garden Update A tour of the summer garden, a little wild chick who is growing slowly, and a pickaxe-cracked pumpkin feast that the whole… ▶ June 24, 2022 Seven Ducklings Arrive: “I Don’t Want Them, but I’ll Take Them” Our neighbor brings over seven ducklings he can't keep, the middle chicks get new low perches, and the little ducks take their… ▶ June 20, 2022 How Our Middle Chicks Settle In — and a Stray Who Wants to Move In? Fermented feed for breakfast, nervous young chicks perching up high, a lettuce free-for-all, Marron's changing voice, and a stray chicken helping itself… ▶ June 18, 2022 Kuro-chibi Is Back in the Field — and Scratch for a Treat Kuro-chibi and Chako return after recovering at home, sweet peas bloom, Fujiko molts under Piccolo's watch, Purin loses an egg to Bonbori,… ▶ June 15, 2022 A New Quail for UZR48? And Sumi the Babysitter Shy chicks on their first stay at the farm, Sumi leads them into the shade, a runaway white quail meets UZR48, and… ▶ June 11, 2022 Broccoli on the Broccoli, a Baby Papaya and Chick Playtime Our broccoli finally made a broccoli, a blueberry starts turning purple, five wild-born chicks join playtime, and a friend plants a baby… ▶ June 10, 2022 Meet the Younger Chicks — and Kirin, 70 Days After Rescue You asked to meet the younger chicks, so here they are one by one: Marron, Chako, Ponyo, Banana, Cloud and little Kuro-chibi.… ▶ June 8, 2022 12 Chicks Graduate to the Grown-Ups’ Room — and Meet Turmeric A week in the bigger room, a mystery rooster in the nest box, quiet Turmeric and her blue eggs, and twelve young… May 31, 2022 Farm Notes — May 2022: Taro’s Chick Friends, Rescued Pigeon Chicks and a Tiny Snake Eight clips from May: Taro playing with the chicks, an egg caught the moment it was laid, a rooster double-take, pigeon chicks… ▶ May 30, 2022 A Wild Hen and Her Six Chicks Move In — and Meet Satoshi A friend's neighbors complained about wild chickens, so we took in a mother hen and her six chicks. Plus little Satoshi, a… ▶ May 29, 2022 Meet Pineapple, the Big-Combed Rooster — and a Wild Hen’s Chicks Pineapple is a small rooster with a huge comb, short legs and a soft spot for eggs. Plus: a wild mother hen… ▶ May 2, 2022 Pruning Cucumbers, Tiny Ponyo — and Meet Pro Wrestler A cane toad in the water dish, cucumber pruning with the chicks, a new baby chick named Ponyo, and Pro Wrestler —… ▶ May 1, 2022 The Great Cockroach Scramble — and Meet Wamekuko, Who Screams The little ones spend their first night alone at the farm, the flock goes wild over two cockroaches, chickens clean the duck… April 30, 2022 Farm Notes — April 2022: Taro’s Sand Bath, Sleepy Chicks and a Standing Sheep Six little clips from spring 2022: Taro digging into the perfect sand, a sleeping chick, a chick versus a mailing box, bathing… ▶ April 30, 2022 Peach Is Found, a Fly Trap Goes Up — and Meet Carl The runaway chick Peach is safe, I (clumsily) set up a fly trap, and meet Carl, a big Plymouth Rock rooster who… ▶ April 29, 2022 Four Half-Grown Chicks Need a Home — Wait, Another Poppy? Our quail get a roommate, I introduce Taiyo, a hen with a rooster's build, and we take in half-grown chicks from someone… ▶ April 26, 2022 Two Rescued Chicks, How Feathers Change — and Meet Sonatine Two new arrivals: a chick whose broken leg was fixed by a kind rescuer, and a tiny black chick. Plus how chicks… ▶ April 25, 2022 Our Wobbly Chick Gets a Name, Mint’s Second Egg — and Meet Namiko One week on, our wobbly chick isn't wobbly anymore — meet Chako! Plus cucumber and honeydew flowers, Mint's second duck egg, and… ▶ April 22, 2022 Marron’s Fluff, Our Duck’s First Egg — and Meet Kuromame Marron turns out to be a rooster and gets help with his chick fluff, a chayote seed sprouts, our duck lays her… ▶ April 21, 2022 What’s on Star’s Head? Plus a 24-Gram Chick and Its Egg Tooth Rainy-day mud baths, an answer about the feathers on Star's head, a tiny chick found crying at our front door, what an… ▶ April 13, 2022 Cleaning the Quail House, Spiders, and Meet Orihime and Marron A ladder full of spiders, a big clean-out for our growing quail, Orihime the Silkie a breeder threw away, and tiny Marron,… ▶ April 10, 2022 Meet Moo-chan, the Kicking Rooster — Plus a Very Busy Nest Box Chicks learning to get along, a nest box full of hens, a new hose nozzle for the garden, and Moo-chan, a rooster… ▶ April 8, 2022 A Lost Chick, Bedtime on Cue, and Meet Cheese I rescue a lost yellow chick, Balloon joins a worm-digging contest, our chickens head to their rooms on a signal, and how… ▶ April 6, 2022 Who Spilled the Mealworms? A Garden Update — and Meet Grey A morning walk through the farm from my point of view, a mealworm mystery, a new chick playground, a big garden update,… ▶ April 5, 2022 Plumeria’s Chick Gets a Name — and Meet Gin-chan, Our Oldest Hen The injured rooster opens his eye, a blueberry bush joins the garden, Plumeria's chick is named Ilima, and Gin-chan, our oldest hen,… ▶ March 31, 2022 How I Give a Chicken a Health Check — and Meet Poppy A step-by-step chicken health check with a very unimpressed Nuts, cucumbers finally planted, four lost chicks, and Poppy, who lays small olive… ▶ March 30, 2022 Wood-Chipper Mulch Makes Fluffy Beds — and Meet Hare-chan We turned branches into mulch for soft, bug-filled chicken bedding, the strawberries bloomed, chicks met the quail, and I explain how Hare-chan…