タグ: Dolly

▶ March 4, 2023 31 More Rabbits Arrive, and a Guinea Fowl Keeps the Peace I build rabbit hutches just in time for 31 more rescued rabbits, the bantam ladies star in the March calendar, and a… ▶ December 23, 2022 Thank You, 2022! Our Blooper Reel To wrap up 2022, a digest of outtakes: tangled intros, a forgotten breed, the wrong name, mosquitoes, and animals with ideas of… ▶ November 30, 2022 Helping Find Homes for Rabbits — and the Papaya That Came Back We stepped in to help a rabbit breeder with too many bunnies to manage. Plus wild hens settling in, and the papaya… October 31, 2022 Farm Notes — October 2022: Gin-chan’s Best Seat, Dolly the Sheep and Two Guinea Pigs Thirteen clips from October: Gin-chan eating in the best spot, a big rooster comb, a rescued pigeon who got very attached, Dolly… ▶ October 29, 2022 A Home Just for the Pigeons — Our DIY Pigeon House Is Done! We build a 240 x 240 cm pigeon house from scratch, Happy moves in right away, and the rescued pigeons get off… ▶ October 5, 2022 Goodbye, Dolly Our very old sheep Dolly, thought to be over 20, has passed away after running around happily to the very end. Here… ▶ August 6, 2022 Papaya Day for the Flock — and a Bite for Moo-chan A stray zebra dove gets set free, organic papaya and lettuce arrive, Moo-chan tries to share with the girls, and the ducks… ▶ August 3, 2022 Bedtime Crates, a Nibbled Tomato and a Mountain of Sawdust Feisty young roosters start sleeping in crates, my first red tomato gets nibbled by a mouse, and twenty bags of fluffy sawdust… ▶ July 18, 2022 Our Banana Plant Bounces Back — and a Leghorn Intruder Our banana plant is now taller than me and lush and green. Plus a half-wild White Leghorn rooster wanders onto the property,… ▶ July 15, 2022 Testing a New Egg Tray — Eggs, Please! A feed store gave me a new plastic egg tray to try, so I go round the coops collecting eggs (and broody… ▶ 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 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 3, 2022 DIY Expansion, Part Two: The Coops Double in Size We extended the coops to twice their size, with a new roof, more shade and lots of airy netting. A room tour… ▶ June 1, 2022 Meet Shiro, a Survivor — and Dolly Raids the Garden Again Meet Shiro, a snow-white rooster rescued from a parking lot with eyeworm. Then Dolly eats the cucumbers I'd been waiting for, so… ▶ May 27, 2022 Finally Finished: A Hospital for Rescued Chickens, Built from Scrap With help from volunteers and almost entirely free scrap materials, we built an isolation "hospital" for sick or not-yet-tame chickens — 7… ▶ May 13, 2022 Melons Growing — and Meet Marshmallow, Our Not-So-Gentle Orpington The melons are growing, and Marshmallow the Buff Orpington proves the breed books wrong: she screams, kicks and pecks. Plus the story… ▶ May 12, 2022 Episode 60: The Chicken Paradise Project Begins on Our New Land February 24, 2022: we signed the lease, borrowed a friend's truck, mowed grass taller than me, built our first coop on the… ▶ May 11, 2022 Who Lives in the Broccoli? — and Meet Yukinko, Our First Blue Egg Mystery holes in the broccoli, our first tomato flowers, and Yukinko — the Easter Egger who plucks her own tail and laid… ▶ May 10, 2022 Fresh Cucumbers, a Tiny Melon — and Meet Trumpet the Guardian A good cucumber harvest, a tiny bug-nibbled melon that's already melon inside, and Trumpet, the rooster found peeping under a trash bin… ▶ May 4, 2022 Where Our Rescue Chicken Hospital Will Go — and Meet Echiseana Why Dolly is always chewing, meet Echiseana, a sturdy Black Star who goes her own way, and a look at the cleared… ▶ 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 —… ▶ April 28, 2022 Golden Tsuki, a Rooster Named Kirin, and a Sulky Dolly Tsuki was a tiny chick covered in ants when I rescued her — now she's golden. Plus our roadside rooster gets a… ▶ April 27, 2022 Dolly’s Little Escape, a Duck Egg Scramble — and Meet Ginny Dolly slips out for a grass feast, I finally taste Mint's duck eggs as a scramble, and meet Ginny, the hen who… ▶ April 23, 2022 Rainy-Day Dolly, Romaine and Cucumber Flowers — and Meet Shachi Pumpkin works hard to lay, Dolly hides from the rain, the romaine is huge, the cucumbers bloom and the chicks get a… ▶ April 20, 2022 Papaya Day, Dolly in the Garden — and Meet Iruka I knock down a neighbor's papaya with a bug net and share it with the flock, Dolly helps herself to my tomato… ▶ April 18, 2022 Piccolo Keeps the Peace, and a Finger Lime Comes Home Piccolo breaks up a squabble at the nest boxes, I finally find the finger lime seedlings I've wanted for years, and meet… ▶ April 11, 2022 How a Clutch of Eggs Hatches Together — and Meet Fujiko A wild hen's nest of nine eggs shows how chicks all hatch on the same day. Plus caterpillars, a walking date for… ▶ April 7, 2022 Layers vs. Non-Layers, Treats for Dolly, and Meet Mikan & Chobi What makes a "layer" hen different from a non-layer? Plus seaweed and herbs for Dolly, a garden raider caught, and the rainy… ▶ 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… ▶ March 29, 2022 Repotting Calamansi, Baby Quail Arrive — and Meet Kin-chan A rainy day: our calamansi gets a bigger pot, four baby jumbo quail move in, and I tell the story of Kin-chan… ▶ March 28, 2022 Whose Egg Is This? Reading Our Egg Tray — and Meet Bonbori Every egg on our tray looks different, and I can tell who laid almost every one. Plus an update on the injured… ▶ March 27, 2022 Beer Grains for the Flock, Music for Dolly — and Meet Glico A craft brewery gave us spent beer grains for the chickens, the garden gets lettuce and broccoli, Dolly tries some music, and… ▶ March 26, 2022 Bananas Arrive, Tomatoes Go In — and Meet Sonata, My First Rooster A friend brought two banana plants — the first big plants on our farm. We also planted tomatoes (Kiwi tasted one right… ▶ March 25, 2022 Meet Opal, Our Tiniest Hen — and First Aid for an Injured Rooster Opal, a palm-sized hen who lays tiny blue eggs, and a hurt rooster I found lying by the road on my way… ▶ March 23, 2022 Episode 10: A Coop Tour, Dolly’s Favorite Tree — and Meet Chico Our tenth video! A tour of the coop and the rescue room, the haole koa tree Dolly loves, a 10-chicken holding challenge,… ▶ March 22, 2022 Tomato Sprouts, Dolly’s Panorama Eyes — and Meet Shi-chan A crop of tomato sprouts changes the garden plan, Dolly shows off her sheep's-eye view, we pin the fence down against escapes,… ▶ March 21, 2022 Grape Snacks, Rooster Habits, a Quarantine Pen — and Meet Taro How I cut grapes for the flock, a rooster habit you can spot at snack time, a simple pen for keeping sick… ▶ March 20, 2022 Sumi’s Foot Spa, Dolly’s Trails, and Sango’s Rehab Day A nail trim and foot spa for Sumi the Silkie rooster, the secret paths Dolly made through the tall grass, and Sango,… ▶ March 20, 2022 Seedling Check, Dolly’s Bald Patch — and Meet Brownie The first tomato sprouts are up, Dolly's new white wool peeks through, the cultivator takes on more roots, and I introduce Brownie,… ▶ March 18, 2022 An Egg Is Laid, How to Make Mash — and Meet Mint A one-eyed hen lays an egg on camera, Dolly hides from the heat, Plumeria and her rescued chick, my simple chicken mash,… ▶ March 18, 2022 Feed Day, Seed Sowing — and Meet Nazoko, the Mystery Chicken Hauling six big bags of feed, a scratch-grain treat for the flock, sowing pansies, sweet peas and tomatoes, and the story of… ▶ March 16, 2022 A Bride for Basil, the Cultivator vs. the Rocks — and Meet Oreo Basil the duck meets the Muscovy bride I brought home, the new cultivator turns up a mountain of rocks, and I tell… ▶ March 15, 2022 Pulling Weed Roots with Chicken Helpers — and Meet Okki-chan Moo-chan is put to work, Dolly keeps the cut grass tidy, I finally pull out a giant weed root, and meet Okki-chan,… ▶ March 14, 2022 Episode 1: Fruit for the Flock — and Meet Balloon, the Worm Master Our very first episode: a friend's fruit for the flock, Basil the duck says no thanks, and the story of Balloon, a…