タグ: Ducks

▶ October 22, 2022 Howl’s Blue Feathers — Meet Our Biggest Muscovy Duck Our male Muscovy ducks are growing their red face bumps, Star has a funny molting haircut, and meet Howl, the biggest duck… ▶ October 17, 2022 Aloha from Ao, Our Former Stray Kitten, Meeting the Flock Our kitten Ao has recovered from his neuter surgery and is starting to go outside — which means practicing how to get… ▶ October 1, 2022 Meet the Whole Family: Every Animal at Chicken Paradise Hawaii A full tour of who lives here: about 200 chickens, ducks, pigeons, guinea fowl, quail, Java sparrows, cats, a dog, guinea pigs… 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 24, 2022 Niji, Our Palm-Sized Survivor — and a Rainy Day on the Farm Tiny Niji, who has pulled through a broken wing and a mongoose attack, makes a rare appearance, and the whole farm waits… ▶ September 19, 2022 Parsley’s Face Is Turning White — and Another Duckling Walks In Parsley the duck's black face is suddenly turning white, and a second mystery duckling has walked onto our farm all by itself. ▶ September 7, 2022 Why Sonata Is Taking a Break: Pin Feathers and Hungry Hens Sonata's new tail feathers were being pecked by the hens, so he's resting in a cage. Meanwhile, Parsley the duck has been… ▶ August 24, 2022 Taro’s Foot Spa — and Pool Time for the Ducks Why chickens' leg scales sometimes need a little help coming off, Taro gets his big feet pampered, a praying mantis shows up,… ▶ August 20, 2022 Wheat Party! How Fast Can the Flock Eat Three Weeks of Grass? I open up the wheat grass I've been growing in a cage and let the flock have a party. Meet Ringo the… ▶ August 20, 2022 “imitation.”: A Kitten Spy Movie Starring Natsu A playful short film: Natsu the kitten goes undercover to sneak into the coop and retrieve the "Blue Diamond" — with a… ▶ August 15, 2022 Blueberries at Last, a Bargain Sprinkler — and Meet Jason The blueberries finally turn blue, a cheap sprinkler cools the playground, and meet Jason, a fighting rooster found on Friday the 13th. ▶ 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… July 31, 2022 Farm Notes — July 2022: Parsley Grows Huge, Young Taro and a 20-Year-Old Sheep Twelve clips from July: a stolen crow, wild papaya feasts, throwbacks to young Taro, Marble, Piccolo and Kirin, a giant Parsley, baby… ▶ July 20, 2022 Apple-Eating Championship, Tiny Finger Limes, and Happy Grows Up Our finger lime has its first tiny fruit, Happy the rescued pigeon is all grown up (and still scared of everything), and… ▶ 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… ▶ 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 6, 2022 A Rooster Found Abandoned, Just Like Kirin — Plus Feed Day The cucumber seeds all sprout, we stock up on chicken feed, and I take in an abandoned rooster who seems to have… ▶ 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 30, 2022 Farm Notes — June 2022: Parsley the Duck, a Peacock Family and a Rainbow Thirteen clips from June: Muscovy ducks, a cartoon-like duckling, Parsley looking back, fresh cucumbers and lettuce, a peacock family, a cane toad… ▶ June 29, 2022 Pool Rehab for Our Duckling — and How to Grow a Pineapple Top Our duckling with the curled foot comes back from home care and starts swimming rehab, new cucumber seeds sprout, and the old… ▶ 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 25, 2022 So Many Ducks! Garden Blooms and a Duckling’s Leg Treatment A water station for picky ducklings, sweet peas and broccoli flowers in the garden, and a duckling with a curled-up foot gets… ▶ 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 22, 2022 Garden Lettuce for the Flock — and Meet Parsley the Duckling Fresh lettuce from the garden is a hit again, Beanstalk the rooster rolls a duck egg, and meet Parsley, a duckling who… ▶ June 17, 2022 A Day in the Life of Heart, Our Leader — and Fast-Growing Parsley Follow Heart on the job: morning crows, patrols, calling the hens to food, and stopping a fight with a single look. Plus… ▶ May 21, 2022 Happy the Pigeon Grows Up — and a Mystery Duckling Appears Happy, the baby pigeon from our Shorts, is growing up fast. And one morning a duckling turned up in the chickens' play… ▶ May 16, 2022 A Rainy Day at the Coop — the Ducks Are Loving It Real rain at last: Mint and Chive lay eggs and splash about, the chicks meet their first rain, the garden gets a… ▶ May 15, 2022 Cutie No. 1 and No. 2 — Is This Déjà Vu? Two lookalike Easter Eggers with lace-patterned feathers and sky-blue eggs: how to tell Cutie No. 1 and No. 2 apart. Plus a… ▶ May 6, 2022 The Duck from the Sky Gets a Name — and Marron’s New Feathers Taro explores Dolly's trail, young Marron is losing his last chick fluff (and is definitely a rooster), and the duck that dropped… ▶ 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 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 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 4, 2022 A Rescued Duck, a Tricky Sprinkler — and Meet Big, Easygoing Luna We rescued a white duck we spotted flying by the road, freshened the duck house, wrestled with a new sprinkler, and met… ▶ 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 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 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…