タグ: Eggs

May 31, 2026 Farm Notes — May 2026: Beautiful Hens, Young Boys Umi and Nagi, and a Farm Full of Cats Thirteen clips from May: hens of every age laying great eggs, Namiko and Tsuki, quirky Charles, young Umi and Nagi, sand baths,… January 31, 2026 Farm Notes — January 2026: A New Year, Mirei the Beautiful Cat and Grey’s Growing Grandkids Thirteen clips from January: a new year begins, Lilac and Ivory stay cozy, cool rooster André, Ishiko's grown-up son, a turkey next… December 31, 2025 Farm Notes — December 2025: Grey’s Colorful Grandkids, Okara Treats and a Water-Loving Cat Eleven clips from December: Grey's growing family, round-eyed Marron and laid-back Rida, okara for energy, Tora the water-loving cat and Fifi the… July 31, 2025 Farm Notes — July 2025: The Cerberus Silkies, Summer Eggs and Two Mischievous Cats Eighteen clips from July: the Cerberus silkie roosters, kinder Yamabuki and fine young Peach, hens laying through the heat, a little black… June 30, 2025 Farm Notes — June 2025: A Cotton-White Silkie, the Cerberus Trio and a Thank-You to Glico Twenty-two clips from June: a pure-white Silkie girl, the inseparable rooster trio Cerberus, Ishiko's three-month-olds, Fuku the once-fierce cat, and a loving… May 31, 2025 Farm Notes — May 2025: Eight New Guinea Fowl, Pool Day and Mochi the Rooster Thirty-one clips from May: eight new guinea fowl following Pog and Maple, rooster friendships and rivalries, broody Luna, pool day for the… March 31, 2025 Farm Notes — March 2025: Hanging On Indoors, Fifi Loves Lettuce and Two Fluffy Newcomers Thirty-one clips from March: the last stretch of indoor life, new eggs from Shizuka, Ivory and Goldie, Fifi the lettuce-loving goose, and… February 28, 2025 Farm Notes — February 2025: Fifi’s First Goose Egg, Vicky’s First Egg and Two Rescued Kittens Twenty-eight clips from February: first eggs from Fifi the goose and Vicky the Easter Egger, rescued kittens Husk and Fukumaru, a winter… October 31, 2024 Farm Notes — October 2024: A Parade of Cats, Lute the Pigeon and a Double Rainbow Thirty-one little clips from October 2024: Natsu and the farm cats, roosters Hare-chan, Hiyo-chan and Dyson, Lute the pigeon's new home, Muscovy… ▶ October 21, 2024 Eggs and Cat Allergies? Plus a Young Rooster Named Clarinet An interesting finding about cat allergies (eggs are part of it), a health-check lesson for our cats, and news from the flock,… ▶ September 20, 2024 Six Years With Chickens: New Easter Eggers, Fifi’s Salad, and a Memory Three young Easter Eggers join us, Fifi gets a salad, the baby tortoises grow slowly, and a shared papaya brings back how… August 31, 2024 Farm Notes — August 2024: Tiffany’s Chicks, Raven’s Survival Skills and Fifi the Goose Thirty-one little clips from August: Tiffany's chicks, Raven, protected by the hens, Sona Grey the fluffy gentleman, Fifi the goose's big voice… ▶ March 25, 2024 Hens on the Loose! Egg Rounds and Another Secret Exit Ryu is turning into a fine rooster, the goats are hard at work, and the egg round comes with pecks. Then hens… ▶ March 15, 2024 Nanoaru’s Farm Debut, Furious Broody Hens, and a Fairy Egg Nanoaru moves from the house to the farm, the broody hens are furious, a tiny "fairy egg" turns up, and Rex keeps… ▶ March 8, 2024 Morning Chores, Full Nest Boxes — and Broody Hens Are Seriously Scary Come along for a whole morning of chicken care: mash for breakfast, eggs (duck eggs too) from packed nest boxes, and some… ▶ March 1, 2024 Paper Wasps at Natsu’s Nap Spot, and a Day with Feisty Hens Paper wasps built a nest where Natsu the cat naps, so out comes a cup of soapy water. Then an afternoon egg… February 29, 2024 Farm Notes — February 2024: Growing Kittens, a Wild Peacock and a Double-Yolk Surprise Twenty-nine little clips from February: kittens Mei and Hana grow up, Salmon raids the food storage, Lavender sits on her eggs, a… ▶ February 20, 2024 A Giant Fire Ant Nest, and Our New Pond Gets Guppies Dried grasshopper treats (Natsu the cat loves them most), dealing with a fire ant mound, a new pond with water plants and… ▶ February 1, 2024 Stormy Start to 2024 — but the Chickens Are Doing Fine Wind and rain batter the farm, bananas lose their leaves and things blow over. The chickens don't seem to mind, and the… January 31, 2024 Farm Notes — January 2024: Surprise Brown Eggs, Rainy Days and a Cat Masseuse Eleven little clips from January: our Leghorn mix lays brown eggs, the chickens wait out the rain, tiny chicks feed themselves, Ao… ▶ January 5, 2024 Two Mother Hens Go Missing — So We Ask the Cats Donut and Ishiko both ended chick-rearing on the same morning and vanished, leaving 19 youngsters behind. Plus fluffy older hens, muddy Mint… November 30, 2023 Farm Notes — November 2023: Two Mother Hens, a Newborn Goat Kid and Fuyuto Comes Home Twenty-six little clips from November: Karaage and Sona with their chicks, a two-day-old goat kid, diving ducks, a mouse-catching farm cat and… ▶ April 7, 2023 Easter, Easter Eggers — and Sonata, the Gentlest Rooster Spring means Easter, so today: where Easter Eggers' colorful eggs come from, the Easter Eggers in our flock, and Sonata, my very… ▶ April 1, 2023 All About Eggs: Colors, How They’re Made, and How to Store Them Our hens' eggs come in every size and color. How an egg forms inside a hen, which end goes up, the protective… January 31, 2023 Farm Notes — January 2023: Pen-chan’s New Year, the Freshest Egg on Rice and Marching Ducks Fourteen little clips from January: a New Year greeting from Pen-chan, a one-minute-fresh egg on rice, chicks on the move, busy cats,… ▶ January 23, 2023 Nest Box Report: Tease-chan Is Not Amused A nest box report: Poppy and Poppy 2 side by side, Brownie on supervisor duty, Tease-chan on the attack, Yukinko's blue eggs,… ▶ November 23, 2022 Pigeon Eggs on the Floor — and Two Tiny Squabs Hatch Before I even built nest boxes, the pigeons laid eggs right on the floor of the pigeon house. One morning, two tiny… ▶ August 10, 2022 Onsen Eggs Made with Eggs Fresh from the Nest Box A morning round with Happy, Star, Dal and friends, then I make Japanese hot-spring eggs from eggs laid that very morning —… ▶ 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 13, 2022 Calcium-Boost Eggshells for the Hens, and Some Sad News I turn our kitchen eggshells into a calcium snack for the laying hens. Sadly, I also have to share that the big… ▶ 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… ▶ 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… 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 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 14, 2022 Meet UZR48: Our Quail Groups, Colors and Bloodlines A tour of our quail: fourth-generation home-bred birds, Standard, Red Range and Texas A&M colors, jumbo quail, and how we keep 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 7, 2022 Our New Quail Lay Their First Eggs — Each with Her Own Pattern First eggs from our two-month-old quail and why every quail's eggs have their own pattern, plus a harvest of strawberries, a cucumber… ▶ May 5, 2022 A Beach Walk with Pen-chan — and Meet Hachimitsu, Our Honey Hen Pen-chan's first trip to the ocean in three years, Hachimitsu the honey-colored Gold Star, how chickens dig with their feet, and why… ▶ 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 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 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 1, 2022 100 Subscribers! Planting Rare Mugwort — and Meet Little Flare We passed 100 subscribers! I explain US egg sizes, plant mugwort (rare in Hawaii) as a natural dewormer, hand out eggshell calcium,… ▶ 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 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 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,…