タグ: Health

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… ▶ April 26, 2025 The Door Finally Opens After Four and a Half Months Indoors After months inside as a bird flu precaution, the netting is fixed and the doors open. Some chickens rush out, some need… 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… December 31, 2024 Farm Notes — December 2024: A Duckling Hatches, Parsley Becomes a Mom and Quarantine Days Thirty-one little clips from December 2024: a duckling breaking out of its shell, Parsley's first babies, Raven back to health, cozy hens,… ▶ December 8, 2024 Breadfruit Treats, Grey’s Secret Son and a Noni Experiment Over-ripe breadfruit from a friend, a surprise son of Grey, and a smelly Hawaiian fruit called noni — do the chickens eat… ▶ November 29, 2024 Bird Flu Reaches Hawaii: Bringing the Flock Indoors Highly pathogenic bird flu was found in Hawaii for the first time. We couldn't do nothing, so the chickens moved indoors —… September 30, 2024 Farm Notes — September 2024: Retired Hens, Handsome Roosters and Natsu on Duty Thirty little clips from September 2024: retired hens settling in, Pearl's cozy spot, Aurora on the mend, Palolo and Cloud, new shade,… ▶ August 31, 2024 Snack Time, Free-Roaming Cats — and Charles Bounces Back Kitten Light makes his coop debut, two parakeets incubate a row of beads, and Charles, who couldn't move his neck after a… ▶ December 28, 2023 Chickens Have Feelings Too: How Curry Met Udon A slightly sad story: Tomoko struggled as a mother, and only one of her chicks, Curry, survived. Now he's best friends with… ▶ June 2, 2023 Lucky’s Long Day: A Young Cat Gives Birth to Five Kittens Lucky, a 10-month-old cat who came to us late in her pregnancy, labors from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. — a breech… ▶ May 20, 2023 Another Cold, a Week of Driving, and Chickens Outside the Net I've caught another cold, so the chickens hear all about it. Plus a week of driving myself, molting birds, mealworm deliveries, and… ▶ April 28, 2023 Meet Chibi and Sweetie, Two Broilers Who Beat the Odds Two giant meat birds join us after being lovingly kept at a church. At two years and two months old, they've lived… ▶ April 24, 2023 Narrating Feeding Time: Health Checks and a Growing Hiyo-chan I narrate footage my mother filmed, watching it for the first time: feeding-time chaos, why we spread the food out, nail and… ▶ April 21, 2023 Collars for the Neighbor’s Sheep — and Getting Knocked Flat With the owner's permission, I tried to put collars on the three sheep next door so they could help mow our parking… ▶ March 31, 2023 Bitten by Fire Ants, and Tamamushi Crows for the First Time The chickens pour into the newly opened extension, fire ants bite me while I rescue a rooster, and Tamamushi gets his name… ▶ March 27, 2023 Rooster No. 354: How Our Roadside Rescue Is Doing The rooster I found by the road, with a wing tag reading 354, now has a huge appetite, and he's standing and… ▶ March 22, 2023 Medicine Day for 45 Rescued Rabbits (and the Farm Cats) A vet visit showed our rescued rabbits had bugs in their fur, so all 45 get a drop of medicine one by… ▶ March 11, 2023 A Guide to Chicken Combs: Straight, Pea, Rose, Walnut — and None Straight, pea, rose and walnut: our muddy-footed flock models the different kinds of chicken combs, and I explain what combs are for… ▶ March 8, 2023 Broody Season Begins: Coaxing Hens Out from Under the Table Broody season is here, and hens who forget to eat get pulled out for dinner, with plenty of pecks for my trouble.… ▶ March 6, 2023 “You’re Free Now”: A Roadside Rooster and Black Soldier Fly Treats I find another rooster dumped by the road, unable to walk, and take off his wing tag. Then the flock tries dried… ▶ February 3, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 3: Everyday Health Care The last part of our happy-chicken series: a health check with Kin-chan, trimming nails and beaks, Basil's parasite patrol, heat and cold,… ▶ January 27, 2023 Is Nugget a Rooster or a Hen? Plus Tortoise Bath Time Even a self-described chicken pro can't tell whether Nugget is a rooster or a hen. Then our leopard tortoises get a soak… ▶ January 25, 2023 Our Pet Salon Opens: First Haircuts with Clippers Someone donated a set of dog clippers, so I tried them on our long-haired foster rabbits and a guinea pig. The customers… ▶ January 18, 2023 Bird Flu: What It’s Like Here in Hawaii Taro finds a sunny spot while I talk about bird flu: how wild birds are tested in Hawaii, how chickens are kept… ▶ January 6, 2023 How We Keep So Many Roosters Together Without Chaos Two or three roosters in every shot? Here's how we bring wild roosters into the flock step by step: quarantine, trust, a… December 31, 2022 Farm Notes — December 2022: Mopsy’s Rehab, Popular Heart and Star, and Ducklings Thirteen little clips from December: Mopsy's rehab, Heart and Star in demand, ducklings, a baby pigeon and plenty of cat time. ▶ December 9, 2022 Basil Runs the Wrong Way, Happy Feeds Her Babies, Balloon’s Muddy Feet Basil finds a new way to be on the wrong side of the door, Happy shows how pigeon parents feed their young,… November 30, 2022 Farm Notes — November 2022: Pen-chan Going Strong, Baby Taro and Kittens in the Feed Box Thirteen clips from November: Pen-chan going strong after two broken legs, Taro at three months, Natsu all grown up, chicken bodyguards, kittens,… ▶ November 28, 2022 Happy’s Babies Are Born — and a Baby Tortoise Learns to Eat Happy the pigeon is now a mom, guarding her two dark little chicks. Plus: a baby tortoise tries her new calcium-rich food… ▶ September 30, 2022 Hako-chan Is Recovering — and I Graduated from High School Morning roll call with the flock, good news about Hako-chan, the hen hit by a car, and a long-overdue announcement: I've graduated… ▶ 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 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… ▶ September 3, 2022 A Rare Bird Arrives: Guinea Fowl — Plus an Update on Our Injured Hen Not chicks, not ducks, not turkeys: our newest residents are young guinea fowl, famous pest hunters and noisy alarm-givers. Plus, news on… ▶ August 29, 2022 A Hen Hit by a Car: Caring for Her with Tube Feeding Marron's sibling, a hen who grew up wild near my house, was hit by a car. How I'm caring for her —… ▶ August 26, 2022 Veggie Delivery, a Lettuce “Kamehame-Leaf,” and Nana’s Foot Care This week's donated vegetables arrive, five rescued hens start life in the flock, the lettuce goes flying, and Nana grumbles through her… ▶ 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 19, 2022 Meet Mopsy, Our New Rooster — Plus a Locked-Cage Mystery Two roosters and two eggs turn up in one tiny cage — a real chicken mystery! Plus a hello from Hare-chan, and… ▶ July 25, 2022 Today’s Chicken Corner: Pen-chan, the Chicken Who Started It All Meet Pen-chan, the very first chicken I rescued: her family, her rocky start, a badly broken leg, and why she now rules… ▶ July 16, 2022 A New Feed for Our Laying Hens (and Some Slow Motion) I switch our older laying hens to a feed with extra protein and calcium. Plus the chicks get the playground to themselves,… ▶ 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 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 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… ▶ 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 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… ▶ April 16, 2022 Meet Salaryman, Wing Clipping, and Why Chickens Come to Us Salaryman protects friends during health checks, new arrivals get a one-time wing clip, and why so many cherished Hawaii chickens end up… ▶ April 14, 2022 A Chaotic Nest Box, Hand-Feeding Kuro, and a Lazy Day with the Flock Sorting out a traffic jam in the nest box, why Sango eats better with a friend, and hand-feeding Kuro, one of only… ▶ 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 9, 2022 Taro’s Shiny Secret and How Black Tiger Got Over Bumblefoot A young zebra dove drops in, Taro shows off the oil gland behind his glossy feathers, and Black Tiger's tail finally grows… ▶ 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 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…