タグ: Hens

December 31, 2023 Farm Notes — December 2023: Donut Shares Her Food, Ao Leads the Way and Iroha’s Nail Trim Six little clips from December: the secret of Chico's face, Donut sharing food with a chick, Iroha's nail trim, Ao leading the… ▶ December 25, 2023 Chickens Everywhere! What Breakfast Time Looks Like Follow our farmer through the morning feeding: Nuts rides along, Kombu guards an egg that isn't hers, Fujiko's eye looks better, and… ▶ December 12, 2023 Chickens Are Amazing: How a Mother Hen Raises Her Chicks From laying a clutch to the day she declares 'done': how wild hens in Hawaii raise their chicks, what makes a good… ▶ December 8, 2023 Not Just White Hens and Yellow Chicks: All About Feather Colors A walk through the flock talking about feather colors — lacy hens, a 'thousand flowers' bantam, birds that change color as they… 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… October 31, 2023 Farm Notes — October 2023: Goats Join the Crew, Karaage’s Chicks and Happa the Parakeet Thirty-one little clips from October: three goats join as our mowing crew, Karaage raises her chicks, Iroha digs and races, and we… September 30, 2023 Farm Notes — September 2023: Hiyo-chan Finds His Voice, Barbie and Basil’s Patrol Thirty little clips from September: Hiyo-chan's first crows, Star, Jack and Rex, people-loving Barbie, Basil on patrol, this year's ducklings and former… August 31, 2023 Farm Notes — August 2023: Grey, Oreo and Cho, Chicks in the Sand and a Sushi Collar Thirty-one little clips from August: Grey, Oreo and Cho, roosters in rehab, chicks on a treasure hunt, cats and guinea pigs, and… July 31, 2023 Farm Notes — July 2023: Kitten Adventurers, a New Cat Room and Sonata’s Hens Forty-eight little clips from July: kittens finding their personalities, a rescued cat family's new room, Natsu and Hanabi, Sonata among the hens,… June 30, 2023 Farm Notes — June 2023: A Young Mother Cat, Five Kittens and Gudetama the Chick Forty-seven little clips from June: a 10-month-old mother cat and her five kittens, Meeko the black cat, Gudetama the new chick, Walmart… ▶ June 23, 2023 Back on Camera: Soy and Pearl Arrive, and Meet Cutie Pie After a break from filming, I introduce two new hens, Soy and Pearl, check on this year's young birds, and tell the… ▶ May 15, 2023 Natsu Lounges in the Coop, and Two Big Hens Go Broody Natsu lounges among the chickens and ducks, the flock gets donated apples and corn, and Echiseana and Luna, two of our big… ▶ April 17, 2023 Luna Goes Broody at Almost Five — and Mint’s Stolen Eggs For the first time, a hen of an egg-laying breed has gone broody here: Luna the Australorp. Plus a duck meeting, a… ▶ April 14, 2023 Barbie, Snickers and Spaz Arrive — and Chako Goes Broody Young chicks taken from kids who were tormenting them in a park come to us, and Chako, whose growth we've followed since… ▶ 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 5, 2023 Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Grubs for the Chickens An invasive beetle is damaging Hawaii's coconut palms, so I dug up a bucket of its grubs and let the chickens help… ▶ 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… ▶ March 15, 2023 A Peek at the Chickens’ Daily Life with a Hidden Camera Fresh sawdust after the rain, then I leave a camera in the coop: curious crowds, Piccolo on guard duty, high-ranking Glico, and… ▶ March 10, 2023 A Slow, Cozy Day in the Coop — and Meet Gin-chan, Six and a Half A gentle wander around the farm: dust-bathing youngsters, broody Parsley, the guinea pig boys, Star and Ilima in the pigeon house, and… ▶ 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.… ▶ February 24, 2023 Cats and Chickens Side by Side — and Meet Pachita Cats and chickens ignore each other, Marshmallow demonstrates a dust bath, and meet Pachita, our newest arrival: a chicken on the outside,… ▶ February 17, 2023 This Season’s Chicks Grow Up — and Black Sex Links Explained This season's surviving chicks make their playground debut, and Cho and Balloon show how two Black Star hens can look nothing alike. ▶ February 11, 2023 Why Do Roosters Crow — Even in the Middle of the Night? How a rooster makes his cock-a-doodle-doo, why he crows at odd hours, whether the boss crows first, and why a few hens… ▶ February 8, 2023 Kirin Moves to the Big Room — and Meet Oreo, Now Four Kirin has healed and tries life where the flock can see him (the cage-side fights start in seconds), the lettuce flowers, and… ▶ January 30, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 1: Their Living Space Part one of our happy-chicken series: space, perches, nest boxes, bedding and poop, and how many roosters and hens to keep —… ▶ 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 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,… ▶ January 20, 2023 Our First Tote Bag, Starring Baby Tsuki Our original tote bag is finished! The design is based on a photo of Tsuki as a chick — so we asked… ▶ January 16, 2023 Iroha the Dog Visits the Chicken Playground, and Meet Sugar Now that Iroha has calmed down a little, I let our dog into the chicken playground. Plus Sugar, the hen who slipped… ▶ January 13, 2023 A Bigger Cat Room, and a New Kitten: Natsu’s Sister Hanabi A sunny day of sunbathing chickens, a cat room remodeled with my new tools, and our newest kitten, Hanabi, Natsu's little sister. ▶ January 11, 2023 Brownie’s Fluffy-Cheeked Relatives Move In Our neighbors are moving and left four hens with us, and the fluffy-cheeked girls I picked turn out to be Brownie's blood… ▶ December 28, 2022 After the Storm: Drying the Playground and Hosting Twelve Hens I spread dry grass over the muddy playground, look after our neighbor's twelve hens, and the coop gets very, very crowded. ▶ December 2, 2022 A Relaxed Stroll Around the Flock: Gin-chan, Grey, Jack and More The monarch caterpillars are growing, Gin-chan's head feathers are back, Grey turns four, and Jack still has his one mysterious black leg… ▶ 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… 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 25, 2022 The Red Junglefowl: The Wild Ancestor of Hawaii’s Chickens With help from Rex, Ilima and Nuts, I talk about the red junglefowl, the wild bird all chickens come from, and how… ▶ November 9, 2022 Fluffy Bottoms Not Made for Hawaii — Molting Hens and a Garden Tour Tease-chan and Echiseana are deep in their molt, Luna shows how glossy feathers come back, and a garden tour from rosemary to… 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 24, 2022 Farm Cat Life on a Rainy Day — and Is Kiwi Laying Again? Ao settles into farm life surrounded by ducks, two more cats wait for their spay surgery, blind hen Kiwi might lay an… ▶ October 21, 2022 It’s Already Fall, but Here’s the Last Watermelon of the Year! Watermelon season in Hawaii is nearly over, so I bought one more for the flock — a first taste for the guinea… ▶ October 19, 2022 Sonata’s Tail Grows Back — the Leader Returns Sonata, leader of the egg-laying room, comes back out with a brand-new tail, his favorite hens rush to his side, and Ao… ▶ October 14, 2022 Cinnamon’s Ragged Wings, a Friendly Team, and a Baby Banana Bee and Nugget come out for a morning stroll, Cinnamon explains her always-ragged wings, and our big banana plant surprises me with… 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 23, 2022 Bedtime for 200 Chickens: How Does Everyone Get Back Inside? Parsley's face keeps getting whiter, Natsu faces off with the hens, and here's how our big flock heads back to the perches… ▶ 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 5, 2022 All Grown Up: Fluffy Black Beards — and Meet Melona The chicks from a friend's house in Episode 70 are all grown up. Some siblings got a fluffy black beard and some… ▶ September 2, 2022 A Taste of Japan: The Flock Tries Feed from a Japanese Farm Someone I know shared a bag of feed made by a chicken farm in Japan. I taste it first, then Pen-chan, the… 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 31, 2022 We Gave the Chickens a Whole Watermelon! Our sunflowers bloomed, so it's officially summer — and summer means watermelon. What happens when the whole flock gets one? A few… ▶ 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 —…