Chicken Paradise Hawaii

タグ: Mint

April 30, 2024 Farm Notes — April 2024: Lost Chicks Rescued, Grey’s Babies and Kittens Learning to Trust Thirty little clips from April: lost chicks rescued in Kailua, Grey's babies, kittens learning to trust people, Aurora goes broody and rooster… November 27, 2023 Our Farmer’s Day Off: Mom Serves Breakfast on a Rainy Morning With our farmer taking the day off, Mom handles the chickens' breakfast in the November drizzle — new perches, a new roof,… 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 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… January 4, 2023 What Happens When Chickens Hear a Whistle Candy? I blow a Japanese whistle candy for the flock to see how they react. Plus a fierce Oreo, the EP133 ducklings all… 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 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. 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 —… 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,… 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… 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 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 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… 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… 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,…