Chicken Paradise Hawaii
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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…
March 13, 2023
I Asked the Ducks About the Rain: A Week of Downpours Turns to Mud
A week of rain has turned the playground into a swamp, one year after we moved here. I ask the ducks 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…
December 10, 2022
Hot or Cold? What Winter Is Like on Our Hawaii Farm
Many of you asked if we get cold here. A look at winter in Hawaii, why some chickens handle chilly nights better…
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 11, 2022
A Birthday Surprise from a Neighbor — Meet Kannazuki
Ichigo grows up, little Pineapple muscles into the big birds' room and ousts Trumpet, and a neighbor hands me a blue bantam…
October 28, 2022
Can I Do Pumpkin Art? A Happy Halloween with the Chickens
I bought two pumpkins for a Halloween project — one split open for the flock, one carved (sort of) into a jack-o'-lantern.…
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…
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…
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…