Chicken Paradise Hawaii
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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…
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…
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 24, 2023
Playground 2 Is Open: Double the Space for the Chickens
The long-planned second chicken playground is finally built on our old field. Opening day brings snacks, a papaya surprise, and guinea fowl…
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…
February 13, 2023
Our First Chicken Paradise Sticker Set Is Here!
Our official chat sticker set, "Chicken Paradise Hawaii 1st," designed by my mother, is full of the funny faces of our chickens…
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 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…
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…
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…
January 2, 2023
The Wanderer: An Oreo Look-Alike Moves In from Next Door
A young Plymouth Rock from next door has been visiting since the storm, so we're looking after it for now. Plus our…
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.
August 3, 2022
Bedtime Crates, a Nibbled Tomato and a Mountain of Sawdust
Feisty young roosters start sleeping in crates, my first red tomato gets nibbled by a mouse, and twenty bags of fluffy sawdust…
May 23, 2022
Twice the Room: We Expanded the Chickens’ Playground!
With volunteers we doubled the chickens' playground, then let everyone out — including roosters who'd been kept apart. Cue some rooster drama.
May 3, 2022
Our First Ripe Strawberry, Salaryman on Patrol — and Meet Punya
A young rooster breaks out of his cage, Salaryman plays security guard, we harvest (and taste) our first real strawberry, three new…
April 30, 2022
Peach Is Found, a Fly Trap Goes Up — and Meet Carl
The runaway chick Peach is safe, I (clumsily) set up a fly trap, and meet Carl, a big Plymouth Rock rooster who…
March 16, 2022
A Bride for Basil, the Cultivator vs. the Rocks — and Meet Oreo
Basil the duck meets the Muscovy bride I brought home, the new cultivator turns up a mountain of rocks, and I tell…