Chicken Paradise Hawaii

タグ: Purin

May 20, 2024 Flooding Near the Farm — Is Everyone Safe? Out-of-season heavy rain turned the road to the farm into a river. Our place came through with just the usual mud, and… May 3, 2024 Rooster News, Busy Senior Hens — and the Guppies We Thought Were Gone Iruka moves back indoors, the senior hens start laying again, and the duckweed pond hides a wonderful surprise: around 50 baby guppies. 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… March 1, 2024 Paper Wasps at Natsu’s Nap Spot, and a Day with Feisty Hens Paper wasps built a nest where Natsu the cat naps, so out comes a cup of soapy water. Then an afternoon egg… 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… 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,… 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… 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 26, 2023 How Heart and Star Grew Up: Our Leader and His Best Friend A keepsake episode: the story of Heart, a chick saved from a storm, and Star, the fluffy-headed Polish chick who became his… 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… May 12, 2023 Star Gets His Own T-Shirt Everyone's favorite Polish rooster, Star, got his own T-shirt, with a drawing designed by my mom and a very confident slogan on… May 8, 2023 Have You Ever Seen a Banana Grow? Our Banana Plant Blooms Our banana plant is now about 5 meters tall and has flowered, with rows of tiny bananas. Plus: why bananas are at… February 1, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 2: What We Feed Part two of our happy-chicken series: why we use crumble feed, how to check the crop and body condition, good treats —… December 26, 2022 The Grape Deliveries Continue — Please Don’t Bite! More Christmas grapes: one-eyed Cho and Melona, the Shiratama team's first taste, meet Tsuyoshi the brave rooster, and some very sharp little… November 7, 2022 Kirin Moves Up, a Guinea Pig Playground and a Mealworm Festival Kirin moves into a bigger room with a perch, I build a playground for our guinea pigs, the flock goes wild for… 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… July 27, 2022 Donated Veggies and Neon-Pink Dragon Fruit — How Did the Flock React? A store's unsold organic produce becomes a weekly feast for our chickens. Tomatoes, lettuce and papaya are a hit; asparagus and dragon… 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,… June 18, 2022 Kuro-chibi Is Back in the Field — and Scratch for a Treat Kuro-chibi and Chako return after recovering at home, sweet peas bloom, Fujiko molts under Piccolo's watch, Purin loses an egg to Bonbori,… 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 1, 2022 The Great Cockroach Scramble — and Meet Wamekuko, Who Screams The little ones spend their first night alone at the farm, the flock goes wild over two cockroaches, chickens clean the duck… April 12, 2022 Banana Speed-Eating, a Weed Buffet, and Meet Piccolo We time the flock's banana speed-eating, Glico and Purin try a weed buffet, and Piccolo — once believed to be a girl… April 2, 2022 Hare-chan’s Great Escape, Fresh Grass Bedding — and Meet Purin Hare-chan broke out and picked a fight, the flock got fresh grass to dig in, the tall roosters got tall rooms, and…