タグ: Rescue

▶ November 4, 2022 After the Storm — and Bun-chan the Java Sparrow Flies Free Cleaning up after a downpour, a fifth turtle with a bent shell, Pen-chan tramples my bok choy, and Bun-chan the Java sparrow… ▶ November 2, 2022 The Chick Rolling Festival: Our New Chicks Go Outside Three groups of chicks take their turn on the playground: six from a trapping site, the rocket-like Komugi and Koishi, and a… ▶ October 31, 2022 Wild, Game or Egg-Layer? Three Kinds of Chicks Side by Side By chance we have three kinds of chicks at once — wild, game-type and egg-layer — so let's compare their heads, legs… 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 15, 2022 Goodbye, Orihime — and the Story Behind Abandoned Silkies Our Silkie hen Orihime has passed away. Soon after, unwanted Silkie roosters and a Silkie half-breed came to us — and why… ▶ October 12, 2022 Turning 18: New Flowers, a Lemon Cake and a Solo Birthday Song It's my 18th birthday! I buy flowers for the farm, sing Happy Birthday to myself over a lemon cake, and share what… ▶ October 10, 2022 Clearing Ground for a New Rooster Area — and Meet Namonakimono Morning hellos around the coop, work begins on land for a new rooster coop, and meet Namonakimono, a once-lost chick who came… ▶ October 3, 2022 The Third-Generation Chick Team Makes a Messy Debut Cho is molting, and our third generation of chicks has its first morning opening — led by Sanji, with Pi-chan, a lonely… ▶ October 1, 2022 Meet the Whole Family: Every Animal at Chicken Paradise Hawaii A full tour of who lives here: about 200 chickens, ducks, pigeons, guinea fowl, quail, Java sparrows, cats, a dog, guinea pigs… ▶ 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 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 10, 2022 A Night in the Big Room — and a New Mother Hen with Seven Chicks The young chick team spends its first night in the big room, I say hello around the flock, and we welcome a… ▶ September 3, 2022 A Rare Bird Arrives: Guinea Fowl — Plus an Update on Our Injured Hen Not chicks, not ducks, not turkeys: our newest residents are young guinea fowl, famous pest hunters and noisy alarm-givers. Plus, news on… 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 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 —… ▶ August 22, 2022 Cat Rescue: Our Cats Have Multiplied by Five! Three friendly abandoned kittens followed me home from a chicken-trapping site, and a little garbage-bag raider named Kanata joined us too. Natsu… ▶ August 19, 2022 Meet Mopsy, Our New Rooster — Plus a Locked-Cage Mystery Two roosters and two eggs turn up in one tiny cage — a real chicken mystery! Plus a hello from Hare-chan, and… ▶ August 17, 2022 Tiny Chicks from Iolani Palace — and Meet B-chan Three tiny orphaned chicks found at Iolani Palace come to the farm, and meet B-chan, a long-legged girl with a cartoon-style crest. ▶ August 15, 2022 Blueberries at Last, a Bargain Sprinkler — and Meet Jason The blueberries finally turn blue, a cheap sprinkler cools the playground, and meet Jason, a fighting rooster found on Friday the 13th. ▶ August 12, 2022 A Badly Hurt Rooster Who Won’t Stop Eating I found another rooster once used for fighting by the side of the road, with a terrible wound under his wing —… ▶ August 8, 2022 The Chickens Did Nothing Wrong: Trapping Instead of Culling Neighbors complained about roosters at a day care center, and the usual fix ends in culling. So I'm trapping the chickens one… ▶ August 5, 2022 Nine White Pigeons Come to Stay with Happy Nine white pigeons whose home could no longer care for them join Happy, Kiwi snuggles in, the papaya shoots up, and I… July 31, 2022 Farm Notes — July 2022: Parsley Grows Huge, Young Taro and a 20-Year-Old Sheep Twelve clips from July: a stolen crow, wild papaya feasts, throwbacks to young Taro, Marble, Piccolo and Kirin, a giant Parsley, baby… ▶ July 30, 2022 New Hens from the Wild — and Marron Is Back Yesterday's wilted greens bounce back, Marron returns after a long break, and new hens from a chicken-removal request meet the flock. ▶ July 25, 2022 Today’s Chicken Corner: Pen-chan, the Chicken Who Started It All Meet Pen-chan, the very first chicken I rescued: her family, her rocky start, a badly broken leg, and why she now rules… ▶ July 23, 2022 Our 100th Episode: How It All Began, and Where We’re Going For our 100th video: how one tiny chick in the mud started everything, how 83 chickens found a new home in two… ▶ July 13, 2022 Calcium-Boost Eggshells for the Hens, and Some Sad News I turn our kitchen eggshells into a calcium snack for the laying hens. Sadly, I also have to share that the big… ▶ July 6, 2022 A Rooster Found Abandoned, Just Like Kirin — Plus Feed Day The cucumber seeds all sprout, we stock up on chicken feed, and I take in an abandoned rooster who seems to have… ▶ 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… ▶ June 11, 2022 Broccoli on the Broccoli, a Baby Papaya and Chick Playtime Our broccoli finally made a broccoli, a blueberry starts turning purple, five wild-born chicks join playtime, and a friend plants a baby… ▶ June 10, 2022 Meet the Younger Chicks — and Kirin, 70 Days After Rescue You asked to meet the younger chicks, so here they are one by one: Marron, Chako, Ponyo, Banana, Cloud and little Kuro-chibi.… ▶ June 6, 2022 Gentle Taro in the Bigger Playground — and Meet Walter Morning rounds on a cloudy day: Piccolo snubs the camera, Taro checks out the bigger playground, and meet Walter, a former fighting… ▶ June 1, 2022 Meet Shiro, a Survivor — and Dolly Raids the Garden Again Meet Shiro, a snow-white rooster rescued from a parking lot with eyeworm. Then Dolly eats the cucumbers I'd been waiting for, so… ▶ May 30, 2022 A Wild Hen and Her Six Chicks Move In — and Meet Satoshi A friend's neighbors complained about wild chickens, so we took in a mother hen and her six chicks. Plus little Satoshi, a… ▶ May 29, 2022 Meet Pineapple, the Big-Combed Rooster — and a Wild Hen’s Chicks Pineapple is a small rooster with a huge comb, short legs and a soft spot for eggs. Plus: a wild mother hen… ▶ May 27, 2022 Finally Finished: A Hospital for Rescued Chickens, Built from Scrap With help from volunteers and almost entirely free scrap materials, we built an isolation "hospital" for sick or not-yet-tame chickens — 7… ▶ May 21, 2022 Happy the Pigeon Grows Up — and a Mystery Duckling Appears Happy, the baby pigeon from our Shorts, is growing up fast. And one morning a duckling turned up in the chickens' play… ▶ May 13, 2022 Melons Growing — and Meet Marshmallow, Our Not-So-Gentle Orpington The melons are growing, and Marshmallow the Buff Orpington proves the breed books wrong: she screams, kicks and pecks. Plus the story… ▶ May 10, 2022 Fresh Cucumbers, a Tiny Melon — and Meet Trumpet the Guardian A good cucumber harvest, a tiny bug-nibbled melon that's already melon inside, and Trumpet, the rooster found peeping under a trash bin… ▶ May 4, 2022 Where Our Rescue Chicken Hospital Will Go — and Meet Echiseana Why Dolly is always chewing, meet Echiseana, a sturdy Black Star who goes her own way, and a look at the cleared… ▶ 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… ▶ April 29, 2022 Four Half-Grown Chicks Need a Home — Wait, Another Poppy? Our quail get a roommate, I introduce Taiyo, a hen with a rooster's build, and we take in half-grown chicks from someone… ▶ April 28, 2022 Golden Tsuki, a Rooster Named Kirin, and a Sulky Dolly Tsuki was a tiny chick covered in ants when I rescued her — now she's golden. Plus our roadside rooster gets a… ▶ April 26, 2022 Two Rescued Chicks, How Feathers Change — and Meet Sonatine Two new arrivals: a chick whose broken leg was fixed by a kind rescuer, and a tiny black chick. Plus how chicks… ▶ April 21, 2022 What’s on Star’s Head? Plus a 24-Gram Chick and Its Egg Tooth Rainy-day mud baths, an answer about the feathers on Star's head, a tiny chick found crying at our front door, what an… ▶ April 17, 2022 A Goat Field Trip, a Zebra Dove in the Net, and Meet Ginger I free a young zebra dove from a net, visit a goat family to learn about goats (meet little Miracle!), and our… ▶ April 16, 2022 Meet Salaryman, Wing Clipping, and Why Chickens Come to Us Salaryman protects friends during health checks, new arrivals get a one-time wing clip, and why so many cherished Hawaii chickens end up… ▶ April 13, 2022 Cleaning the Quail House, Spiders, and Meet Orihime and Marron A ladder full of spiders, a big clean-out for our growing quail, Orihime the Silkie a breeder threw away, and tiny Marron,… ▶ April 8, 2022 A Lost Chick, Bedtime on Cue, and Meet Cheese I rescue a lost yellow chick, Balloon joins a worm-digging contest, our chickens head to their rooms on a signal, and how… ▶ April 7, 2022 Layers vs. Non-Layers, Treats for Dolly, and Meet Mikan & Chobi What makes a "layer" hen different from a non-layer? Plus seaweed and herbs for Dolly, a garden raider caught, and the rainy…