タグ: Roosters

September 30, 2023 Farm Notes — September 2023: Hiyo-chan Finds His Voice, Barbie and Basil’s Patrol Thirty little clips from September: Hiyo-chan's first crows, Star, Jack and Rex, people-loving Barbie, Basil on patrol, this year's ducklings and former… 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… July 31, 2023 Farm Notes — July 2023: Kitten Adventurers, a New Cat Room and Sonata’s Hens Forty-eight little clips from July: kittens finding their personalities, a rescued cat family's new room, Natsu and Hanabi, Sonata among the hens,… June 30, 2023 Farm Notes — June 2023: A Young Mother Cat, Five Kittens and Gudetama the Chick Forty-seven little clips from June: a 10-month-old mother cat and her five kittens, Meeko the black cat, Gudetama the new chick, Walmart… ▶ 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 31, 2023 Farm Notes — May 2023: Hiyo-chan (named after a manga about vets), a Runway Crow and a Chick Festival Seventeen little clips from May: Ao purring off, a smiling cat, Hiyo-chan (named after a manga about vets), a runway crow, a… ▶ 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 22, 2023 A Rooster With String on His Legs: Meet Anthony A new rooster turns up at a chicken capture site with string tied tight around his legs. We cut it off, 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 6, 2023 Star the Rooster Is in the Mood for the Camera Hiyo-chan keeps growing, the unnamed youngsters copy Pachita, Star decides today is his day to be on camera, and a big photo… ▶ May 3, 2023 Grey’s Little Comeback and a Peaceful Day Grey is back among the flock, sheltered by the fluffy hens. Hiyo-chan crows on camera for the first time, Toast gets a… ▶ May 1, 2023 Banana Day Shows Everyone’s True Colors A big banana treat shows who's who: Heart breaks bananas into bits for everyone, Chico gobbles, Piccolo forgets to share, and Star… ▶ April 28, 2023 Meet Chibi and Sweetie, Two Broilers Who Beat the Odds Two giant meat birds join us after being lovingly kept at a church. At two years and two months old, they've lived… ▶ April 26, 2023 After the Storm — Can No. 354, a Rooster Who Can’t Walk Well, Fit In? Another storm blows through the farm. Then No. 354, a young fighting rooster dumped by the road because of a neurological disease,… ▶ April 22, 2023 Yellow, the Rooster Who Came Back — Plus Everyday Faces Yellow, a low-ranking rooster, slipped out through a hole and turned up the next day asking for food. Plus a slideshow of… ▶ April 15, 2023 Corn Party in Playground No. 3 Word has got around about Playground No. 3, and a corn treat brings everyone running: Star, Heart, Toast, Sonatine, Glico, Bee and… ▶ April 12, 2023 A DIY Water System for the Rabbits — and Moo-chan’s New Home With so many rabbits in our care, water bottles couldn't keep up, so I built a tube-fed drinking system. Plus playground news… ▶ April 7, 2023 Easter, Easter Eggers — and Sonata, the Gentlest Rooster Spring means Easter, so today: where Easter Eggers' colorful eggs come from, the Easter Eggers in our flock, and Sonata, my very… March 31, 2023 Farm Notes — March 2023: A Giant Chicken, Fuyuto Staying Out and a Guinea Fowl’s Alarm Thirteen little clips from March: a giant chicken, a fine comb, six-month-old Fuyuto, a camera-curious chick, a guinea fowl's alarm call, a… ▶ March 31, 2023 Bitten by Fire Ants, and Tamamushi Crows for the First Time The chickens pour into the newly opened extension, fire ants bite me while I rescue a rooster, and Tamamushi gets his name… ▶ March 29, 2023 Meet Hiyo-chan, Plus Five Little Adventurers and Rabbit Haircuts Bok choy for the tortoises, five orphaned chicks out exploring (and getting scolded), haircuts for the angora boys, and meet Hiyo-chan, who… ▶ March 27, 2023 Rooster No. 354: How Our Roadside Rescue Is Doing The rooster I found by the road, with a wing tag reading 354, now has a huge appetite, and he's standing and… ▶ March 6, 2023 “You’re Free Now”: A Roadside Rooster and Black Soldier Fly Treats I find another rooster dumped by the road, unable to walk, and take off his wing tag. Then the flock tries dried… ▶ March 3, 2023 Grey Retires? Our Lemon Blue Cochin Turns Baby Again, Plus Sheep Grey, one of our first roosters, has gone from coop second-in-command back to a shoulder-riding baby. Plus three sheep arrive next door… February 28, 2023 Farm Notes — February 2023: AI Portraits of Glico and Star, Cat Wrestling and Better Crowing Twelve little clips from February: AI-made portraits of Glico and Star, cat wrestling, a blue-eyed kitten, sleepyheads, a dash for shelter and… ▶ February 27, 2023 The Othello Bros. Return, Succulents, and Hawaii’s Rainy Season The Othello twins are back, now huge and about 4 kilos each. Plus hibiscus for the rabbits, a succulent experiment, a new… ▶ February 22, 2023 Digging for Okinawan Sweet Potatoes — and Meet Dal I tackle the weedy Field No. 1 to dig for Okinawan sweet potatoes, Sonata takes it easy, and meet Dal, a 90%… ▶ February 15, 2023 Eleven Months Later, a Banana Bud — and Meet Othello Black The tall apple banana we planted 11 months ago finally has a bud, and Othello Black, nearly all fighting-breed, has grown into… ▶ February 11, 2023 Why Do Roosters Crow — Even in the Middle of the Night? How a rooster makes his cock-a-doodle-doo, why he crows at odd hours, whether the boss crows first, and why a few hens… ▶ 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… ▶ February 4, 2023 Thank You! We Reached 1,000 Subscribers A special report with Star: our channel passed 1,000 subscribers! A big thank-you, a word on where the channel's earnings go, and… ▶ January 30, 2023 How to Keep Happy Chickens, Part 1: Their Living Space Part one of our happy-chicken series: space, perches, nest boxes, bedding and poop, and how many roosters and hens to keep —… ▶ January 27, 2023 Is Nugget a Rooster or a Hen? Plus Tortoise Bath Time Even a self-described chicken pro can't tell whether Nugget is a rooster or a hen. Then our leopard tortoises get a soak… ▶ January 9, 2023 Last Year’s Chicks Have Grown Into Fine Roosters Inazuma and the silkie-mix pair Sammy and Calvin are all grown up, plus a roll call of last year's chicks who are… ▶ January 7, 2023 Star Is Back in Top Form, and I Finally Get My Own Tools Star's feathers have grown back and his pneumonia is gone. Plus a busy feeding round and unboxing the power tool set I… ▶ 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… December 31, 2022 Farm Notes — December 2022: Mopsy’s Rehab, Popular Heart and Star, and Ducklings Thirteen little clips from December: Mopsy's rehab, Heart and Star in demand, ducklings, a baby pigeon and plenty of cat time. ▶ December 31, 2022 Happy New Year from Heart and Star, Our Legendary Rooster Duo Heart and Star, January's stars on our 2023 calendar: how a rain-soaked wild chick and a quiet Polish chick grew up side… ▶ 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… ▶ December 21, 2022 A Big Winter Storm Hits the Farm Days of wind, rain and thunder: we packed the chickens indoors, rounded up our neighbors' escaped birds, and came through without major… ▶ December 16, 2022 A Thank-You, a Cage Update, and Pigeon Chicks Getting Their Colors A thank-you to everyone who donated toward the rooster cage, a look at how baby pigeons grow their feathers, Happy's chicks, and… ▶ December 14, 2022 Morning at the Coop, Taro’s Story, and a Monarch Caterpillar A damp morning: breakfast for everyone, chicks in the sun, cats eyeing the guinea pigs. Then meet Taro, our Rhode Island Red,… ▶ December 3, 2022 Scary Seniors for the New Rooster, and Fast-Growing Baby Pigeons Our rescued rooster gets the silent treatment from Cho and Sonata, and the baby pigeons open their eyes and sprout funny little… ▶ December 2, 2022 A Relaxed Stroll Around the Flock: Gin-chan, Grey, Jack and More The monarch caterpillars are growing, Gin-chan's head feathers are back, Grey turns four, and Jack still has his one mysterious black leg… November 30, 2022 Farm Notes — November 2022: Pen-chan Going Strong, Baby Taro and Kittens in the Feed Box Thirteen clips from November: Pen-chan going strong after two broken legs, Taro at three months, Natsu all grown up, chicken bodyguards, kittens,… ▶ 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 18, 2022 Seven the Pigeon, Happy’s Surprise and a Rooster Saved from Abuse Winter fluff arrives, Yukinko recovers, Seven the rescued pigeon joins the loft, Happy turns out to be a hen, and a rooster… ▶ November 16, 2022 Sorry, Gin-chan: Kin-chan Gets a New Partner, Kintaro Young birds are roaming outside the coop, and a tiny bantam rooster I found asleep in the road at 1 a.m. becomes… 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 26, 2022 Which One Is the Real Old English Game Bantam? Lavender is a pricey Old English Game Bantam; Cloud is a wild rooster — so why do they look so alike? Plus…