Chicken Paradise Hawaii
タグ: Star
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…
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 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 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 24, 2023
Narrating Feeding Time: Health Checks and a Growing Hiyo-chan
I narrate footage my mother filmed, watching it for the first time: feeding-time chaos, why we spread the food out, nail and…
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 19, 2023
A Cold, New Boots, and a New Collar for Iroha
I'm back after a cold with a very low voice. The bananas are rounding out, I finally replaced my boots, and Iroha…
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…
March 15, 2023
A Peek at the Chickens’ Daily Life with a Hidden Camera
Fresh sawdust after the rain, then I leave a camera in the coop: curious crowds, Piccolo on guard duty, high-ranking Glico, 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…
March 8, 2023
Broody Season Begins: Coaxing Hens Out from Under the Table
Broody season is here, and hens who forget to eat get pulled out for dinner, with plenty of pecks for my trouble.…
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 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 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 14, 2023
Our 200th Video: Calling Every Chicken by Name in One Take
For our 200th video, I tried to call every bird in the coop and playground by name with one camera. The count:…
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…
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 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 30, 2022
Looking Back on 2022, Our First Year on the New Farm
A quiet evening with the flock, Iroha hoping someone will play, and a look back at our first year on the new…
November 21, 2022
Our 2023 Chicken Calendar: A Year With the Flock, Month by Month
Our 2023 Chicken Paradise calendar was finished! A month-by-month tour, from Hare-chan crowing on the cover to a December full of Pen-chan.
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…
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 22, 2022
Howl’s Blue Feathers — Meet Our Biggest Muscovy Duck
Our male Muscovy ducks are growing their red face bumps, Star has a funny molting haircut, and meet Howl, the biggest duck…
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 27, 2022
Taro’s Surprise Vertical Jump — and Meet Lincoln
Morning feeding at the farm, a handsome new rooster named Lincoln meets the flock (and Piccolo), and Taro shows off a jump…
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 10, 2022
Onsen Eggs Made with Eggs Fresh from the Nest Box
A morning round with Happy, Star, Dal and friends, then I make Japanese hot-spring eggs from eggs laid that very morning —…
June 17, 2022
A Day in the Life of Heart, Our Leader — and Fast-Growing Parsley
Follow Heart on the job: morning crows, patrols, calling the hens to food, and stopping a fight with a single look. Plus…
May 25, 2022
What’s This Called Again? Protecting Our Melons from Bugs
Bugs have found our melons, so I cut away the rotten fruit and tied a little cradle of non-woven fabric around a…
May 11, 2022
Who Lives in the Broccoli? — and Meet Yukinko, Our First Blue Egg
Mystery holes in the broccoli, our first tomato flowers, and Yukinko — the Easter Egger who plucks her own tail and laid…
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 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 3, 2022
Why Chickens Take Dust Baths — and Meet Star, Our Polish Rooster
Why chickens bathe in dirt, how big Plumeria's chick has grown, a quick stroll around the flock, and the story of Star,…
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…