Good morning from Chicken Paradise Hawaii — it’s me and Pen-chan, on a cloudy day. Open! And this side too. Rex, I finally let you out, and you walked right into someone else’s house to eat their food. Why? It’s the same as your own food!
Why Dolly is always chewing
Have you noticed? Dolly always has grass sticking out of the same spot in her mouth. Sheep and other grass-eating animals are always moving their mouths, like she is now. That’s because all day long they bring half-digested grass back up from the stomach, chew it again, and swallow it. Doing this lets them live on grass, which is fairly low in nutrition and hard to digest. Excuse me, Dolly, I’ll just take that grass… Got it. What a good face.
The future hospital
Today Taro and I went to see the spot where we plan to build a hospital. It’s nice and flat now. Where the bare soil is, there used to be a mound of dirt — I moved it by hand. Taro did not help. (Taro, you don’t need to dig anymore.)
We had this frame built, which shows roughly how big the building will be. The idea is a slightly larger building where we can keep and treat sick chickens when we rescue them. Putting it a little far away keeps the chance of passing illness to the birds who already live here as low as possible. The whole building will be made from scrap materials people have given us. I’m hoping it all works out!
Meet Echiseana
Echiseana is named after a flower — I think in English it’s pronounced something like Echinacea. I wasn’t sure, so she ended up with this odd version of the name. It’s probably wrong, so please don’t point it out!
She grew up together with Balloon, our very first featured hen, and Monarch, whom I introduced before. I’ve already introduced most of the tame birds, so lately I’m catching the less tame ones — she’s a bit out of breath. Balloon and Monarch love people, but for some reason Echiseana really doesn’t. She goes her own way and hates being held. All three are big, but she isn’t fat — “brawny” is the right word.
She’s a Black Star and lays brown eggs. These girls lay a lot of eggs, which is a big help. Thank you for always working so hard!
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