Chickens live the good life here on Kauai.
Back in the early 90s, Kauai experienced something that most tropical islands try to avoid - a hurricane. Lots of damage was done, and people were generally upset about this, but the hurricane turned out to be a boon for the large number of chickens being held captive in farms around the island. Many of the near flightless birds were freed during the storm, and now they run around all over as if they own the place. Wild chickens my friends! Roosters are also rather numerous, because they get to live their entire lives, rather than being culled by the farmer because they don't lay eggs. today, I saw a rooster fly across the road... Very exciting to see such a less than magnificent bird in flight, mainly because I had always thought chickens and roosters were flightless. Boy am I ignorant!
Go nature, I say! I can't really see this sort of mass escape happening to any other domesticated animal - maybe goats, but cows and pigs can't run fast enough to avoid being herded up after a hurricane (especially since they've been bred to be super fat and lazy - literally meat producing machines). I, for one, am happy for the chickens, and seeing them look so free and healthy, leading their little chickies around, is a sight to behold.
The weather has finally turned into what one would expect from Hawaii - hot and sunny. Today I sat on the beach with my parents, but the water is still dangerous due to washout from the rain, so no swimming. There's some disease in there, and those sharks are scary, so I guess I'll have to wait for Thailand to dip into the ocean.
Tomorrow my father and I go on a helicopter tour of the island. Should be fun! It's my first time on a helicopter, and this one flies with its doors off (for a better view, you know?), so I'm very excited.
Back in the early 90s, Kauai experienced something that most tropical islands try to avoid - a hurricane. Lots of damage was done, and people were generally upset about this, but the hurricane turned out to be a boon for the large number of chickens being held captive in farms around the island. Many of the near flightless birds were freed during the storm, and now they run around all over as if they own the place. Wild chickens my friends! Roosters are also rather numerous, because they get to live their entire lives, rather than being culled by the farmer because they don't lay eggs. today, I saw a rooster fly across the road... Very exciting to see such a less than magnificent bird in flight, mainly because I had always thought chickens and roosters were flightless. Boy am I ignorant!
Go nature, I say! I can't really see this sort of mass escape happening to any other domesticated animal - maybe goats, but cows and pigs can't run fast enough to avoid being herded up after a hurricane (especially since they've been bred to be super fat and lazy - literally meat producing machines). I, for one, am happy for the chickens, and seeing them look so free and healthy, leading their little chickies around, is a sight to behold.
The weather has finally turned into what one would expect from Hawaii - hot and sunny. Today I sat on the beach with my parents, but the water is still dangerous due to washout from the rain, so no swimming. There's some disease in there, and those sharks are scary, so I guess I'll have to wait for Thailand to dip into the ocean.
Tomorrow my father and I go on a helicopter tour of the island. Should be fun! It's my first time on a helicopter, and this one flies with its doors off (for a better view, you know?), so I'm very excited.
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