In Kaua’i there are chickens. Everywhere. In the parks, at the condos, in the parking lots, just everywhere. I read somewhere that after the hurricanes in the 1980’s, the chickens got loose, started propagating, and are just wild and everywhere now. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s kind of cool. I think they’re neat. .. to see roosters and hens and chicks instead of the usual birds or the squirrels we have in Chicago. And it differentiates Kaua’i from the other islands. When Dallas was younger he said he didn’t appreciate the roosters’ big mouths when he was trying to sleep. And they crow all times of the day, not just in the morning. Here are some that we saw at Waimea Canyon.
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1 Christopher // Mar 16, 2007 at 1:30 am
Hey, were you driving around the westside today in a muddy, red Jeep? I thought I saw you, recognized you from your pictures. I live in Waimea in the old Tanigawa house up on the hill. Been peeking at your site for three years now.
2 rachelle // Mar 16, 2007 at 6:40 am
Nope, that wasn’t me. We didn’t rent a Jeep and we left Kaua’i on March 7.
3 joel // Mar 16, 2007 at 8:45 am
Chickens everywhere eh? Just like key west! Chickens EVERYWHERE! And when I mean everywhere I mean, like, jumping on our dinner table in the middle of a nice meal. Ohhhh memories!
Rachelle - all the Hawaii photos are killin’ me.
4 rachelle // Mar 16, 2007 at 10:05 am
heh. and there are so many more to come! you just might die! this is still only like day 3 of 10.
5 Paul Baker // Mar 16, 2007 at 11:58 am
The chickens were originally brought over by Filipinos for cockfighting, which is also the reason they are so colorful. Hurrican ‘Iniki in 1992 set them all free.
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