I went on a 5-day sawanobori (= river trekking) trip to Shirakami Sanchi in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. It was an awesome trip with awesome people, and we even didn't break any bone!
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Pictures by our expedition leader Martin
Seeing the chickens after 5 days of absence, I was surprised to realize that they were clearly bigger than when I left - and it was only 5 days!
Especially the roosters are huge:
The strange thing is that chickens are growing bigger but eating less. The main culprit to blame for their loss of appetite is of course heat, but I suspect there's another reason: chickens simply got fed up of their usual food (= chicken feed mixed with raw brown rice and rice bran).
Chickens, like humans, are omnivores, and omnivores want to eat various things.
So I prepared something different for them this morning (boiled brown rice, okara, pumpkin and cucumbers - leftovers from neighbor's garden).
Chickens liked it, as you can see in the video:
We also finally got some clouds and rain and slightly cooler temperatures (29°C is not really cool, but it's a welcome improvement from 35 °C).
That was a quick update. Chickens' cuisine (locally sourced when possible) is a topic worth more research.
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