• Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament, Feral Rooster, View 1
  • Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament, Feral Rooster, View 2
  • Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament, Feral Rooster, View 3
  • Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament, Feral Rooster, View 4
1 4

Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament - Feral Rooster

Kauai Hawaii Holiday Ornament - Feral Rooster

$28.00 USD
$28.00 USD
Sale
Free U.S. Shipping
Size
Shape


Feral Rooster. They are everywhere. Parking lots, beaches, trailheads, the roof of your rental car at six in the morning. On Kauai the rooster is not livestock and not wildlife - it is a resident.

The usual explanation runs through the storms. Hurricane Iwa in 1982 and Iniki in 1992 tore across the island and, among much greater damage, destroyed coops and scattered domestic birds into the valleys. There they met the moa - the jungle fowl Polynesian voyagers brought to the islands centuries earlier - and the populations mixed. With no mongoose on Kauai to check them, the birds did what birds do. The island has been loudly theirs ever since.

Every visitor complains about them and every resident defends them, and that contradiction is the most Kauai thing imaginable. They are a living record of two arrivals separated by a thousand years, plus one very bad afternoon in September 1992, walking around in broad daylight demanding your lunch.

For anyone who has been woken by one at four in the morning and somehow misses it. Funny, handsome, and unmistakably from one island only.

Below are excerpts from our Kauai history page. The Kauai town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.

Printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the block-print blacks stay dense and the red comb snaps against tree lights. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.

3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.


QUICK FACTS — KAUAʻI HI CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — FERAL ROOSTER

Town: Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi

Founded: Settled over a thousand years ago

Known for: The Garden Isle; the Nā Pali Coast; Waimea Canyon; the island Kamehameha never conquered

Art: Feral Rooster, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



View full details

Wear Local. Feed Local. Stay Classic.

Product FAQs

How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

How do I send a gift?

Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

More From Crystal Glass Ornaments

All Crystal Glass Ornaments Items

So Kauaʻi gathers the oldest Hawaiian island, the deepest green in the chain, a canyon and a coastline carved by rain, and the proud history of a kingdom joined but never taken. Our Kauaʻi designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the history. Kauaʻi — the Garden Isle, where the oldest Hawaiian island wears its green like a crown.

What's with "the Garden Isle"? Kauaʻi is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands — some five million years of weather have had the longest to work on it, and it shows. Near the island's center, Mount Waiʻaleʻale catches the trade winds and rings up among the wettest places on Earth, and all that rain has to go somewhere: it has cut the red-walled chasm of Waimea Canyon, fluted the green sea cliffs of the Nā Pali Coast, and filled the taro valleys of the north shore. The result is an island so lush it earned a single nickname that has stuck for generations — the Garden Isle. Watch the clouds pile up on Waiʻaleʻale and you are watching the machine that built the scenery.

Why People Visit Kauaʻi

People come to Kauaʻi for the oldest, greenest island in the chain and the quieter pace that comes with it. It rewards travelers who would rather hike a canyon rim or paddle a north-shore bay than chase a crowd — a place of waterfalls, taro valleys, and emerald cliffs, with a deep Hawaiian history and a slower, garden kind of aloha.

Kauaʻi Hawaii Merlin Classics retro logo — hibiscus and Hawaiian Kingdom Est. 1795