Poultry Palace

Back in my Mule Day Festival post in November I wrote about the Poultry Palace Eggzibit.  A couple of weeks later, I saw a comment on the post from the Chickenman himself!  I was so excited that he decided to comment on my post, that I asked him if he would do an interview for my blog.  Thankfully he agreed!  His responses are below!

1. How long have you been working with your chickens?

We bought our first two chickens, Bantam Blue Cochins, at the pet store in the Albany Mall as an impulse purchase on December 23, 1998. We had no coop or knowledge of how to keep them. We learned that they liked to sit on the couch, eat popcorn and watch the same movies we liked.

The Chickenman!

Photo taken by me at Mule Day 2012

2. How many chickens total do you guys have?

We generally take 12 chickens to each show. We have 20 “Show” Birds; so it’s hard to decide who goes and who stays. We have about 6 birds that are retired, and ten more potential stars coming up.
3. Where all do you guys travel with your Poultry Palace?

We’ve traveled from Moulton, Alabama to Madison, Florida; mostly in Southwest Georgia. You can visit our history page on our website poultrypalace.net for a complete list of the events we’ve attended.
4. Which festival is your favorite to attend?

We have fun at every festival, even if it rains; but our favorite is The Wild Chicken Festival in Fitzgerald, Georgia. We were made for that festival. That’s where we started. It’s really neat so see how The Wild Chicken Festival and we have grown together.

Strawberry: Half Rhode Island Red Rooster

Photo courtesy of Poultrypalace.net

5. What is the most enjoyable aspect of working with chickens?

We enjoy the love from the chickens, the laughter from the children, and the amazement from the adults.
6. The most frustrating?

Closed minded event planners that are used to doing things the some old way, when we have so much more to offer.
7. At your Mule Day presentation we noticed you have an educational aspect to your show, do you guys go to schools to do presentations?

We have done a couple of “Fall Festivals” and “Farm Day” after school events; but no classroom training with the chickens. A rooster’s crow can be heard up to a mile away.  Just imagine that in a classroom.

Tom: Turken Rooster

Photo courtesy of Poultrypalace.net

8. How long has Fruit Punch been playing the piano?

Fruit Punch was a gift for Abby’s sixth birthday, she’s 7 ½ now, about a year.  We have a video on facebook of his training at 4months old.

Fruit Punch playing the piano!

Photo taken by me at Mule Day 2012

I want to say a special thanks to the wonderful people at the Poultry Palace for agreeing to the interview!  For more information please visit their website or find them on Facebook at Friends of the Poultry Palace Chickens.  Hope you guys are having a wonderful weekend!

Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Bell Peppers

Hey guys!  Got a new winner of a recipe for you guys to try out!  Husband and I made some Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Bell Peppers the other night from a recipe I saw on Quick'n Easy Recipes and they were delicious!!!  You use roast beef sandwich meat, which cuts down on time.  It had great flavor, lower carbs since there was no bread, and was almost even better heated up the next day!  You can find the recipe here!

Hope you guys have fun plans for the weekend!

The Lone Bellow

Got some new music for you guys!  I stumbled across these guys a couple of weeks ago and their first album comes out next week.  They've got a unique country, soulful sound.

The Lone Bellow

Love the lyrics to this song.  "Teach me to know my number of days.  Hold out, my heart, from getting carried, carried away."

You can listen to the full album on NPR.

Hope you guys like!

Vodoo Dog!

Yesterday Husband and I had a little date day in Tallahassee.  While there we went to a little restaurant called Voodoo Dog for dinner.  It was quite delicious, and had some interesting menu items.  Here's what we got!

I got a bacon wrapped deep fried hotdog topped with mac and cheese!

Husband got a burger!

And we shared some chili cheese fries!

We definitely plan to go back there!  Any of ya'll had some out of the ordinary food lately?

Fried Rice!

For the past two weeks, Husband and I have been trying to learn how to cook fried rice (or as well like to call it Flied Lice).  My Nanny bought me a Wok for Christmas, and I absolutely love it!  It is huge, 14" inches in diameter and weighs about 50 lbs.  (not really, but it feels like it!)  We've watched videos, read articles, looked up recipes...and it tastes delicious!  But!  The rice in it is a little soggy?  Tonight we made it again and I made the rice yesterday and refrigerated it (as suggested on several youtube videos) hoping the rice would be, well, fried tasting.  But it still didn't have quite the right consistency.  I'm thinking maybe our chicken is too juicy?  I do teriyaki chicken in the crockpot, and maybe we should dry it off a little?  What do you guys think?  Any of ya'll cooked fried rice before?  I'd love to hear your suggestions!

Special shout out to my Nanny for buying us the Wok.  It's awesome!

Life in the South

How you know you live in the South....

Your boss asks you to drop off his fishing pole to his wife, and it's so long that it has to hang out of your window...

You come home to your Husband's friend's duck boat in your driveway...

It gets up to 80 degrees in January...

Just a few examples of life in good 'ole Georgia!

Happy 1 Year!

Happy 1 Year Blog anniversary!!  

A year ago today I joined the bloggy world and vowed to faithfully write down what was happening in mine and Husband's lives.  As of late I haven't been too faithful with it, and for that I apologize.  Here's to hoping 2013 is a good year of blogging!!
In other news, any of you guys Downton Abbey fans?!  Looking forward to the Season 3 premier tonight!!!  I'm thinking Mary and Matthew might be getting married?