Finally Tried My New Looftlighter

For those of you complementing my attire, it's a Moo Moo.  Not to be confused with a night shirt, a Moo Moo fits more comfortable and loose.  And my Sweetie made this one for me.  I'm not going to say how I started wearing them or when because it was a long, long time ago, and I'm old enough not to remember certain things.  But as casual clothing goes here at the Chicken Ranch, it suits me just fine.  No, I don't hide or go change if a neighbor drops by.  It's my life and I'll live it like I want.

As for the comments about the Coop.  Thank you.  It's a long story which I will try to make even longer if you're up to reading it.

Remember the Movie with Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, "Best Little Whorehouse In Texas?"

Well, that was a true story about a house of some repute in LaGrange, Texas, just west of Houston.  It had been there since he 1800's and had a fine reputation for providing services at a reasonable price, even during the depression.  No one had any money but some had chickens and would pay for services with chickens.  And it wasn't long before it had a thriving chicken business in addition to it's primary business.  And it became known far and wide as the Chicken Ranch.

Marvin Zindler, an up and coming news man at Channel 13, took it upon himself to put the sinful Chicken Ranch out of business.  It took a while and touched many levels of local and state government (keep in mind that most of those holding any level of political office probably went to college at Texas A&M or the University of Texas, both a reasonable drive away from the Chicken Ranch), so Marvin was dealing with people in power who, let's just say, 'Got their start' at the Chicken Ranch.

Eventually Marvin won and the 'Girls' were sent packing.  The old house was moved to somewhere in Dallas and tried to make it as a restaurant, but didn't and that pretty much ended the Chicken Ranch story.

That is until we came along. 

The first thing I cooked on my Egg back in 1999 was chicken.  We live in Spring, Texas, so Spring Chicken was a natural for my Big Green Egg handle.  And my Sweetie became Spring Hen.  So we started calling our little .40 acre plot, the Chicken Ranch, for no other reason than to keep the legend alive.

Soon after I got a second Egg, I naturally had to name them.  So the first one became Lily Large and the second one became Shirley Small.  We've since added Maggie Mini and Lulu Large. 

Meanwhile, we went from cooking on the ground to cooking on a table and finally decided to build an outdoor kitchen, which we call the Chicken Coop.  It's wired for hot and cold, electricity, and equipped with a full-size refrigerator, lots of cabinets, and chandeliers.  I also wired in a "Girls Working" or "Girls Not Working" light over the door.  Yes, it's red.

Along the way, people started sending chicken stuff to us.  The collection grew to be quite large and colorful.  I wrote a few stories about the characters who make up the Chicken Ranch.  I'm told the stories are legend.

The Chicken Ranch story was included in a segment on CNN five or six years ago, complete with our pictures and some photos and videos I provided to them.  When the segment aired, we just happened to be in Alaska on a cruise but we have the link to the hard copy.  Here it is if you care to take a look:  http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/09/eggheads.irpt/index.html?iref=allsearch

Meanwhile, if you would like a tour of the Coop, you can go here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PROzNvQiIOs&list=UUd8OXP_tkp28l2eMVZJHBXg

I hope you enjoy it.  We sure do.

Spring "There's Never An End To Enjoying Life Until The End" Chicken