Eastern Tennessee Thread

[stanglover2001]

Had a lot of fun at the picnic! Terry, that BEAR didn't see us coming!

Bairo - Steven and I went through the park searching for ya, hate that you couldn't go since it was really pretty out and had a great turn-out of peeps showing up. The food was good! Grawg, I didn't try the salmon dip, but heard it was delicious! Whoever made the lasagna, it was really good, I don't normally eat lasagna.


AJ - You are the next person to set up a picnic! MUAHAHAHHAA!

Hopefully we can have a place set up that is easier to find... Terry, when is the Chickapaloosa?

 

[Talbott Poultry]

Had a lot of fun at the picnic! Terry, that BEAR didn't see us coming!

AJ - You are the next person to set up a picnic! MUAHAHAHHAA!

Hopefully we can have a place set up that is easier to find... Terry, when is the Chickapaloosa?

Ya that was a "Huggy Bear"

When would you like it?
I was thinking somewhere in Knoxville next time.
I have such a good time at these picnics.
It is great that we have old friends and new friends there each time we have it.


Cindy told me last night that she had a really good time, and she is NOT a people person.

 

[Talbott Poultry]

. Terry, when is the Chickapaloosa?

WE WANT CHICKAPALOOSA!!
WE WANT CHICKAPALOOSA!!

All together now.

WE WANT CHICKAPALOOSA!!

 

[Contrastphoto]

I would love to have a get together over here in Gatlinburg at sime point. I can get a pavilion for free here since I am local, but Terry's Chickapaloosa sounds like more fun!!!!

 

[Talbott Poultry]

With the problems we have finding each other sometimes, I was thinking signs might be a good ideal.

I talked to a local sign shop and this is what they came up with.

These are to be aprox. 24" wide by 18" tall

The Tennessee is supposed to be Orange, but the rest is real similar to the name tags we had last time.

What does everyone think about them. Do we want them, need them,or does it need changes?

Majority will rule.

(No one needs to help pay, The price was very cheap.)

 

[stanglover2001]

What a funny looking chicken, I think instead of the TN in the middle we should go for a realistic looking hen/rooster... suggestions?
Maybe an arrow? Have 2 signs, one pointing either left/right to point towards the direction or side of the street we are on. Or is the sign double sided?

With the problems we have finding each other sometimes, I was thinking signs might be a good ideal.

I talked to a local sign shop and this is what they came up with.

These are to be aprox. 24" wide by 18" tall

The Tennessee is supposed to be Orange, but the rest is real similar to the name tags we had last time.

What does everyone think about them. Do we want them, need them,or does it need changes?

Majority will rule.

(No one needs to help pay, The price was very cheap.)

 

[Talbott Poultry]

What a funny looking chicken, I think instead of the TN in the middle we should go for a realistic looking hen/rooster... suggestions?
Maybe an arrow? Have 2 signs, one pointing either left/right to point towards the direction or side of the street we are on. Or is the sign double sided?

The signs are going to be single sided.

The arrows I am making and adding on so they can be changed to different positions.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

OK....have been working on trying to organize a few things to have the Chick-A-Palossa this fall. I use to have a greenhouse/landscaping business and we have started cleaning up that area where it was. It has been a dumping place for equipment...etc that did not have a place to go. The heat is really going to slow it down a bit but I hope having 3 months should give ample time to get it ready. This is something I would like to sponsor for our group each year. We can invite the public and members can set up booths to sell their things. I use to coordinate things for a few companies..school..etc and really enjoy doing it and it gave me some really good resources. I have thought about talking to everyone about our actually having "our" group with memberships if everyone would like that.
So...here are some things I have thought about as activities that would be fun.

Members booths with chickens, rabbits and other things like crafts to sell.
2 food vendors ( could even be members who would want to do this)
Drawings
Show for children only. I am sure we could get Ruth from the Newport show to come and judge for us or someone she may know.
A chicken costume show.
Maybe a couple people doing demonstrations or information booths to educate people
A dunking booth for Bario and AJ to do.

We could talk to TSC and other farm businesses for things to donate for the drawings and contest.
I have already talked to Leepers in Jefferson City about setting up a booth..
We would need to advertise in order to get the public to come (and shop!) so it is a possibility of charging a small fee for the booths to pay for these (and port-a-potty) and I think with our group here we can find some other sources to get the word out. Just got to get a set date.
If we set a date in September the weather should be cool enough and give plenty of time to get things ready. I am open to any help you guys can give.

So....I think we can have a pretty neat little thing if this works out. I live right next to the I81 and it is a very easy location to find. The end of my road is at exit 4 so there is a lot of traffic and can put signage there. There is plenty of space for parking as well. It is all fenced in so if members wanted to set up some of their things ahead of time it should be safe. I also have a 24x24 metal building on it we can use...if I get it all cleaned out! I want this to be something that is fun and benefits our people here

So....how bout some feedback??

@AJ....neat sign....I kinda like the chicken crossing the road thing Stang mentioned too. The signs would be great to direct us. I would suggest putting them on tripods which makes it easy to just set up and pick up when you are finished.

 

[stanglover2001]

TNBarnqueen - don't forget to volunteer Grawg for the dunking booths, since he's the duck guy!

 

[Talbott Poultry]

TNBarnqueen - don't forget to volunteer Grawg for the dunking booths, since he's the duck guy!