THE BYC TRAVELING MASCOTS

[crtrlovr]

Can you spot the chicken?
Henry dreams... again...

 

[crtrlovr]

Anchors aweigh!

Henry checks out the simulator

Potty Break! (Henry has no modesty

 

[crtrlovr]

Final pic of Henry and his new friend at the NOLA boat show

Henry and his Bayou buddy!

 

[Scrambled Egg]

AWESOME!!!!! OMG!!! I will laugh all day thinking about Henry in that can cooler....and on the potty break!!!!!!! hahaha!!!! WOW!!!! Great pictures, what a fun time!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!! I have an extremely good friend that owns a Marina in 7 Lakes, NC and they attend boat shows i Florida sometimes, looks like great fun, thank you sooooooooooooo much!!! WOW!!!

 

[wegotchickens]

So, one day last week I got home and there was this noisy box on the porch. I opened it, and met Hippy Jim. He did this song and dance, and was a totally comfortable and brazen dude. He totally won over Jezebel, but she's easy! Callie was a little more leery, and tried to avoid being near HJ.
Here's a picture of them hanging out under the Christmas tree:

Soon after HJ arrived we had some snow. HJ wanted to play in it, but was a little chilly. So later I made him a scarf!

After the weather cleared, HJ took the grand tour. He met the millies,

and then DH's chicken girlfriend showed up to see if HJ had any treats in his pocket.

Later, DH took Hippy Jim out on the town. They looked out over Knoxville.

Hippy Jim liked the look of the big gold egg. DH explained about the Sunsphere for the 1982 World's Fair. HJ didn't believe him. He still thought it looked like a big egg. So DH took HJ for a close-up:

Over the weekend we took Hippy Jim to the mountains. It was a cold but pretty day. We went into the park.

We stopped and looked out over Gatlinburg.

After seeing the traffic in Pigeon Forge, Hippy Jim was unwilling to go down into gatlinburg. So we went further into the park.

DH tried really hard to get a Ranger to let us take her picture. She came thisclose to putting on her hat and posing. But then she "chickened out"

The next stop was Dollywood.

Sadly, it was too cold for the roller coasters to operate. We finally found one that was open:

The, oh the horror, he didn't meet the requirements!!

So, after some thought, we smuggled him aboard. I was already scared and kept my eyes closed in anticipation.

We saw many neat things. HJ was a little nervous when he found out Dollywood had an eagle rehabilitation center. Then he realized they were in enclosures. They were large enclosures full of the unreleasable eagles. HJ agreed to pose beside one group. One gave him the stink-eye, though, so we moved along pretty quick after that!

We stopped at a photo op,

and the Singing Christmas Tree (it doesn't sing until sunset but we didn't stay that late),

and then HJ saw the coolest little door! He was very disappointed that there was nothing cool on the other side of the door. But he posed there for another photo.

And then Hippy Jim saw a sign. He didin't like that sign. He rushed to disobey!

We never did see Dolly there. Hippy Jim was soooo disappointed. We found the next best thing:

Dh said Dolly's 'unique profile' cast a shadow over Hippy Jim. HJ didn't seem to mind

 

[wegotchickens]

The cats already know how to steal my yarn

Hippy Jim is sad about getting back into the box. He asked me to mail something for him when I mail him tomorrow. Next stop barnyard's place in GA.
He keeps asking about the See Rock City barns he saw in Sevier County, but we didn't have time to take him there. Maybe he'll visit someone closer to Chattanooga for that.

 

[the1much]

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWIIIIEEEEEE

mannnnnnn ,,, he ALWAYS gets to have ALL the fun

hehehe

,, wow,,, i think instead of a traveling hobo,,, i wanna grow up ta be a travlin hippie

THANKS wegots

that was soo cooliez

 

[Smitty's Farm]

WOW!!!!!!

Awesome trip for Hippie Jim!!!!!

You can tell he had a great time and got to see so many things!!!!!

I see he's a little trouble maker sitting on the bench that doesn't allow critters.

Lori, you're chickens are gorgeous!!!!!!

Those Millies are so darn cute!

Thanks for sharing....I can't wait to host him.

 

[Chick_a_dee]

We are sending Chuck on his way to Wildsky today, hoping we can get out of the driveway! We've had 8+ inches of snow in the last 4 hours, and it's STILL SNOWING, I keep shoveling it away from the bad part of the driveway by the coop, and it keeps coming back!! ... I think chuck is going to have to don his scarf, and help

 

[the1much]

Smitty's Farm :

WOW!!!!!!

Awesome trip for Hippie Jim!!!!!

You can tell he had a great time and got to see so many things!!!!!

I see he's a little trouble maker sitting on the bench that doesn't allow critters.

he sings the song " signs, signs, everywhere is signs,," hehehe,,,,, he IS a hippie