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Schwartzie!

Squirt gun, huh? Otherwise known as the Chicken Offense Projector.

“WHAT? WET?? How dare you!”

PS:
“I was a cock teaser at Roosterama”

Yes, it’s true – I used to enrage the bantams before the big bout…

I can’t wait to hear the stories of how one goes about integrating chickens.

I can’t wait to hear the stories of how one goes about integrating chickens.

A little flour, some cornmeal, salt, pepper, & a large cast-iron skillet full of hot fat & they integrate beautifully.

While a big fan of Stark’s Schwartzie call, another option would be Hijab. Usually black and in keeping w/ the national cultural shift. No explanation needed.

For the unnamed little black one, may I suggest a name that can be pronounced two different ways for different audiences?

Le-a

When the chicken goes on a squawking tear around the yard, you can look over at Uncle B and say, “The dash don’t be silent.”

Yes, I’m a bad man…

From my grandkids’ graduation last week may I offer Kavasiye (pronounced Courvoisier)? I’d never have known how to spell it, but it was in the program that way.

They’re adorable. It won’t be long before the age difference is irrelevant, but meanwhile I suppose it will help them sort themselves out more quickly. Will they live indoors with you for a while, or do they already rate their own coop outside?

Squirt guns work on cats, too. It helps them learn the word “no” (snaps fingers) like that, and then you can retire the gun.

I also like Stark’s proposed nom de poulet.

If not, perhaps Hungarian –
http://translate.google.com/?tl=hu#auto/hu/black
Feel free to modify the pronunciation as you see fit.

Shirley Q Liquor has lots of kids with interesting names.
Some of the girls: K-marteena, Obstetricia, Nivea, Fallopia, Velveeta, Aloe Vera, and Chlamydia Champagne (her baby).

Magpies?

Heckle and Jeckle?

How about Dartha for the black one with menace in her eye?

I like the name “Maggie” a lot. Not terribly fond of descriptive pet names, though there are exceptions.

How about “Steve”? Isn’t Steve the guy who keeps winning the Dead Pool? Doesn’t he even have a RULE named after him?

Truthfully, that is just retrofitting rationalizations. I just like the name “Steve”.

And “Betty”. I wish I had named my cat “Betty”, but alas – she actually responds to the ill-chosen name already given.

Awwwwww!

More eggs!

Yeah. My first thought was Heckle and Jeckle, too 🙂

How about Jet as a name for your new little friend? A chicken named Jet. It has a ring to it, especially if you can put together a small goggle-equipped aviator’s helmet for casual wear around the yard.

Ole & Lena.

A high-powered squirt gun? Seriously?!

There is NO REASON for civilians to be in possession of such armaments! You can’t hunt with a high-powered squirt gun. And far too often, when used in home defense they are turned against the defender, or found by an innocent who ends up getting squirted in the eye!

And besides… doesn’t the UK have some common-sense squirt gun laws on the books? If not – they should! DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN!!!

How about “Raven?” Too goth?

High powered squirt guns are especially fun when you fill them with Tobasco!

Blackie?

“I intend to file a protest in the death of Blackie!”
— Amazon Women on the Moon

What has happened to HK/Chinese pride of craftsmanship?
I cannot find a lo-power squirt gun that will hold vinegar for a week w/o an internal chemical reaction affecting the seals, resulting in leaking and/or crappy performance.
I have paid as much as $2.50 for ONE gun! Yeah, two fiddy!
Water doesn’t appear to have the desired effect on the marauding cat.

When it comes to “industrial strength”, “high powered” “squirt guns”, you almost cannot equal a good, old fashioned, water fire extinguisher.

You kind of have to take them down to the local service station, or some other suitable location, to get them filled back up with the 90 to 100 psi air pressure, when re-filling.

But emptying (sp?) 2.5 gals of water at 90psi is….

Well, you just have to experience it. No other super soaker comes close.

I had a friend who’s son & wife named their kid ‘Latrina’. If I remember correctly, I blurted out something highly inappropriate and laughed. No longer friends after that.

Comment from Bob Mulroy
Time: June 4, 2013, 8:08 pm

How about “Raven?” Too goth?

Waven, if you have a wotacism (& don’t all goffs have a wotacism?).

AltBBrown: If you have fences, try some stuff called Tanglefoot. It’s spray-on, meant for the trunks of fruit trees, to keep crawly bugs off. Spray it on the fence rails – cats hate it. Sticky paw is not their favorite thing.

Thanks mojo, but no fencing. Also we have maintained a semi-feral feline from those snow storms a few years back. She’s borderline autistic at best. A maraudering ‘hood cat bullies her frequently. The thing takes off when she sees or hears us after watergun sprays, but not getting the message. Hoping vinegar would leave a lasting impression to steer clear of the property.
If our cat wasn’t such an idjit, we prolly wouldn’t have this problem.