<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Mini-K Ranch</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/default.aspx</link><description>&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/images/192/thumb.aspx" align=left&gt;The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls, Mama-K and their quest to harvest eggs while dodging the press.&lt;br&gt;</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 1.1 (Build: 1.1.0.50615)</generator><item><title>Talks On MiniK Branching Out</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2009/02/16/383.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:383</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/383.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=383</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;&lt;IMG src="/images/mini-k/DSCF1846b.gif" align=left&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;This just in from the mini-K Ranch!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;Mini K will always be mini animals, due to the love of all the small critters who are all family pets. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;However, they just might like to get a couple of big horses for them to ride and watch over their land and all the cute little mini critters! &amp;nbsp;They love to ride and of course, those little ponies just wouldn't do - they are just too darn little. &amp;nbsp;So the bug is there, and it just may be an option for the future! &amp;nbsp;We will just have to wait and see.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;No further information is available about this story.&amp;nbsp; Authorities will be on the lookout for flowered checks to see if they might be used in any upcoming transactions.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mink-K Ranch File Photo&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;This just in!&amp;nbsp; MinK news has just learned that the farmer looking guy in overalls has recently made a significant discovery in the area of the barnyard.&amp;nbsp; The discovery was made early in the morning while inspecting the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; Details are still sketchy however it is apparent that something new was found in the barnyard area.&amp;nbsp; "I was just up there in the area of the barn yard area when I looked out and thought to myself &lt;EM&gt;What the Hell!&lt;/EM&gt;" The farmer looking guy in overalls in the area of the barn yard probably thought to himself in the area of the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;"We certainly weren't expecting this in the middle of August" the farmer looking guy in overall probably mumbled as he gazed upon the sight in disbelief.&amp;nbsp; Authorities confirmed late Wednesday that normally these things are known to be arriving in advance and made no further comment.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;A short time later the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls apparently made a trip back to the house to notify&amp;nbsp;mama-k of the apparent unexepcted delivery.&amp;nbsp; "It was during this time we noticed that the webmaster guy posted the wrong photo on the website and we ordered it corrected" Mini-K officials stated.&amp;nbsp; "The Webmaster has since added the following photo for further review."&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Sometime after the apparent unexpected discovery in the area of the barn yard area and the time that Mama-K returned to the area of the barn yard area with the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls.&amp;nbsp; Mama-K was able to quickly confirm the arrival and eventually settled on a new name for the unexpected barn yard area delivery up in the area of the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; That name which has not yet been released is said to be "CoCo Chimera".&amp;nbsp; The name apparently can only be announced to the tune of a specific Barry Manilow Song.&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;P&gt;Authorities have not released details on where the barn yard area discovery came from but can speculate Bucky was involved.&amp;nbsp; Mama-K also received a new tattoo in the shape of a hoof from Ghost.&amp;nbsp; Ghost was not available for comment and would not confirm if the tattoo was paid for with a flowered check.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls was last seen in the area of the barn yard area hay hoarding.&amp;nbsp; Authorities speculate the hay will be needed this Winter and the extra occupants of the barn which is located in the area of the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Authorities also confirmed Wednesday that ground will be broken on a new shelter for the area of the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; No further details are available on the structure and we will bring you continuing coverage as these details emerge (in the area of the barn yard area).&amp;nbsp; Authorities would not comment if a new barn in the area of the barn yard area would remove the "area" in the barn yard area when it was completed.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=379" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Happy Holidays From The Mini-K Ranch</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/12/04/378.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:378</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/378.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=378</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;font size="1"&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood Iowa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday clans members around the area of the Mini-K Ranch were seen getting ready for the holidays.&amp;nbsp; The barn yard area was a very busy place.&amp;nbsp; The chicken clan was busy stringing the lights overhead while the horsie clan was preparing the trees.&amp;nbsp; The goat clan was last seen on the back hill preparing the country side for the 1st annual KINI Christmas Production.&amp;nbsp; Clans members were very vague in details and were much too busy to comment.&amp;nbsp; Authorities expect the production will be ready soon and just in time for Chirstmas.&amp;nbsp; Although Mini-K Ranch officials offered no further details the &lt;a href="http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1160293559"&gt;attached video&lt;/a&gt; was leaked by the kitty clan.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"The production, well underway has kept the clans very busy", commented one unidentified source.&amp;nbsp; Still the hillside needs much more work before the production can begin.&amp;nbsp; The production may have been funded using flowered checks although no conclusive evidence has been found to support this theory.&amp;nbsp; The weather around the barnyard area has been reported as much cooler since the production got underway but it's hard to determine if that was cause or effect.&amp;nbsp; The Donkey clan, which has recently doubled in size, may be responsible for the strange activities around the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; No further details were available.&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=378" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Fannie Debuts At Mini-K Ranch</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/11/21/364.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:364</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/364.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=364</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;font size="1"&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood Iowa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;table align="right"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="/images/mini-k/FannieFilePhoto.jpg"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Fannie File Photo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Breaking News From Mini-K Ranch&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/03/13/344.aspx"&gt;Kini Radio&lt;/a&gt; just outside of Underwood Iowa has just released information of Fannie, a recent arrival at the Ranch.&amp;nbsp; The station reports that overnight &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/11/20/361.aspx"&gt;Bernice&lt;/a&gt; has indeed changed into a &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/articles/category/1046.aspx"&gt;horsie clan member&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The station reported a temperature drop of over 35 degrees since the arrival of Bernice late Sunday night which may have caused the freakish reaction.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clans members are also reporting that Bernice now insists on going by Fannie and has turned a dark brown color.&amp;nbsp; "The dead give away was the red stripes" declared one unidentified chicken clan member about 112 times in a row.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When questioned further about the white donkey with brown spots and red stripes standing only 4 feet away, the chicken clan member declined further comment only stating that "The dead give away was the red stripes".&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls was not available for comment and was not seen waving any sort of flowered covered checkbook as he normally does.&amp;nbsp; Authorities speculate he may be trying to hide something.&amp;nbsp; It was not known if a flowered covered check was responsible for the reaction.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="4"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Fannie was last seen prancing around the farm yard struting her stuff.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="4"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=364" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bernice Joins Mini-K Ranch</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/11/20/361.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:361</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/361.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=361</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;table align="left"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="/images/mini-k/BerniceFilePhoto.jpg"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Bernice File Photo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood Iowa&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
Monday officials at Mini-K Ranch near Underwood, Iowa announced a new arrival at the Ranch.&amp;nbsp; Bernice, a small white, with brown spots and red stripes, 4 month old Donkey arrived safely at the ranch.&amp;nbsp; Bernice would not comment but was already showing great progress towards the press who were present the day after her arrival.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is not clear where Bernice arrived from but Mini-K Ranch officials were spotted near a town with a misspelled name and it was good to be out of the rain.&amp;nbsp; Officials from the NECC out of Omaha only offered that the transport left with one occupant and arrived with two.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bernice has made herself comfortable in Dozers old pen and was getting acquainted the Mama-K Ranch Lady.&amp;nbsp; Bernice will remain isolated from the other farm clans until she becomes acquainted with them.&amp;nbsp; Bucky, the other donkey on the ranch was not available for comment but was last seen in intense conversation with Sid, the stallion.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No further details were immediately available regarding the ranch staff, how Bernice got aboard the trailer or how many flowered check transactions were made in the process.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=361" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Goat Clan Stork Crash Lands at Mini-K</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/07/10/358.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:358</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/358.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=358</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood, Ia&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG src="/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/images/357/original.aspx"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Goatie Clan File Photo&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;Authorities confirmed today around 2 AM CST that a small craft has crashed landed in the area of the barn at Mini-K in Underwood Iowa.&amp;nbsp; Storkian Airlines Flight 201 disappeared from radar about&amp;nbsp;that same time confirmed an un-identified airline spokeperson.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Mini-K ranch officials would not comment on the landing except to say two survivors, Ernie (left) and Emma (right) were found in the area of the nursery.&amp;nbsp; One local goat clanswoman has been reported as being quite a bit smaller after the landing but not too happy with the aftermath of the incident.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This is not the first time Storkian has landed in the area of Mini-K.&amp;nbsp; Earlier this year flight 101 landed in the same area which left the ranch with a new horsie clan member, &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/04/23/353.aspx"&gt;Penny&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/04/23/353.aspx"&gt;Penny&lt;/A&gt; has made her home at Mini-K and is, up until this point, the main attaction at the ranch.&amp;nbsp; Mini-K has sold out every show since the landing denied one farmer looking guy in overalls wielding a flowered checkbook.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Mini-K Ranch officials were not immediately available for comment on this incident except to say "it's bottle feeding time".&amp;nbsp; Stay tuned as details will be made available as they unfold.&amp;nbsp; Goat clan photos can be viewed &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/category1045.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/images/350/500x375.aspx" align=left&gt;Friday Mini-K Ranch officials announced a staff expansion two fold at the ranch.&amp;nbsp; Although details were very sketchy originally sources from the chicken clan finally revealed that two new baby chics were found.&amp;nbsp; The original was quickly wisked away into protective custody somewhere in the Caribbean while the other remained at the ranch.&amp;nbsp; The Nias Egg Consumption Company (NECC) out of Omaha, Nebraska has confirmed that one of it's deliveries was indeed short by two eggs.&amp;nbsp; "We will get to the bottom of this very soon" announced the NECC official.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Sources at the Ranch also plan on moving the second baby chic into protective custody sometime this weekend.&amp;nbsp; "The two&amp;nbsp;chits will spend the first part of their lives on vacation and that's not fair" announced one un-identified feathered roosting ranch member.&amp;nbsp; The rooster, having a 42 second memory span quickly left the area in search of something to do.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Later that same weekend Mini-K Ranch officials announced a third stork delivery, this time for the horsie clan.&amp;nbsp; The stork was unwilling to comment except to mention that he had taken a wrong turn and that's why he was 3 weeks late.&amp;nbsp; The exact stork flight plan was unavailable and authorities speculate that no plan was even filed.&amp;nbsp; The stork was not paid using flowered checks.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The new horsie clan member named Penny arrived sometime Sunday morning.&amp;nbsp; Penny is taking advantage of the newly renovated clan nursery which was just completed weeks earlier.&amp;nbsp; The renovation includes the KINI broadcasting studio which will be run by the clan itself.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;All the clan members are resting comfortably.&amp;nbsp; No further information is available at this time.&amp;nbsp; Photos will be posted into the Mini-K Ranch Photo Gallery as they are made available.&amp;nbsp; Click &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/category1042.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; to see the new horsie clan photos.&amp;nbsp; Click &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/photos/mini-k_ranch/default.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; to see all the Mini-K Ranch photos made available so far.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=353" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Business as Usual Despite Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls Attempt to Bring Back Winter</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/04/04/345.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:345</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/345.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=345</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood, Iowa&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Tuesday night temperatures plumited to the mid twenties.&amp;nbsp; The horsie clan is already pointing hooves at the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls citing early removal of tank heaters.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "The heaters are our insurance policy and having them in place protects us from cold weather" one clam member stated.&amp;nbsp; This cold spell comes after a 30 day period with temps reaching up into the 80s at some points.&amp;nbsp; "This spell won't let up until the tank heaters go back in either".&amp;nbsp; Still it's business as usual around the ranch.&amp;nbsp; The horsie clan still patrols the lower pasture and the barn area and the goat clan still stands around saying "Hey" all the time.&amp;nbsp; The chicken clan is also busy decorating the barnyard area for Halloween.&amp;nbsp; The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls refused comment except to say "What the Hell" about 16 times.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The horsie clan has offered speculation that the cold spell was brought on due to the&amp;nbsp;recent gate incident.&amp;nbsp; No further comment was offered by the clan but authorities fear the horsie clan has a set of gate keys which allows them free access into unauthorized areas of the ranch.&amp;nbsp; On multiple incidents, the horsie clan has been spotted having on site meetings in the lower barn yard area when they were supposed to be in isolated barn yards.&amp;nbsp; The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls was last seen replacing the gate locks and adding new barn doors in the area of the barn yard area.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;No further information was available and authorities can only speculate if the locks were paid for using flowered checks.&amp;nbsp; The cold spell has no scheduled end date and there has been no word on what the chicken clan will be for Halloween.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=345" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>KINI Radio Founded</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/03/13/344.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:344</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/344.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=344</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Underwood Iowa&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Tuesday a farmer looking guy in overalls released details regarding a new video production service scheduled to debut this Spring at the Mini-K Ranch in Underwood Iowa.&amp;nbsp; Details are sketchy at this time regarding exactly what will be produced but the chicken clan isn't holding back.&amp;nbsp; The cluckers have leaked rumors of a new TV Production called KINI Channel 5 Alive feature unbiased news clippings from the new edition of the barn.&amp;nbsp; The Horsie Clan would not comment on the news real but some members were seen running up and down the pasture at top speed.&amp;nbsp; There must be excitement in the air.&amp;nbsp; The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls has threatened an offical press release to come in the very near future.&amp;nbsp; There has been no word on how the production company was financed, if flowered checks were used or which clan will run the station.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Monday officials from Mini-K Ranch were spotted testing the equipment from a nearby building and contemplating how the equipment would be placed inside the new facility.&amp;nbsp; The Acme Staple Company of Arizona could be contracted to help support the new system but would not comment on it.&amp;nbsp; Rumors are surfacing&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;indicate that progress has been slowed significantly due to a mysterious substance hanging around the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; No further details are available regarding KINI Channel Five Alive, the white cold crap in the yard, how many trips to Menards it'll take&amp;nbsp;or what programming will be available in the new productions at Mini-K.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=344" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mini-K To Expand Quarters</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/02/27/341.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:341</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/341.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=341</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Underwood, Ia&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Last week officials learned of a building expansion at the Mini-K Ranch in Underwood Iowa.&amp;nbsp; The ranch currently has an egg production facility in the building but egg production has fallen sharply in the last few months.&amp;nbsp; Officials from the NIAS Egg Consumption Company out of Omaha, Nebraska have confirmed that production has fallen slightly from 100% to somewhere in the area of 0%.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Mini-K Ranch officials, including the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls, were not available for comment on the exact use of the new edition&amp;nbsp;but members from the goat clan have freely revealed that the chickens were working on a new "Chickens Gone Wild" video.&amp;nbsp; The chicken clan would not confirm or deny this claim and were unavailable for further comment stating the Chicken Privacy Act.&amp;nbsp; No details have ever been found on the CPA,&amp;nbsp;however last year the Mini-K Ranch added the &lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/01/30/196.aspx"&gt;"Little Duece Coop"&lt;/A&gt; to it's resources of egg production.&amp;nbsp; Still, egg production has never increased since purchasing the new edition.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;There is no word on the relationship to the egg production decline and the effectiveness of the hens in hiding the eggs from the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls.&amp;nbsp; Mini-K Ranch officials have repeatively suggested that production is down due to the cold weather but based on recent events there could be other explanations.&amp;nbsp; About 13 months ago the hens of Mini-K were all put into lockdown after being convicted of &lt;EM&gt;&lt;a href="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/01/23/184.aspx"&gt;Laying with Intent to Hide&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/EM&gt;They were placed into lockdown to "correct" the issue.&amp;nbsp; There is no indication that the corrective actions taken by the Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls is a temporary or a permanent one.&amp;nbsp; The Goat Clan has refused to comment.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Mini-K Officials have indeed revealed that a purchase of an unspecified amount was completed in recent weeks for "camera equipment" from an out of state vendor.&amp;nbsp; No more details were revealed but as the new edition nears completion, the chicken clan has still not increased egg production.&amp;nbsp; There's also no word to determine if the camera equipment was purchased with flowered checks.&amp;nbsp; Authorities have also confirmed that Mini-K Ranch officials are not releasing any photos of the new edition although they do admit to having them.&amp;nbsp; No further information is available at this time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=341" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Billy Goat Sighted As Snow Melts On Mini-K</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2007/02/19/340.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:340</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/340.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=340</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Underwood Iowa&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As the snow finally started melting around&amp;nbsp;the Mini-K Ranch near Underwood Iowa, authorities&amp;nbsp;discovered what appears to be a billy goat named Dozer&amp;nbsp;who has been missing for no amount of time.&amp;nbsp; The small resourceful critter was found in another pen with the other girls sometime after 5:30 PM.&amp;nbsp; The Farmer Look Guy in Overalls would not comment but had a very puzzled look on his face as he attempted to convince the small but resistant goat to return to his pen.&amp;nbsp; Apparently the grass, which was under about 4 inches of frozen snow, was a little greener on the other side of the fence so Dozer decided he'd just jump it.&amp;nbsp; The Farmer Looking Guy in Overalls was last seen building taller fences in the area of Dozers Pen.&amp;nbsp; Mini-K Ranch Officials would not comment on any rumors about little baby goat hut editions or the rooster who is walking a little "funny".&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=340" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Farmer Looking Guy in OverAlls Narrowly Escapes Being Shot</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/07/21/283.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:283</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/283.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=283</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Omaha, Ne&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Officials have&amp;nbsp;confirmed that on Wednesday an Underwood area man had narrowly escaped being shot from behind.&amp;nbsp; The very suspecting man who was officially identified as the farmer looking guy in overalls from Underwood Iowa was in an area of town where he normally wouldn't travel.&amp;nbsp; Officials would not confirm if the man was using flowered checks while in the area.&amp;nbsp; A short time after escaping the shooting the un-phased man was found eating a two piece chicken nugget dinner at an area Long John Silvers.&amp;nbsp; The farmer looking guy lives at the Mini-K Ranch in underwood Iowa.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A member from the&amp;nbsp;horsie clan of the Mini-K Ranch who asked to remain anonymous stated the man was not paying attention and had wandered into some poison ivy only 4 days ago.&amp;nbsp; The clan member would not confirm if the farmer looking guy in overalls was wearing his overalls during the mishap.&amp;nbsp; The horsie clan member also confirmed seeing the farmer looking guy usually in overalls applying pink cream to his leg on a regular basis.&amp;nbsp; The pink legged farmer looking guy usually in overalls was not available for comment and did not return our calls.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=283" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Henny Penny Moved Into Protective Custody</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/07/16/281.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:281</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/281.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=281</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;TABLE align=left&gt;

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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG src="/images/mini-k/HennyPennyChicFilePhoto.jpg"&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Henny Penny with 13 chics File Photo now 12, now 11 chics&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood Iowa&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Friday authorities from Mini-K Ranch in Underwood Iowa confirmed that Henny Penny and her chics have been moved into protective custody but would not comment on exactly where.&amp;nbsp; A member from the nearby goat clan branch indicated that the location was being kept top secret.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Nobody really knows why Henny Penny was moved but speculate it had something to do with the dwindling chic count.&amp;nbsp; The original count of 13 was last reported somewhere around 6.&amp;nbsp; The reason for the&amp;nbsp;short count was not clear.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The CCMK was not available for comment and authorities would not offer any comment on any involvement with the CCMK.&amp;nbsp; They CCMK is currently under investigation for the "Chic in the water bowl" incident earlier this month.&amp;nbsp; "That investigation is still on-going" one Mini-K Ranch Resident proclaimed about 800 times.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The farmer looking guy in overalls would not comment on the whereabouts of the Henny Penny Family only saying "What Chics?&amp;nbsp; What the hell?".&amp;nbsp; No further information is availble at this time. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=281" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mini-K Cat Clan Founded</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/07/06/280.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:280</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/280.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=280</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;TABLE align=right&gt;

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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG src="/images/mini-k/birdclan.jpg"&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Famous HDZ Bird Clan File Photo&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Henry Doorly Zoo Omaha, Ne&lt;/FONT&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;On&amp;nbsp;Tuesday a local area man met up with the lethal bird clan gang of HDZ.&amp;nbsp; The HDZ Gang's most common tactic is to lure unsuspecting visitors into the designated drop zone and then tie their shoe strings together.&amp;nbsp; In many cases clan members have been known to distract their victims by landing on their shoulders, head and/or hands.&amp;nbsp; Once on the ground&amp;nbsp;all clan members&amp;nbsp;scoop up any loose change and use that to purchase the $1 popcicle sticks with bird&amp;nbsp;food stuck on them.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A local bird clansfeather was quoted as saying "we find these reports&amp;nbsp;both unfounded and full of white splotches".&amp;nbsp; "There is&amp;nbsp;simply no evidence to support this nor do we have any convictions that you know about yet.".&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Still, authorities are not confirming reports of any ongoing investigations regarding these complaints.&amp;nbsp; That doesn't mean an investigation isn't on going.&amp;nbsp; They did confirm though the slightly over priced bird food sticks can not be purchased with flowered checks.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG src="/images/mini-k/CatProtector.jpg"&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mini-K Underwood File Photo&amp;nbsp;Services Protection Clan of shoe inspection&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Only a few miles away at the Mini-K Ranch in Underwood, Iowa the newly founded Cat Clan of Mini-K has begun offering protection services.&amp;nbsp; "The HDZ Bird Gang is our specialty" offered one spokesperson from the gang.&amp;nbsp; The CCMK was formed just this Spring and two members are nearly completed with their training.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;CCMK already offers protection for the small chics and has lowered the rodent population by around 312% in the barnyard area.&amp;nbsp; "We offer up close and personal inspections for the HDZ gang" boasted the other CCMK member (who requested to remain anonymous).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;At this time the official pricing scale has not been set but is speculated to be around 1 can of food per catch plus the catch itself.&amp;nbsp; There has also been talk of perks along the line of 10 minute belly rubs and collar free Fridays.&amp;nbsp; The Mini-K Ranch Boss was not available for comment regarding any contracts for off site work.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Officials would also not comment on the recent death of one of Henny Pennys chics which was found dead in a water bowl.&amp;nbsp; "There is simply no connection to the CCMK at this time" offered one un-named official, "although the investigation is still on-going and we are treating this as an accident at this time.&amp;nbsp; It would appear that the young chic went for a drink and never came up for air.&amp;nbsp; Although baby chics have brains more complex than most politicians, it may not have been enough to save the young fella."&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=280" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mini-K Clucker Talks Of ***</title><link>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/archive/2006/06/30/279.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">438df889-61e2-434f-8527-a82fbea97a75:279</guid><dc:creator>JFrum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/comments/279.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/blogs/mini-k_ranch/commentrss.aspx?PostID=279</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;TABLE align=left&gt;

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&lt;TD&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mini-K File Photo Rooster on Horse Poop Spreader&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=1&gt;Mini-K Ranch Underwood Iowa&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;An un-named rooster at the Mini-K Ranch in Underwood Iowa was overheard Friday in the barnyard.&amp;nbsp; Witnesses report that nobody really knows what he was saying but fear it might be related to the 12 new baby chics roaming the barn yard area.&amp;nbsp; The chics, hatched only a week ago, may be direct descendants of the rooster but based on the perch that he selected, on top of the farmer looking guy in overalls manure spreader, nobody can really be sure.&amp;nbsp; Witnesses also report the rooster repeating the same thing only 102 times that very hour.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A short time after the 102nd speach, the official Mini-K Horse stud was seen wandering the farmer looking guy in overalls backyard setting off the 3 dog yard alarm.&amp;nbsp; Authorites would not speculate any link between the two events but did say that it had nothing to do with flowered checks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Neither the rooster or the stud were available for comment regarding either issue.&amp;nbsp; Authorities are not having any luck getting any of the other barnyard clans to offer any details either.&amp;nbsp; Following a brief chase the stud was convinced into thinking, momentarily (but long enough) that returning to the official allocated stud fenced area was a great idea.&amp;nbsp; If anyone has any information regarding the gate incident or what that rooster really said, please contact your local Mini-K Ranch near you.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://niasnebraska.com/NiasNebraskaForum/aggbug.aspx?PostID=279" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>