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Custom Hoodie-Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 4 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a hoodie embroidered with the name of the winner’s farm, ranch or business embroidered on the left front chest.[Read More]

Custom T-Shirt Giveaway 2 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a t-shirt printed with the image of the winner’s logo on the front or back as the prize.[Read More]

Custom Polo Shirt Giveaway 2 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a polo shirt embroidered with the name of the winner’s farm, ranch or business on the left front chest.
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Custom Hoodie-Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 3 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a hoodie embroidered with the name of the winner’s farm, ranch or business embroidered on the left front chest.
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Maple Syrup T-Shirt Giveaway 2 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a white, Gildan, G200 6.1 oz. 100% preshrunk cotton, t-shirt printed with the image of our Maple syrup label and URL printed on the back.[Read More]

Custom T-Shirt Giveaway 1 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a t-shirt printed with the image of the winner’s logo on the front or back as the prize.

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Custom Hoodie-Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 2 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a hoodie embroidered with the name of the winner’s farm, ranch or business embroidered on the left front chest.

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Custom Polo Shirt Giveaway 1 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a polo shirt embroidered with the name of the winner’s farm, ranch or business on the left front chest.

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To celebrate the first week of her blog The Vintage Hen and the revamped HenCam, professional cook, food writer and animal lover, Terry Golson is hosting a Barred Plymouth Rock t-shirt giveaway sponsored by Crooked Brook. The contest will close on Saturday, June 2 at 9 pm EDT.

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Maple Syrup T-Shirt Giveaway 1 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a white, Gildan, 6.1 oz. 100% preshrunk cotton, t-shirt printed with the image of our maple syrup label and URL printed on the back.

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Buckwheat Honey T-Shirt Giveaway 1 is sponsored by Crooked Brook. The prize is a White, Gildan G200, 6.1 oz. Ultra Cotton® T-Shirt made in 100% preshrunk cotton with the image of our Buckwheat Honey label and URL printed on the back.[Read More]

For Custom Hoodie Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 1, our friends at Crooked Brook are offering a heather grey hoodie with an embroidered Dominique Chicken on the back.

The winner can get this hoodie with just the Dominique Chicken, or with:   

1.    The name of your farm, ranch or business.
2.    Town and state or URL.
3.    Tag line or goods and services.

The above options are subject to approval by Crooked Brook.

The value of this hoodie, including shipping is $90.00.

The winner will be chosen randomly, from those who post a comment with an answer to this question;

What breed of live stock would you like to see for Custom Hoodie Hooded Sweatshirt Giveaway 2?

Terms & Conditions:

You must be 18 years or older to win.
Contest ends midnight (Eastern Standard Time) 05/24/12.
Winner will be chosen randomly and contacted by email.
Winner will have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen.
Crooked Brook will ship the prize to the winner within 30 days of contest end.
Physical address required for shipping; no PO boxes, US recipients only residing in one of the 48 contiguous states.

About The Dominique

The Dominique, also known as Dominicker or Pilgrim Fowl, is a breed of chicken (Gallus gallus) originating in the United States during the Colonial. It is considered America's oldest breed of chicken, probably descending from chickens brought to New England from southern England during colonial times. By the 19th century, they were widely popular and were raised in many parts of the country. Dominiques are a dual purpose breed, being valued for their meat as well as for their brown eggs. They weigh 6 to 8 pounds (2.7 to 3.6 kg) at maturity. In earlier times, their feathers were much sought after as stuffing for pillows and mattresses.

After the Plymouth Rock breed was developed from the Dominiques in the 1870s, the Dominiques' popularity declined, until by 1950 they were so rare as to be considered nearly extinct. During the 1970s, Dominiques were listed in "Critical" status by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, with fewer than 500 breeding birds in North America. However, due to a revival of interest in them and other rare breeds, the Dominiques have made a comeback and are now listed on the "Watch" list, indicating lesser danger of extinction.

About Hoodies

The origin of the hoodie goes back to the Middle Ages when the standard trappings for monks was a long tunic or robe with a cowl. The hooded sweatshirt as we know it today, was invented in the United States by Champion (an apparel manufacturer specializing in sportswear) in the 1930s and the word hoodie or hoody started to appear in popular culture in the 1990s.

Today, almost every major apparel brand offers a line of hoodies. Some high-end brands offer hoodies in high-performance fabrics, knitted silk, merino wool or other fabrics. With all of the different brands, styles, profiles, fabrics and colors of hoodies to choose from, it can be a bit overwhelming.

Whatever you do don’t buy cheap hooded sweatshirts; they are thin, ill fitting, lose their color, shape and shrink excessively after the first wash.

The Andalusian is a breed of chicken originating in the Andalucia region of Spain. Often called the Blue Andalusian for the color accepted for showing by the American Poultry Association, they also appear in Splash (mottled) and Black. They are classified as "Mediterranean" chickens, and like other breeds from this class, they are closely feathered, active, and good layers of white eggs. Although the only color pattern recognized by the American Poultry Association is Blue, when you cross two blues you will get some whites and some blacks. Because of this, they are relatively rare except amongst poultry enthusiasts and small backyard flock owners interested in preserving heritage breeds. These rare egg laying chickens lay up to 160 eggs per year.

The Mohawk Valley Trading Co. has asked Crooked Brook to do the t-shirt printing for Blue Andalusian t-shirt giveaway 1.

This t-shirt is a white, Gildan, G200 6.1 oz. Ultra Cotton® T-Shirt made in 100% preshrunk cotton, taped shoulder-to-shoulder with a seamless collar and double-needle stitching throughout and the image of a Blue Andalusian printed on the front.

Crooked Brook t-shirts are printed using Direct to Garment Printing (DTG printing or digital garment printing) which is the process of using inkjet printers to print an image directly onto a t-shirt without the use of screens like with silk screening or screen printing. Direct to Garment printing (DTG) technology uses eco-friendly, water soluble ink, unlike some screen printing methods that layer Plastisol (a suspension of PVC particles in a plasticizer) on top of the t-shirt. DTG allows photographic quality printing with no setup fee or minimums for custom t-shirts.

The winner will be chosen randomly, from those who post a comment with an answer to this question;

What breed of chicken would you like to see for the next t-shirt giveaway?

Terms & Conditions:
You must be 18 years or older to win.
Contest ends midnight (Eastern Standard Time) 05/10/12.
Winner will be chosen randomly and contacted by email.
Winner will have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen.  
Crooked Brook will ship the prize to the winner within 30 days of contest end.
Physical address required for shipping; no PO boxes, US recipients only residing in one of the 48 contiguous states.

The t-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century, through cutting the one-piece "union suit" underwear into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. By the Great Depression, the t-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores, as well as other times when modesty called for a torso covering but conditions called for lightweight fabrics.

T-shirts, with and without buttons, were adopted by miners and stevedores during the late 19th century as a convenient covering for hot environments.

T-shirts, as a slip-on garment without buttons, originally became popular in the United States when they were issued by the U.S. Navy during or following the Spanish American War. These were a crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton undershirt to be worn under a uniform. It became common for sailors and Marines in work parties, the early submarines, and tropical climates to remove their uniform "jacket", wearing (and soiling) only the undershirt.

Named the t-shirt due to the shape of the garment's outline, it soon became popular as a bottom layer of clothing for workers in various industries, including agriculture. The t-shirt was easily fitted, easily cleaned, were made in various colors and patterns and inexpensive, and for this reason it became the shirt of choice for young boys.

In comparison to screen printed garments, DTG printed garments can be just as durable and more eco-friendly. Screen printing also requires a lot of setup ie. creating screens for each color. The only thing Direct to Garment Printing (DTG) printing requires is for the image to be high resolution.

The walleye is a freshwater native to most of the northern United States and Canada. It is also called the yellow walleye to differentiate it from the blue walleye, which is an extinct subspecies that used to inhabit the southern Great Lakes.

Although it is the state fish of Minnesota and South Dakota, more walleye is eaten in Minnesota than in any other state. Baudette and Garrison, Minnesota both declare to be the "Walleye Capital of the World," each with a large statue of a walleye.

In honor of the Sander vitreus (formerly Stizostedion vitreum), The Mohawk Valley Trading Co. has teamed up with Crooked Brook to sponsor a walleye embroidered polo shirt giveaway.

This is a first quality custom polo shirt with a walleye embroidered on the left chest. The brand, color, gender and size of the polo shirt will be determined by what they have in stock at the time the winner is announced. Crooked Brook will try their best to send winner’s a polo shirt as close to their request as possible.

The winner will be chosen randomly, from those who post a comment with an answer to this question;

What color, gender and size polo shirt would you like to win?

Terms & Conditions:
You must be 18 years or older to win.
Contest ends midnight (Eastern Standard Time) 05/09/12.
Winner will be chosen randomly and contacted by email.
Winner will have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen.  
Crooked Brook will ship the prize to the winner within 30 days of contest end.
Physical address required for shipping; no PO boxes, US recipients only residing in one of the 48 contiguous states.

Polo shirts are also called "polos" or tennis shirts and they became so popular on golf courses, people started calling them golf shirts.  Although the words "polo shirt" and "golf shirt" are used interchangeably, the term "polo shirt" is more popular. Promotional polo shirts are one of the most popular promotional apparel items because they make great gifts and are an excellent way to build brand recognition and promote your business.