Our Elvira is now famous. She made it to the news. Elvira loved being interviewed by a Mission Local reporter who wanted to tell a story about rescue chickens. Here’s the story:

Ann making friends with one of the chicks.

The chickens, all four of them, have become integral part of our family. Also, they have become great entertainment for the whole neighborhood: always when I glance out of the window to see how the chickens are doing, I see somebody on their balcony looking at the chickens.

We call them only “Girls”. We really need to name them properly; otherwise, they might get an identity crisis as a result of treating them as a group, as a mass.

We want to have your contributions to the process: please, suggest names for our chickens!

Post your suggestions by replying to this post with the form that you’ll find at the bottom of the page. We will gather suggestions for a couple of weeks, and then, from the suggestions, people can vote for their favorite names. The winner names will be chosen – unless the names are super awkward.

In this link you’ll find the profiles of the chickens, with pictures that capture their personalities.

For your inspiration: Here are some names that have already been suggested, by a reader of this blog.

Amelia. Amelia Earhart was a famous aviator.
Thelma and Louise. We all know who they are and they sure did fly.

Hillary Clinton. She’s a bit of a high flyer.(Editor’s note: Suggestion made by a New Zealander, she is not aiming to be offensive)

Martha. As in Stewart. She was kept in the coop for a wee while wasnt she. Poor Martha!!!!!!

HennyPenny. From the story book “Chicken Little” and…

Gertrude. Just a cool chicken name.

What is your suggestion? Remember: we have four chickens, and not a single name – so the more names you’ll suggest, the happier we are! And, if you want to, you can tell us which name goes for which chicken; for example, Lollipop for the white punk chicken, HennyPenny for one of the yellow ones, etc.

The new punk spirited chicken

We got a new chicken. She came from Animal Care and Control, an animal rescue shelter in San Francisco. She had been wondering at the streets downtown, and some nice policemen saved her and gave her a ride to the shelter.

She moved in with us yesterday, just before I went to try out the new restaurant at 18th and Guerrero, Ebb&Flow. She seems to be a bit sad, and is picking and the three baby chickens we have.

Oh, I hope this is not end up to a huge drama. However, this chicken looks super weird: she is a Polish Silky chicken, I was told.