Diana and Jim got a half a dozen of the famous Elvira eggs in last week’s Namegiving Party.

The eggs were an award for suggesting names for our chickens. Diana and Jim suggested the name Chiquita, which we chose to be as a name for the smaller yellow chicken.

Diana reports that the Elvira eggs were delicious – actually, the best ones she has ever eaten. She made a potato tortilla out of the eggs. Gourmet eggs, that’s what Elvira’s eggs are.

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.

They arrived in our life. Three chickens. Two golden ones and one brown, striped one.

Follow the story in the pictures.

Famous Donna is ready to start the chicken trip in front of our porch. The toy chick in her hand is for inspiration.

Our dog Daisy starting the trip to Sonoma to fetch the chickens. She is suspicious about the plan.

Donna pondering whether we will need another story in the chicken coop. Two-storied-chicken-coop, you know.

In same chicken stores, the chickens are in boxes. We didn't like that. Our chickens need to see light.

Too small for us? We don't want to wait forever until they start laying eggs.

I agree with the poster.

We found another chicken store, called Hay&Grain. The simplicity in the name of the store appealed to us.

This is a place we like. We will get our chickens from here. But what kind of? What colors, types?

Connor caught the chickens for us. Ready to go home!

Ready to go home, chickens. Aren't they cute?

A friend of mine, Cathy, sent me this picture with a caption: You tending your chicken. First I thought this is funny. But then I had a second thought: Is she making fun of me?

However, I like the fact that the fashion store uses chicken in their window decoration. At least something there is fashionable.