Albeit far from a cotillion ball – I’d like to introduce you to these beginner hens, complete with their official God-given names. Thank you to all who submitted and voted! The results are final and there is something for everyone – strong women of history, sports heroines, performing arts and foodie shout out.

Lady # 1 – Amelia Earhart

• Breed: Blue Silkie
• Favorite quote: That’s not flying, that’s just falling with style. – Woody, from the 1996 movie Toy Story
• Achievement thus far: to not grow an ounce but remain scrappy and hold my own
• Favorite Tom Cruise movie: Top Gun
• Moment she would relive: Pacific Ocean flight 1937, except the landing part
• Fave R. Kelly song: I believe I can fly, 1996

Lady # 2 – Swin (Swintayla Cash of the Storm)

• Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte
• Life ambition: To be a prolific scorer
• Film credits: stunt double for background bird in Bring It On: All or Nothing
• Favorite Disco Song: Brickhouse by Commodores
• Has 31,000 twitter followers

Lady # 3 – Scuttle (from the Little Mermaid)

• Breed: Black Copper Maran
• Name origin: scuttling: the deliberate sinking of one’s own ship
• One item to have on a deserted island: dinglehopper and a snarfblatt in close second
• Best comeback: “Have I ever been wrong? I mean, when it was important?”
• Favorite dance: Scuttle Shake
• Fan mail address: P. Sherman 42, Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australlia

Lady #4 -Touille (too•ee, after Ratatouille…a kitchen bird)

• Breed: Barred Rock
• Favorite Karoke song: Pour Some Sugar on Me! (GNR)
• Hometown: Nice, France
• Favorite comfort food: a classic French Provençal stewed vegetable dish
• Quotable Julie Child: “I think every woman should have a blowtorch.”
• Last book read for fun: The Paris Wife

Thank you to:

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  http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/quotes.html
  
• http://www.retrojunk.com/content/child/quote/37844/block
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttle
  
• http://www.skygod.com/quotes/flyingjokes.html
  
• http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3465.Julia_Child?auto_login_attempted=true