Claudette... no shrinking violet!

When we added two hens to our flock last spring, we went round and round about what to name them. My husband, Rob, wanted to name them Makita and DeWalt after power tools. I wanted to name them after badass women. I won... imagine that! So, Claudette is named after Claudette Colvin, an African American woman who was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat up in Montgomery, Alabama nine months before Rosa Parks was arrested for the same act of "civil disobedience."  

In naming my chicken after a badass woman like Claudette Colvin, I was intending to pay homage to this courageous woman. While the civil rights era was before my time, I like to think that my Claudette taps into the same vein of courageous spirit that Ms. Colvin did all those years ago. Claudette, the hen, is afraid of nothing! She's the first one in front of the camera and she will NOT be ignored. The loudest in my flock, Claudette will peck anyone within her reach until she is acknowledged. 

I thoroughly enjoy all the different personalities in the flock. Claudette is definitely a big personality, and ready to take over as Queen when Noodles is ready to relinquish the crown.