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Cluck It Up During Chicken Month

September is National Chicken Month, a whole thirty days devoted to this under-appreciated and, in some opinions, overeaten bird! While we suspect National Chicken Month was conjured up by some corporate poultry producers and recipe developers to increase to consumption of “yard bird,” we’d like to suggest an alternative way of celebrating --  dressing up as some of the most famous chickens of all time and clucking it up!

The San Diego Famous Chicken is the larger-than-life, feathered friend for the Padres baseball team that helped make the profession of mascot the champion of cheer that it is today. Making more that 250 appearances per year across the country, this famous chicken and hall of fame mascot (really just a guy in a chicken suit) has been named on of the most powerful people in 20^th century sports by The Sporting News.  

Ernie the Giant Chicken from the animated series The Family Guy is the rowdy rooster who likes to show up in the middle of a scene and engage Peter in a cock fight. Random, weird, but sure to make you laugh! Foghorn from Looney Tunes is much more old-school cartoon character, a good ole boy rooster, who speaks in a signature deep southern drawl. Here are some other costume ideas, you could say nuggets of inspiration, for your transformation into a chicken – Chicken Little of the-sky-is-falling-fame, Camilla from the Muppet Show, the cast from Chicken Run and Alfred the Chicken among others.

When you’re suited up in your chicken costume in honor of National Chicken month, don’t forget to shake your tail feathers by boogying along the Chicken Dance. This fun group event is best danced to oomph-pa accordion music – get those wings flapping!