Drum-roll please...the team says its first alternate identity of the new season will be…The Hartford Thunder Chickens. On a date to be determined, Yard Goats players will dress in the newly ...

On May 29, they will morph into the Hartford Thunder Chickens when they play the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The name is a tribut to Connecticut's rampant -- and loud -- wild turkey population.

This year, two new identities will be added: the Hartford Thunder Chickens and the Hartford Leaf Peepers The Hartford Thunder Chickens will debut their new logo, which includes a turkey ...