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post #21 of 37
6/7/12 at 6:47am

is there really a point in naming them? i dont think they would learn their names...

2 white chickens, 3 Barred Rock, 2 Sussex Speckled, 3 Silver Spangled Hamburghs, 1 lakenvelder rooster, 1 Rhode Island Red hen, 1 white Silkie rooster, 1 male Royal Palm turkey, 1 female Royal Palm turkey, 2 female Bourbon turkeys, 2 Delaware Blue, 2 silver laced sebright, 6 silver laced wyandottes!
 

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2 white chickens, 3 Barred Rock, 2 Sussex Speckled, 3 Silver Spangled Hamburghs, 1 lakenvelder rooster, 1 Rhode Island Red hen, 1 white Silkie rooster, 1 male Royal Palm turkey, 1 female Royal Palm turkey, 2 female Bourbon turkeys, 2 Delaware Blue, 2 silver laced sebright, 6 silver laced wyandottes!
 

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post #22 of 37
6/7/12 at 8:22am

But its fun to name them "FunnyFarm7"!!!  And in my case, rename them! lol!!!  !~Beulah

2 RIR's----Klara and Addie

2 CuckooMaran's----Lucy and Ethel

 

IN ALL DIRECTIONS...

Looking Back----Praise Him

Looking Ahead----Trust Him

Looking Around---Serve Him

Looking Up-------Expect Him!

 

 

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2 RIR's----Klara and Addie

2 CuckooMaran's----Lucy and Ethel

 

IN ALL DIRECTIONS...

Looking Back----Praise Him

Looking Ahead----Trust Him

Looking Around---Serve Him

Looking Up-------Expect Him!

 

 

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post #23 of 37
6/7/12 at 9:42am

Our four year old grand daughter named our 5 pullets Andromeda, Pegasus, Cassiopeia, Toucana, and Lololol.png

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post #24 of 37
6/7/12 at 10:25am
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Originally Posted by Funny Farm7 View Post

is there really a point in naming them? i dont think they would learn their names...

my friend's chickens did!  And that way you can tell them apart.

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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post #25 of 37
6/7/12 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by Funny Farm7 View Post

is there really a point in naming them? i dont think they would learn their names...



I wouldn't name them if there was a lot of them (my aquarium fish don't have names because there's 34 of them (I count them by type to make sure there's none missing) )  or if there was no plans to keep them longer than the few months it takes to grow them to butchering size. 

 

The old time farmers used to name their hens...if you don't believe me just watch Looney Toons "Foghorn Leghorn" and when he goes into the hen house.  Each nest has one hen with name above it.  tongue.png  Of course, we know how true-to-life that cartoon is.  D.gif

 

I think it's human nature to name things.  Men name their cars/boats/ etc.  all the time.  We women name our children and some of us treat the chickens like our children, so why shouldn't we name the chickie-children too!

 

CG

CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

DS1:  WCBlack & Blue Polish Polish month olds

DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

DS1:  WCBlack & Blue Polish Polish month olds

DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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post #26 of 37
6/23/12 at 1:38pm

Penny 

 

Bluebell

Honey bun 

Butter cup

Chikitta

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post #27 of 37
7/2/12 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by BeulahBreezes View Post

But its fun to name them "FunnyFarm7"!!!  And in my case, rename them! lol!!!  !~Beulah

Speaking of renaming: two of the bantams have been renamed.  Now that they've grown some more, I have figured out that we have Cochin bantams and I think the black on is a boy and the buff one is girl.  Well, they belong to youngest son and he's a Star Wars fan so they got renamed Anikin and Pa-da-may (don't know how to spell it).  Anikin is perfect because it is black and Star Wars-Anikin almost always wore black (esp. after he became Darth Vader).  SW-Anikin married Pa-da-may and had babies and I hope we get a couple of cochin babies from these two too. 

CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

DS1:  WCBlack & Blue Polish Polish month olds

DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

DS1:  WCBlack & Blue Polish Polish month olds

DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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post #28 of 37
7/3/12 at 2:48am

i wanted to call mine

 

boiled

fried

scrambled

poached

 

but i got over ruled and they are now called

 

rainbow

buttie

number 4

doris

 

:)
 

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post #29 of 37
7/4/12 at 9:51am
Thread Starter 
I named them...
Maple
Honey
Roxy
Crystal
And Willow!

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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post #30 of 37
7/5/12 at 7:16am
My chickens are named,

Eenie
Meenie
Miney
And mo
No name
Medusa


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