Chick naming thread!

[Mountain Wampus]

One of my young roos just earned a spot in the permanent flock by out eating the rest of the chicks 10 to 1 eating mostquitos earlier during "treat time"! Leaving your favorite treat to eat a mosquito makes big points with me! NOTHING stops this young one from getting" anything, especially mosqitos! I dub him.... "Ace" as he has shot down more mosquitos than any other bug killer in the "Black Sheep Squadron". He is a silver phoenix obsessed with killing bugs.. Love him! lol

 

[AlpineButterfly]

BUT, my question is: How do you tell chickens of the same breed and colors apart? Luna and Sunshine are rapidly losing the yellow spots and I'm guessing in the next day or two I won't be able to distinguish them!

How do you tell your chickens apart after you name them?

I didn't really name mine until I could tell them apart with their full feathering... I have two who are very similar (Buff Brahma Bantams), but one has slightly darker feathers and is larger, and has less black on the tips of her tail feathers. I still sometimes have to check the other one, just to make sure I know who is who visually. But they do have a little bit different habits and personality. I figure it isn't the end of the world if I call one by a different name once in a while.

 

[SherriPalmer]

I guess they won't know the difference if I rename them when they are fully feathered. I asked my granddaughter (6yrs) if we should rename some of them and she said "well...I think I'll just keep calling them their old names." She wins that one! I mostly call them as a group: "chick chick chick".

 

[Celie64]

This is such a fun thread! Mine are:
Light Sussex - Delilah.
Buff Orpington - Honey Buff
Rhode Island Red - Myrtle
American Dominique - Nettie ( from the Colour Purple book as my name is Celie, also from the book)
Vorwerk - Mo ( as I always call her My One)
Bluebelle - Mercedes
Speckledy - Queenie Pepper (she's the boss)
Welsummer - Fez
Partridge Cochin - Bailey
Rhode Rock - Lolly Moo Fancypants.

 

[AlpineButterfly]

Introducing my six pet girls!

Rosie, Buff Brahma Bantam, 10 weeks: Her name is after Samwise Gamgee's wife, Rosie Cotton, because she is a mini chicken with feathered feet (like a hobbit with fuzzy feet!)

Elanor, Buff Brahma Bantam, 10 weeks: She is named after Sam and Rosie's daughter, Elanor the Fair, again because it's a hobbit name for a mini feather footed chicken.

Mary, Easter Egger Bantam, 6 weeks: One of the three Downton Abbey daughters; she has a fancy white necklace/collar contrasting with her darker feathers.

Edith, Easter Egger Bantam, 6 weeks: Another of the three Downton Abbey daughters; she is the one others push around a bit, but she's adventurous still.

Sybil, Easter Egger Bantam, 6 weeks: The third of the Downton Abbey daughters; definitely the first to try anything new.

Violet, Black Frizzle Cochin Bantam, 6 weeks: Her name is both a character on Downton Abbey, and follows the hobbit girl naming convention (typically flowers or gems), because she has feathered feet also. She needed an elegant name, because she was such a pretty black and white chick.

 

[FeelingSouthern]

So now we have:
Georgia - Buff Orpington
Martha - Ameracuana mix
Savanah - Black
Paisley - Black
and tomorrow we will have two silkies!
Cotton - White silkie
Avaley - Black silkie

 

[itspebbl]

Are we naming chicks or telling poeple our chickens names??

 

[AlpineButterfly]

Are we naming chicks or telling poeple our chickens names??

I think we are listing what our chickens' names are, to give others ideas for naming their own chickens.
But we can probably also list names we think are good for chicks.

 

[itspebbl]

Our chickens names are : Snickers, Skittles, Taffy, Sweetie, Nellie and Penelope

 

[Brandi Leigh]

My buff brahma bantam girls are named Rose and Elanor. They have hobbit names (Samwise's wife and first daughter) because they are mini chickens and have fuzzy (feathered) feet!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6439286/buff-brahma-bantams/