Just curious? Who names all their chickens and who doesn't?

[Kaelinstorm]

Haha I name all mine XD The last batch I bought was about 3 years ago. I only have two of them left: Snack (My rooster) and Lunch (My hen), Id also had Breakfast (Opposum got her), Dinner (My poodle got her) and Nummy Num (Whom my 3 year old nephew had named LOL but she tried to find out "Why the chicken crossed the road" and found it to be a fatal mistake).

My new ones that I just purchased 2 1/2 weeks ago are: Eggs and Biscuits (who are both Cornish rocks and hard to tell apart), Toast and Hashbrowns (Not sure what they are but they are red/speckled), Bacon (who I believe is an Ameraucana) and Coffee (Bantum)

No I dont eat them. I just think its funny to name them after food LOL

**Oh and I named my ducks too -

Howard is my female (yes you read that right) peking
Drake is my female (yes again... LOL) Cayuga
Maggie my female Magpie
Kiwi my male Khaki Campbell

 

[caliclucker]

I have 15 RIRs and they are all named Jessica. Yep, that's right, all Jessica. I was watching an interview with Jessica Simpson and thought it was funny how she tends to move her head a lot when she talks; made me think of a chicken. Somehow from that interview my hens were thereafter known as Jessica. They all come running when I call out "Jessica". Honestly I can't tell them all apart so it is practical.

I recently went from 6 to 15 hens and so the original 6 I refer to as "the Chicago 6" and the newbies are "the gang of 9". The dominant hen from the Chicago 6 I refer to as the Godmother. I'm sure once the newbies mature i will no longer know who is an original and who is new, so Jessica it is.

 

[PartridgeRooster]

I have only named a few, usually my Roosters who seem to last longer.

Such as my uncatchable RIR rooster "Stupid"
The other roosters are in with their breed of hens.

 

[mimischickies]

First post!!! I am brand new to all that is "CHICKEN"!!! I have 5 chicks and they are all named. The first 2 were my grandkids Easter chicks, so they were named by my granddaughter. Rosey, the Australorp and Marigold, the RIR. Then I got 3 more...staying with the flower theme, Buttercup and Petunia, EE's and Poppy (AKA Poppyseed), the Barred Rock. They will be pets and of coarse I will LOVE the eggs they provide!!!

 

[gritsar]

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[char259]

When I went to pick out my first chickens the first one I saw that I liked was immediately a 'Penny'. Penny is sorta copper/gold color. I also bought a silver looking hen and a rooster. All ameri/auracaunas (not sure which) I just liked the way they looked.

When I got home with them I let my MIL name the silver hen and she came up with 'Nickle'. So we had a 'Penny' and a 'Nickel'.

We could NOT think of a name for the rooster but later that night (or rather very early the next morning) it came to me! 'Mr. Bill' - get it? Penny, Nickle and Mr. (Dollar) Bill.

Now the new girls are Sophia and Mimi.

 

[Isley]

We've named ours! We never use their names though, and call them all cluckers instead. So now our chickens only respond to "clucker."

 

[Fuffy]

To me the chickens are part of the family and are therefore allowed names...after all, my child has a name and so do the dogs!

Hermione, Abby, Bonus (didn't think he was going to hatch...a bit of a bonus) and the Freebie sisters: Phoebe the Freebie and Helen

 

[QuinnP]

Arlo Michael Pender is my boy.

 

[QuinnP]

of course he's got half a dozen nicknames

Dumpling
Big Fella
Arlie-Poo
Munchkin
Chick-Chick
Roo-Roo