Can we...

[patyrdz]

If they are babies and they are mine, the they are "My babies"! I however do not call mine this, most do not even have names.
People can call them whatever they want, I surely will not call them out on it.

 

[Chickenmaven]

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You said it! My DD (my "real baby") is 15 y.o. She started in on the squealy baby talk, when we went to visit a poultry farm on Monday. The owner shot her a look & said, "You sound like my grand-daughter. SHE'S FIVE!" That shut DD right up.

I have children. They are not pets. I really adore my chickens, but when they keel over, I did a hole in the yard.

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

Hey Chris, MY BABIES did the FUNNIEST thing earlier....

ha!


I think I refer to them as "the" babies, though... all of them. Big or little.

 

[conny63malies]

i know it dont help, but when our cat wants a treat and bothers DH , DH tells the cat"Go tell mom you want a treat"
the chickens are the girls right now and the ducks are the yucks or yuckies

 

[AllChookUp]

I should not post on a family-friendly forum what I sometimes call mine.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

how about supper??? dumplin'? Stu?

ok ok .. i call my "ladies"

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I usually refer to them as "the birds"

If I ever called ANY of my chickens 'my babies' I would go insane

 

[gritsar]

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Yep, all our animals have Me (mommy) and my SO (daddy), especially Charlie dog. Come to think of it, why do we call her dog after her name?

I tell anyone who asks that these "babies" behave alot better and never ask for the car keys or money the way the real kids did.

 

[Whispering Winds]

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[AngieChick]

I call mine "the girls". Although, I admit that I call my chicks "the babies", not "my babies". It just rolls off the tongue a bit easier than "the chicks". I admit to being on to dabbling in anthropomorphism. I have even named my power tools

but only my favorites. I do know the difference between real babies and chicks, no question. The critters in my family listed, order according to importance:

The Kids
The Grown-ups



Charlie (my favorite cat)
The chickens
the Beagle
Snoozey (our old lady cat, who refuses to come indoors now)
The labrador, who I like but was a rescue and has "issues"

Notice the spaces in between the humans and the creatures? I am under no illusions that they are higher up on the chain than they are (though they may be confused about it here and there). That being said, I do treat them with the love and care that our beloved pets deserve. Yes, it does drive me nuts when people call their pets their "kids". But mostly because kids are so very much work, both mental and physical, pets (no matter how much they are loved) don't ever come close. But, if it makes them happy, to each his own.