CHICKEN / FOWL NAMES! To Name or Not to Name? Do You Name Yours? W/ Sally Sunshine & BantyChooks

[Chaos18]

These are my chicken and duck names. Even if they have a name they can still be on the menu.

NAMES:
Chocolate
Michalangelo
Blackhawk
Jumper
Chicadee
Speed
Aviva
Susanna
Koki
Blacky
Quacky
Sue
Hyde
Stewart
Denver
Bronco
Bunny
Charlotte
Coffee
Nick Fury
Don Pablo
Bacon
Eggs
Toast
Gravy
BoJangles
Splash
ChickenHead

 

[ChickenCanoe]

you have some named? really?

SPREADSHEETS! Not named chickens. I once had a rooster I referred to as 'crook toe'.

I've never really named a chicken - or any other livestock for that matter. Except what is required for registered Angus. I didn't call the cattle by name though.
When I got chickens again years ago, I knew I would be eating aged birds and extra roos. I decided naming was a bad idea. I told everyone who asked, that their names were Barbecue, Christmas dinner and Easter dinner.
Now all my birds are all black and the numbered/colored legbands work so much better than names.
I took a hen to a vet for egg binding once and the receptionist wanted to know the 'patient's' name. Just off the top of my head, I said "Barbecue".
She wrote it down and when the vet tech came out she called out BARBECUE.
I picked up the cage with the chicken and walked back. The look on the other pet owners' faces was priceless.

 

[MILOCHICKEN]

Nym is a character in a book called Nym,s Island. Kehb is our most peaceful chicken. Her mom is an Easter Egger, EE's were developed in the Mediterranean, the most common language in the Mediterranean is Arabic, and kehb is the Arabic word for peace. Ms.Seaborg comes from Glenn Seaborg. [a scientist that was part of making 10 elements] My dad is a science teacher.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:

needs a quote!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[BantyChooks]

I do name my birdies, some on purpose and some just name themselves..... Like Rain, my EE. I named her sugar but for some reason Rain is what I kept calling her.

This is Sunshine, named after a certain BYC member here.

She's the first of my EE x sultan line, that will hopefully be expanded in the next few years.... Stil waiting on her eggs to see how much more work I gotta do to get the line up to what I want. (I want blue/green)

Other names:
Jazzy
Jace
Bubbles
Tucson
Chrissy
Heather
Zoey
Hazel
Smudge
Friendly
Maple
Bella
Georgia
Emma
Rain
Gem
Mystery
Reynbow
Majic
HennyPenny
Pebbles
Haze
Kay
Pingu
Lucky
Skylar
Enya
Abi
Sunny
Sundae
Popper
Chena
Zeta


.... and some more I've forgotten at the moment, sorry chooks

 

[Lilmissesmom]

this is my Ginger. I named her that because she walks dainty and she always fluffs up her feather's and she makes me think of Ginger from Gilligan's Island lol

 

[BullChick]

I only name layers and roosters (not cockerels that can go to freezer camp). Meat birds might be jokingly called "Thanksgiving" or "Stew."
My current flock is named after singers.
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton are a breeding pair.
Ozzie, Sharon, and Kelly Osbourne. The parents and baby dove.
Casey and Jojo
Janice Joplin
Aretha Franklin
Steven Tyler was supposed to be Meat Loaf, but his voice was wrong, and his coloring reminded me of something I've seen Steven Tyler wearing.
Bonnie Tyler because her coloring brought to mind the "Faster than the Speed of Light" album cover.
Stevie Nicks because she was fluffy and black with a nice white (fancy) collar. Like the singer a majority of the time!
Melissa Ethridge because she is the only green layer, kinda sassy and just unique.
Sheryl Crow because she had attitude! Red with a black tail just to be rebellious!
Reba McEntire she's red and sure of herself without being bossy.
Others are waiting until after culling.

 

[Mylied]

I don't usually name my birds, but I have a few that are named. My showgirls are Jujubee and Adore after RuPaul Dragrace Queens. My kids named the two silkies Silver and Silver Nugget. I named the two chicks I successfully hatched for the first time Cassandra and Nick. Cassandra is after that skin person (the last pure human) on Doctor Who because I had to help her hatch and kept having to moisturize her. Nick is after Nick Andros on The Stand because he didn't make a sound the whole time in his egg and several hours after he hatched. He peeps just fine now.

From left to right, Silver Nugget, Adore, Silver, and Jujubee


Cassandra and Nick


I almost forgot my favorite guy, Little Roo. I got him as a spur of the moment chick purchase when I picked up a pig. He was the best rooster. Sadly, a raccoon got him this past summer.

 

[daxigait]

I name the cocks I am keeping. I also name birds that I can easily identify wether by looks or personality. Usually the ones by looks are named after friends and people who are serving as ministers/missionaries that I support as a reminder when I see that bird to say a quick prayer for them.

Like Banti, some name themselves by personality and stand out from identical birds like my Georgie (curious) did even though she looked just like the other two BR there was no mistaking her.
Current names include Jay, Robbie, Josh, Jody, Jamie, Cheryl, Jade, Kristy, Rory, and several that will be named now that I have selected my keepers.