cutest chicken names!

[okiemamachick]

I have two leghorns that stick together we call them Thelma and Louis
Two big black girls one named black betty the other is treelick my 4 yo named her treelick.
We have a brown hen named brownie and a speckled hen named Gertrude.

 

[Jacqdiva]

I am new to chickens so bear with me. I can see names if you have a varied flock but if you have something like a dozen Australorps or Buff Orpingtons or Leghorns, is there enough distinction between chickens to actually tell them apart?

Get some leg rings to start out. Then you will find you don't look at the colour of the ring after a while.

 

[ChookRanger]

I need to get rings for my Barred Rocks. I tried zip ties, but they kept pulling them too tight so I took them off.
I think I already posted here but if not I named my girls after rock songs; Jane (says), Alice (from white rabbit), and Lucy (In the sky with diamonds) NOt sure it's cute but it is a little punny.

 

[Peep_Show]

We have one Olive Egger named Pat because (s)he was in a mixed group of eggs and the only non-sex-link to hatch, so we had no idea what gender.

Solo is so named because it was the only egg to hatch.
Oops because what hatched out of the purebred BLRW wasn't...had feathered feet (turns out was half Lt. Brahma).
TeJae hatched out of a Trader Joe's grocery store egg.
Lucy is a CCLxRIR who looks like a crazy redheaded roadrunner.
And the rest are named after Mom's dowager aunties: Edith, Mabel and Maude.

We had Ethel who, unfortunately, crowed, developed attitude and was quickly voted off the island.

 

[mossyroo]

TeJae hatched out of a Trader Joe's grocery store egg.
So I was just wondering, do you regularly candle eggs you bring home from the grocery store?

 

[kuhnse51]

@okiemamachick I have hens named black betty (after the song) and gertrude as well! Gertrude and Godiva are partridge rocks and I wanted to give them "chocolatey" names so they are named after gertrude hawk and godiva chocolate

 

[okiemamachick]

Haja that's funny ours was after the song as well.

 

[cjpines]

TeJae hatched out of a Trader Joe's grocery store egg.



So I was just wondering, do you regularly candle eggs you bring home from the grocery store?

How in the heck do you hatch an egg that has been sitting in a store under refrigeration? If so, how did the little thing turn out?

 

[gimmie birdies]

Fridge eggs can hatch fine if they are fertile. but it is best to warm them to room temp before putting in incubator.

 

[Peep_Show]

TeJae hatched out of a Trader Joe's grocery store egg.



So I was just wondering, do you regularly candle eggs you bring home from the grocery store?

No, I don't. Unless they're incubated they will not develop into visible/viable chicks.
The only visible difference between a fertile egg and non-fertile egg from a grocery store can be found on the white dot on the yolk. In a fertile egg it'll be a bullseye, donut or target (hollow center). On a non-fertile egg it's just a dot. In either event, that's impossible to candle and only visible upon cracking the egg.

TeJae came out of a box of eggs specifically marked "Fertile Eggs"