I call them each by name when I go into the coop/run or when I'm sitting just outside of the run watching them. Their names are:
Waffles - EE
Eggalina - EE
Lucy - Buff Orp
Foxy - Cinnamon Queen
Sadie - Bantam Mix
Sweetie - Dark Brahma
Nugget - EE mix
Willow - Blue Ameraucana
Sophie - Splash Ameraucana
Peaches - SLW
Allie - Barred Rock
Clover - BCM
Daisy - BCM
Buttercup - Black Copper Marans Roo (he was supposed to be a girl like his sisters Daisy and Clover)
They know who I'm speaking to and sometimes come when called.
I have
Silkies:
Muttan (she has Muttan chops as hubs says)
Sugar
Tony (rooster)
ISA Browns ie Golden Buff ie Golden Comet is appears!
Ellie May
Gloria- she met an untimely demise at the hands of a coon.
Unknown breed
Batman- this is a hen but I cant change her name. Shes a protector and now my one wing wonder!
I name my chickens after the breeds like my Welsummers name is Summer, my Leghorns name is Legs. I also name them after the color eggs they lay like my olive egger is named Olive, my pink egger is named Pink. Or by their heritage like my Thai's I name after my favorite Thai actors, for instance my Thai rooster is named Tony after Tony Jaa, his mom is named Panna after Panna Rittikrai. I have a lot of birds so I dare not name them all but those are some
Hermes - roo
Kimchi - hen
Mari - hen
Suri - hen
Tara - hen
Red - hen
Omega - pullet
Kappa - pullet
Sigma - pullet
My comets
Oatmeal - pullet
Nutmeg - pullet
My production reds
Ginger - pullet
Comet - pullet
Sassafras - pullet
My black sex links
Raptor - pullet
Little raptor - pullet
*******(other various profanities) and my boyfriends chicken, the mean one, but very tough! - pullet