Do all your chickens have names?

[jenichick]

Seems like we are all a lot a like. I waited until I figured out which were roos or not, I didn't want to name anything I was going to eat. With the hens I let them stand out as individuals or gain some distinction before naming. Some of my hens have had names since the day I opened the box, like Sally my buff Orp and Dolly one of my buff cochins.

I don't think I could keep up with the ones that look so much alike right now. Maybe later on more will get names and they distinguish themselves in some way.

 

[siz8003]

King,david,oreo,donna,ginger,snowball,peep,the wives,henryetta,and the rest are chicken!

 

[Nyna]

Should I feel bad? I haven't named mine I have seven. I can tell them all apart but two. They are pets, never meat. I just call them my girls!

 

[arlee453]

with kids, the pets have to have names

We have

Silver Wyand. - Onieda and Crystal Chicken
Gold Wyandottes - Blaze and Orion
Dominquies - Sparky and Donna
G. Campines - Mooky and Booky

They are all hens at this point (fingers crossed...). I can tell them all apart except for Mooky and Booky, but I have a feeling that as the gold Wyan grow they will be harder to tell apart because they look so much alike except for their size.

Susan

 

[chickengirlnm]

Well out of the flock we have only a few have names- none of my 5 americana's have names since they look to much alike, none of my 5 silver laced cochins have names,out of my 5 light brahma's only one is named and that is Cleo she has the most black on her my two black dutch bantams are Bonney & Clyde, and since I only have one Buff Or. she is called peaches.
All my ducks have names - my hubby named his all white pekin male Afflac , my black something or other is Ebony ,and my male mallard/crested mix is Frodo.

 

[newchickowner]

Yeah, I have 25 chickens and I've named them all, took a while, but I did. There were several that looked so much alike that I couldn't name them at first. But two of them were always together so they became LaVerne and Shirley. And a couple others became their colors or something about them, like the one that has always had a limp is "Gimpy". Stuff like that.

 

[devora]

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Don't feel bad, we have 6 girls 20 weeks and have named one. we have only one Wyandotte so we call her...Wyandotte. Dang, I need a creative consultant.

 

[NewGuineaChooks]

Until yesterday, I thought only my pet chicken (that sleeps in my bedroom) had a name. (coconut)

Found out yesterday that 1 of the other 10 has a name. Apparently my b-i-l named the barred rock hen Blue. The other one (RED) got eaten.

It was a different story growing up. We had to name them ALL back then.

 

[rooster-red]

Yes, every one.

 

[jessied1227]

The ones I can tell apart do.

The young SLW are too common in appearances yet, as are my 4 EEs.

My BO roo is Brutus.
RIR hen - Bertha
RSL hens - Red, Molly, Esther, Peach
BSL hens - Amnesty (named by my 14 yo niece

), Winnie, Wilhemena
BR hens- all four are named Sassy, because they are, and I can't tell them apart, lol.

The guineas are all Loudmouth, because, well, they are!!

Jess