Yes! At some point in life most of our birds get names. (we have chickens and guineas, the guineas are not always named)
We pick names normally by personality or some quirky thing the birds do. Sometimes it will be by color, or even breed. Until recently, we've been waiting to name the chicks till we can sex them. (Don't wanna get attached to a soon-to-be-dinner) But now I have tried feather-sexing the chicks at day old, so if I'm accurate in that then we will probably name the chicks whenever we like, lol.
Here's some of our birds' names:
Guineas:
Mr Pied
Mrs Lavender
Pippin (a.k.a. Mr White)
Mary (a.k.a. Mrs White)
Bebe
Dixie
Mike and Ike (who look nearly alike!)
T and his hatch-mate Vi (TV, lol)
And we've got about 26 more which need names, lol. (So many of them I can't even tell apart, and I spend a lot of time with them)
Chickens:
Roosters:
KJ (Named after our friend who gave him to us, using her initials. Araucana mix)
Mr Red (RIR mix)
Freezer Burn (Banty mix, he nearly was freezer burn.)
Coal Scuttle (Purebred Columbian Wyandotte, mean to the ladies though)
Fluffy (Purebred Columbian Wyandotte, a very nice bird. Calm, gentle, and will follow you like a puppy.)
Speedy Gonzalos (Banty mix, very fast and agile)
Travis (Handsome RIR mix, must be like 75% RIR.)
Curly (RIR/New Hampshire Red mix, he's got curled toes)
Hens:
Itsy Bitsy
Alpha (first chick hatched from our flock, daughter of Itsy Bitsy)
Squeaks (RIP, I liked her a lot)
Tammy and Terry (Purebred RIR sisters)
Lucy (Purebred New Hampshire Red, my best layer)
"Emily's Mother" (she doesn't really have a name)
Little Red Hen (I would almost say she's pure RIR)
Dusty
Dove
Gwen
Star (Purebred Red Star)
Buffy (Purebred BO hen, she's persnickety.)
Cockerels and Pullets:
Fireball
Jeniveve
Black Baby (her name may change..)
Alfred and Willemena
Roger and Cynthia
Emily and Katie
Hoss (like Bonanza's Hoss, except I think our Hoss is a pullet)
Ginger
Shade
Dot (pending)
(Orange) Blossom (pending)
If I could think of enough names I would name them all, lol.
