Do you name your chickens and if so how do you choose their names.

[RunningChicken]

I wish I could name mine! Instead I am stuck with a son, who does not take care of them, but insists on naming them. And so I am stuck with names such as Voldemort for our hens.

 

[Chickenaddict]

Voldermort!!!

My flock has grown, up to 44 now....

Duckey- blue silkie
Buckey-white silkie
Cluckey-another white silkie
Lola- WHite silkie
Ivory- white cochin/light brahma
Sage- EE bantam
Saffron- EE bantam
Esther- EE bantam
Bernie-Serama roo
Whitey-serama roo
Ebony-serama hen
Smudge-serama hen
Daisy- serama hen
Faith-serama hen
Peachy-serama pullet
Sugar-serama pullet
Spice-serama pullet
Angel-serama/ee bantam
Bing- silver laced cochin hen
Curly sue- red frizzle cochin
Rory aka monkey- Black cochin hen
Lena- blue cochin hen
Dudley- Brown/red cochin roo
Petunia- Brown/red cochin hen
Snowflake aka flakers- Light brahma hen
Squeaky- silver penciled cochin/japanese mix hen
Pumpkin- BTB japanese hen
Fuzzy- Mixed bantam hen
Isabelle- Buff brahma hen
Pearl- white leghorn hen
Bobby sue- Mixed bantam hen
Bleu (short for chicken cordon bleu)- Bantam mix rooster
12 babies whom haven't been named yet and more due to hatch soon

 

[SassyT]

I have 6 white leghorns that are a little snippish and not friendly. We have called them the sixtuplet witches (honestly have a hard time telling them apart)

My husband bought me a BO that is Lucy and a BR that is Ethel. And Lucy is a ring leader and Ethel keeps back and then sometimes she follows Lucy's lead. They do remind me of Lucy and Ethel from the I Love Lucy show.

 

[CESOrtega]

We name ours because they are family.

New Hampshire red..Shelly because she looked tortise shell
Partridge Rock..Cajun because cajun chicken is blackened
Silver laced Wyandotte...Moonlight because she looks like moonlight on a dark night
Buff Orpington...Sunshine because she looks like sunshine
Splash Cochin...Splash because of her splashes of color and DD isn't always creative

 

[deb1]

Quote:

I like that name.

 

[mame1616]

I like the Old-fashioned names:

Millie
Alice
Martha
Sadie
Nellie
Rose
Ruby
Elsie
Mabel
Abigail
Jane
Daphne (Speckled Sussex - needed an English name)
Polly
Molly
Lily
BeeBe
Tillie

And then my daughter's banty's
Zuko
Jet
Bumi
Apa
(she likes Avatar)

 

[Chickn chick 46]

How you folks with a bunch of chickens keep track of each and every named chicken, well,

I have 16 chickens, 2 separate coops. One group is the older girls and the other is the chicks. I have names for some of them and most can't be published

Seriously, most of the laying hens are called 'mama'. I still can't tell the chicks apart from each other so they don't have names, at least ones that are nice.

 

[Uppity Peon]

Some of them earn names because of their unique personalities. None of my RIRs have names because I really can't tell them apart. But the 3 roosters and a few of the EEs have names.

Puff Daddy, Georgie, and Rusty are the roosters.
Then we have Whitey, OJ, Squawker (or Cuckoo), Stripes... I guess thats it.

 

[88heather]

My kids named our 6 chicks and we had no input

Goldy (Buff Rock rooster.. (supposed to be hen)

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Chirpy (Buff Orpington rooster (supposed to be hen)

Bloo (after Bloo from the carton Fosters home for Imaginary friends.. Bard rock hen
Terry (bard rock rooster (supposed to be hen))
Margot (easter egger hen)
Stripes (easter egger hen)

the 2 newbies (i picked these names! sorry kids!

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Lucy (red star hen)
Ethel (black star hen)

 

[redhawkou812]

We named our rooster Elvis Roo because he gets up on the perch, positions his feet just right, shakes his head, and then crows.

The leghorns, we can't tell apart, so they are generic - same with the red stars except for one that is darker, and we call her Red

The wyandotte is Wynona and the EE is Easter.