Help Me Name My Baby Chick

[AASister]

Well, until yesterday, I was my sister's helper, enjoying her chickens, but I guess I caught the bug. We went to the feed store to get supplies and they had some Ameraucana pullets. I love the white/light colored ones - my sister has 2 - and so I wound up buying 3 white ones of my own. The three girls were hatched Nov. 1 (approx) and I put them in with the 27 baby chicks my sister hatched at home on Oct. 25-28. They assimilated just fine, the other baby chicks accepted them, no problem.
So here's where I'm stuck. I have named two of the three, with input from my sister, but we cannot agree on a third name. And while I do have naming privileges and the final say so, it would be good if we could come up with a third name we both like.
I have named one Dakota and the other Dallas. Please offer suggestions for names that begin with the letter D, or agree to other poster's suggestions if you like them. I will let you all know what the third girl's name is when I have chosen one.
Thank you all for your help and suggestions. I am looking forward to reading your suggestions.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Delta?
Durango?
Dillon?

All right here in Colorado.

 

[Hufflefluff]

Someone else from Colorado? How cool!

As for names, Dahlia? (like the flower?) I liked the 'Delta' suggestion, too. There's also Dana, Donna, Dancer (like the reindeer?), Dante, and Desmond, although the last two are boy names. And that's all I've got. Good luck finding a name- I'd love to hear what you eventually decide on!

 

[AASister]

Thank you 21hens-incharge and Hufflefluff for your responses. Those are all good names that my sister and I proposed but the one we finally decided on was Dixie.
Unfortunately, Dixie died this morning, along with three of my sister's baby chicks. It got down to 41 degrees here in Texas and we think the babies all crowded into one of the boxes we have for them, so crowded that the 4 got squashed and smothered and suffocated. So in order to hopefully prevent this from reoccurring, we have placed both boxes side by side to encourage some of them to use the 2nd box and not get all cramped together, and placed a heat lamp a few feet above the opening of the boxes, to be left on all night long. The babies are, after all, still babies, not quite a month old yet.
By the way, my sister is making plans to move to Colorado next year sometime. Maybe y'all will be neighbors!

 

[Pork Pie]

They are likely to still cramp together. If you can "round off" the corners of your box (imagine a circular shape) then the chances of suffocation are much reduced.

 

[AASister]

Pork Pie Ken, I just went out to look, and sure enough, 24 of the 26 babies were crowded in one box. I found a large plastic tub that had a hole in the side and enlarged the hole. It also had a small quarter-size hole in the bottom. Then I put it upside down and in the place of the two boxes. Of course, they didn't want to go in but I pushed about a dozen through the hole and they stayed. Hoping the rest will join them inside tonight. The tub is inside a larger wooden box that has just 3 sides and a top, completely open in the front. We had the two smaller boxes inside it. We'll see what the morning brings...

Follow up: All the baby chicks survived the night! Thank you PPK!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Pork Pie Ken, I just went out to look, and sure enough, 24 of the 26 babies were crowded in one box. I found a large plastic tub that had a hole in the side and enlarged the hole. It also had a small quarter-size hole in the bottom. Then I put it upside down and in the place of the two boxes. Of course, they didn't want to go in but I pushed about a dozen through the hole and they stayed. Hoping the rest will join them inside tonight. The tub is inside a larger wooden box that has just 3 sides and a top, completely open in the front. We had the two smaller boxes inside it. We'll see what the morning brings...

Follow up: All the baby chicks survived the night! Thank you PPK!!

Good job!