Hi, if you're reading this message, thanks for even opening it up! I need some help with my chicks. Yesterday we bought some 2 and a 1/2 week old hens, and we named them. There's... Daisy Jinx Skits Marshmellow KFC/BigMac/?? Ya, I know some of the names are cheezy but we each got to name one and I can't change my family's ways of naming. But some of them are really hard to tell apart, besides their attitude. We even call Skits and Marshmellow the twins! BK (bigmac becuz bk makes bigmacs) looks like the twins when she lowers her neck, and Jinx has a whitish head and is the biggest, and Daisy is the smallest and she has a pretty-colored head. We're always getitng confused and if anybody has some methods to helping us out please respond!!!!!!!!!!!
We have 27 chicks at this time and have only named about 5 of them. We kinda wait for them to earn their name. For instance we have a 8 week old Lt. Brahama. Her tail feathers stand higher and are longer than the others thus she earned the name Fancy. We also have a super sweet buff brahama that has always been a bit smaller but more active than the others. She is BabyGirl. Hope this helps and good luck with your ladies.
Quote:Are you asking how to tell them apart? You could use leg bands or zip ties, just make sure you change them as the chicks grow. Or you could use a marker or food coloring on top of their heads. Different color for different chick (just don't use red). Oh, and BK doesn't make Big Macs... McDonalds does. BK has Whoppers. (from a recovering fast food junkie)
i waited until most of mine were close to 5-6weeks to name many of mine bc they all looked so similar. i have a few that are unique so they got named first. you could always leg band them so you know who is who also.
My chicks earned their names very well. I named Zeal because she kept stretching and looking around like mad and is the world's greatest escapee (attempt to dig to the center of the earth . . . and flight of the many poofballs) and Meep because she's bigger than Zeal but really timid. I love the name Marshmellow and Daisy. KFC/Bigmac doesn't make any sense though.
I've heard of people using marker to mark the chicks heads until they look a little different too. My 4 have some weirdish names too. I have amaracauna chicks named Miss Chippy (looks like a chimunk) and Fuzzy Wuzzy (colors are more blurred and still super babyish). Then I have 2 Black mottled D'Uccle chicks named Chicken Little (super fast runner and the smallest of all of them) and Lady Lucky (has messed up ankle and walks of the side of her foot).
We bought our chicks last weekend with the understanding this was a test to see if maintaining a flock year round would be feasible and the chickens will be butchered when they are the proper size. I knew I was in trouble when my daughters named each chick. Now I am not too sure I will have fresh barbeque chicken this summer. When I was growing up on a farm, the rule was don't name your dinner. As far as being able to tell them apart, you will be able to real soon. All ours have subtle differences that are apparent after a few days.
If you all are serious chicken raisers and don't ever have any problem but thinking up names then you really don't have a problem My main thoughts were to look at them every morning to see that they were healthy and noticing if any looked dumpy and listless so that I would know that they were getting coccidiosis or a cold. so hopefully you will read the articles on taking care and raising HEALTHY chicks I have a lot of articles on my web site to read and learn Are the chicks worn out yet? I hope not
