Well, we have 2 remaining hens <both EE> from our original flock. they are 4.5 years old now.
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Mercedes <head hen>
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Esther <formerly Ladybird>
When those two were young, we got them as just days old chicks from the feed store. We got them and a bunch others at the same time, for a total of 8. In the brooder, Mercedes was a racer!! Round and around and around and around, flapping her wings as fast as she could! She never stopped!! And then when she finally went to sleep she purred. My DH said she reminded him of a little car engine, and decided to call her Mercedes. She literally would make a "vroom" sound ! It was hilarious....
Esther was Ladybird, cos she was always so polite and sweet. She is just an amazing hen
Great adoptive momma too! She got her name cos she was so dainty and ladylike for everything...and just the sweetest little chick out of all of them. When she was about 2 tho, and we lost a lot of her sisters due to heart issues/internal laying etc, she started making a sound that reminded me very much of my great aunt Esther. Don't know how to describe it, but it was very much an old lady noise. She was a good woman tho, and I loved her dearly.... she was an old farm woman so I dont think she would have minded much my naming a hen after her lol
Now we have the babies <young pullets now just about!> They had a bunch of different names as chicks...like Potpie, Chrissy etc but they have all changed for the most part.
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Camilla :white plymouth rock
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Oprah: black australorp
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Peaches: buff orp
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Gloria: buff orp
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Beaker: black australorp
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Silver girly: EE
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Buffy: EE
Camilla and Gloria are best buddies. They were named after the Muppets! Camilla looks just like Gonzo's ladylove, and we thought we remembered Gloria being her partner in crime. So the names fit
These two are into EVERYTHING. We redid the coop slightly the other day to add ventilation up top, and as we looked thru the window that was there, there were those two girls supervising everything! Nosy nosy girls
Where one is, the other is clsoe by...trouble comes in twos!
Oprah is so chattery....and she seems to love the Oprah show lol We had to bring her in to wash some stuff off of her and the Oprah show was on, and she was straining her little head to see the show. So we cleaned her off and let her watch. She stayed still and quiet and just watched it. So, we named her after that!
Peaches is our larger BO, and is just a big fluffnugget bird. Really sweet...so we called her Peaches. Beaker got her name cos she sounds like the Muppet. Meep Meep Meep all day long from her lol
Silver girly is our prettiest EE!!!Very distinctive colouring on her as well. We couldnt come up with a particular name for her, other than Silver Girly, but she seems to like it! She comes when we say it so she must know it is her name.
Buffy is the buff/gold EE. She has lovely dark gold colouring...very different from the BO's. And a gorgeous set of muffs too! She is the shyest of them all... very flightly and skittish. But when we do see her she is always with her beak in the air like she just don't care lol Reminded me of a Valley girl, so we called her Buffy.
Our former flock <all deceased now> we had:
-Sunny....BO She had lovely bright gold feathers that shone in the sun.
-Roxie....BO She had an attitude for being a runt lol
-Little Red...RIR She reminded us of the story of the Little Red Hen.
-Boo.....BR <-----greatest chicken EVER!!! Chicken Boo from Animaniacs
-Lacey....GLW She had gorgeous lacing on her
-Hawkgirl...<EE> She looked like a baby hawk with the colouring
