How do you name a chicken?

[Outgoing Orpingtons]

How do you name a chicken?
Closes after 1 month.

 

[SunriseChickers]

I love picking a theme, then naming them based on color.
Our last flock was alcohol themed, and they had names like "Merlot" and "Tequila".

 

[debid]

I was using a theme, of sorts. Names you are more likely to hear in a nursing home than the nursery. But now those names are coming back in style! I have new chicks coming soon, we'll see what happens.

 

[Outgoing Orpingtons]

I name chickens based of color, like I named Ginger the production red Ginger because she is ginger colored. I also do based of themes of the group or "batch" or breed like Dandelion and Buttercup the Buff brahmas. The Buff Brahmas' theme was flowers. I also just look at them like Pixie the Ameraucana, I just looked at her and thought of the name. I do based of features too like Dot the silver laced wyandotte is fat a circle shaped. I do based of breed name like Midnight the Midnight Majesty maran. I do chicken like names too like Omelette the Rhode Island Red.

 

[FrostRanger]

When I got my initial 4 I went with naming them after the herbs in Scarborough fair (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) because I figured birds are musical creatures. Current birds are named after medicinal herbs (Juniper, Ginkgo, Vanilla, Ginger, Lavender, Basil and Chocolate Mint). Future birds will be named according to this. Ginkgo and Juniper's names are also references to other things as Juniper is also the name of a character from ace attorney (which is a game series I love) and the brothers Grimm tale the Juniper tree (it is arguably their darkest tale so be warned if you look it up) and Ginkgo's name is a reference to Ginko from the anime mushishi. Ginko is a really calm character and Ginkgo had an expression that just looked very calm and serene as a chick and that turned out to not just be for show, she is my boldest and friendliest hen and is usually the first to greet me