How do you name your chickens?

[Twizzler]

My pullets are 8 weeks old and I still haven’t named them. At first it was because I couldn’t tell them apart. As they get older and I get a better eye for chickens I now can, but I’m still at a loss. Nothing feels right and I don’t know where to begin. I know I’m putting too much thought into it, but while I ponder, I thought I’d ask how other people decide their bird’s names. If they stick with a theme or just name them the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[TMH]

I have two Plymouth so we named them Duster and Belvedere

 

[Twizzler]

I have two Plymouth so we named them Duster and Belvedere

I love it!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I have a theme. All of my chickens have flower names: Aster, Bryony, Dandelion, Iris, Poppy, Violet, Zinnia. Even my cockerel has a flower name: Picotee. My cats and dogs are named after historical figures and artists: Henrietta, Georgia, Octavius, Mingus.

I also like using names of literary characters: Aubrey, Stephen, Killick, Padeen, Barrett...

 

[TMH]

I love it!

How many do you have and what breed

 

[BulldogsandChickens]

My pullets are 8 weeks old and I still haven’t named them. At first it was because I couldn’t tell them apart. As they get older and I get a better eye for chickens I now can, but I’m still at a loss. Nothing feels right and I don’t know where to begin. I know I’m putting too much thought into it, but while I ponder, I thought I’d ask how other people decide their bird’s names. If they stick with a theme or just name them the first thing that comes to mind.

Our family went with food names.... Frito, Dorito, Funyon are the Chippies. They all come running out of the Coop when they hear me say Chippy, Chippies. We also have Cheddar & Buttermilk Biscuit, Dumplin’, Peach, Pear and Oreo.

 

[TMH]

Our family went with food names.... Frito, Dorito, Funyon are the Chippies. They all come running out of the Coop when they hear me say Chippy, Chippies. We also have Cheddar & Buttermilk Biscuit, Dumplin’, Peach, Pear and Oreo.

My daughter want to go with a food theme but she suggested mcNugget

 

[Twizzler]

How many do you have and what breed

I have seven. Two cream leg bars, two red sex links, one white leg horn (I think) one mystery white one, and one mystery buff one

 

[Twizzler]

Our family went with food names.... Frito, Dorito, Funyon are the Chippies. They all come running out of the Coop when they hear me say Chippy, Chippies. We also have Cheddar & Buttermilk Biscuit, Dumplin’, Peach, Pear and Oreo.

That’s adorable! Ive seen people do different chicken dishes as names, such as Parmesan and Alfredo.

 

[Elizabethwood09]

I had my kids and nieces and nephews name 7 and My husband, my mom and I named the other 3. They were just names off the top of our heads. They are Cutie (Roo), Jasmine, Juliet, Zilla, Shani, Ty Ty, Howie, Sally Henny Penny, Mrs. Clucksworth and Hattie.