How do you name your chickens?

[Twizzler]

we just named them with how they looked. Sunshine, Elvisa, Germaine (bossy and leads in french), mohawk respectively

Those first two are wild looking!

 

[rebeccaH86]

Hey I remember your post about trying to figure out if you had cockerels!

Yeah lol they are definitely cockerels, but its ok .

 

[Twizzler]

I have nine adult chickens four Rhode island reds, 1 buff orpington, 1 Leghorn, two red sex links and a mosaic rooster, 5 chicks that are being integrated right now, two are silky, one is Easter egger, one Rhode island red, one black sex link , and then some couple week-old chicks from cackle hatchery 4 are silver laced wyandottes, 4 buff orpingtons and 5 are Easter eggers , and then two chicks that I hatched myself, and we've got some quail eggs in the incubator I know it's a ton right I think that equals up to like 29 chickens or something, I'm definitely a chickaholick

Oh man! That’s so many! What is a mosaic rooster?

 

[Twizzler]

Soon I will need to rename my cockerels. Any suggestions?

Honestly I’d keep both names. It’s not like the roo knows that Emily is a feminine name. Tho that’s just my take on it

 

[Twizzler]

Depends on who you are and who your birds are

Very true!

 

[Twizzler]

I have a theme: I name them after food, or food products that I will make with them or their eggs. Omelet, Biscuit, Dumpling, Kay-Ef-Cee, etc... Helps me remember that they're food, not pets. I dote on my chickens, care for them in regards to health and happiness, find ways to entertain them, etc., but at the end of the day they'll either be laying eggs for the family to eat, or they'll find their way into the pot.

I’m not sure if mine will end up in the pot for sure. Maybe that’s why I hesitate

 

[Twizzler]

I have no theme, I just name them how their personalities are or how they look like! I have a bantam hen that loved to burrow and lay underneath everyone like an echidna so I named her Edna, I have a big ole Lakenvelder rooster that just acts so noble so I named him King, and the rest of my chickens all have names like their personalities. Henrietta, Big Mamma Bea, Eglentine, Ruby, and Laki. Then I have my Ayam Cemanis that all look identical (like little scavengers), so I named them all similar scavenger names. Vulture, Condor, Buzzard, and Crow

I love the names for the Ayam Cemanis. I might name one Poe, even if they aren’t ravens

 

[Twizzler]

I'm going with the Disney theme, since I'm a huge Disney fan-
Black Australorp- Minnie
Buff Orpington- Ariel
Delaware- Elsa
Speckled Sussez- Anna
Barred Rock- Perditia
New Hampshire- HeiHei

Oh man I grew up in Orlando, in the shadow of the mouse! Can’t go wrong! And now with them owning everything so many franchises, you could do so much! Like Avengers names!

 

[Twizzler]

Our name are a conglomeration of family members and just what popped into our heads at the time.
We started out with 6, 2-orpingtons Daffodil and Buttercup, 2-silver laced Wyandottes Egg and Nog and 2- barred ROCK but lost one to a hawk attack so when doing a head count it was wheres number 5 which turned into Chanel(#5), the second 5 are 2 gold laced Wyandottes Rosemary and Thyme, 2 blue Wyandottes biscuit and grits and a barred ROCK...wait for it ...wait for it COCO as in COCO Chanel lol. We purchased chicken anklets for our flock....we cant tell them apart either.

I’m starting to be able to tell mine apart I’m so happy lol!

 

[Mooocoow7]

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.

I have 20 and there 5 weeks right now and I have 4 of them named. Only 1 of them looks different. 1 is named big roo another rooudini the other lappy and the one that looks different silver. The first 3 are named with there personality and the last one looks. When you figure out personality it's easy to tell them apart.