How do you tell your chickens apart???

[DazeGoneBy]

HA! I *just* posted about this, turns out, even just after 2weeks with your favorite chicken, you can tell...at least I could. Here's how: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=547908

 

[Mahonri]

Of all my chickens at present, there are only two that I can't tell apart at present... two buff brahmas. Give me some time. I've already picked out their names. Aunt Bee & Mrs. Doubtfire

 

[Oregon Blues]

I give all of mine the same name. Then it doesn't matter which one I'm talking to, I always get her name right.

 

[duckinnut]

I have 17 of various ages and can tell each one. They all have their own markings,attitudes,personalities and sprint/walk/run.

 

[StrayMagnet]

how do u put them Bands ON the chicken?

 

[hcppam]

All of mine are a different breed....So no problem.

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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Seriously though...I do have 3 dominiques that hatched together and are now big girls...but all three have different personalities, different comb sizes (however slight) and, of course, different colored leg bands

 

[Love2Homeschool]

LOL I have 4 buff Orpingtons and I can only tell two of them apart. One has a MUCH paler/smaller comb than the other three and of the three with darker combs one of them doesn't have toenails on her middle toes! I thought that was hilarious when I noticed it!

I also have 2 golden comets. They are marked slightly differently, but I can't really remember "who's who" in order to name them. The one golden sebright is easy, but the two silver sebrights are both called "paloma" (dove in Spanish) because my father-in-law (who gave us the chickens) thought they look like doves. And the rooster "Jasper" is also a one-of-a-kind here.