Just curious? Who names all their chickens and who doesn't?

[gryeyes]

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I'm like this, except that I eventually get them named as their personalities show. For quite a while, individuals are described by their breed and gender: the Blue JG Roo, the bantam Barnevelder pullet, etc. They eventually get names. Don't ask me how I know somebody is a Molly and somebody is a Rebecca, but most of my chickens have people names. The exception is Nugget, who was my first, surviving bantam cockerel. He was just a CUTE little NUGGET of a chicken, scooting around in his bedroom slippers!

So they can be close to laying or crowing before they earn their names.

Edited to add: How do I name over 60 chickens? Well, over 20 of them are juveniles, so I only have around 30-some named right now. I started with one or two of each breed I added to the flock. The first 8 were easy. (Although Carly the EE pullet from the feed store has become Carl the dominant roo!) I tried to give them names - at first - that could be changed slightly if the gender "changed." Alice became Alex, and then I got a real Alice. Charlie stayed Charlie. Some of the broody-hatched cross-breed chicks have been named Daughter1 and Daughter2, and my Blue Orpington pullets were Sister1, Sister2 and Sister3. The two gold mottled bantam Cochin roos are Frick and Frack and at first, they had to be next to each other for me to tell which was whom. Now it's apparent: Frick has much more gold in his saddle feathers. (Frack recently drowned in a small pool/fountain during a wind storm, so there's just Frick, now, of that breed and sex.)

I AM running out of names *I* can think of. So I have perused a couple of the "Chicken Names" threads for inspiration.

 

[Matt A NC]

I have 112 birds and almost every single bird has a name. The only ones without names are a 7 of the 11 "newbies" and 8 of the 11 chicks. I can tell each and every bird apart, even those of the same breed and vareity. That is 97 names that I know. That is not even counting all those that are passed over the years.

Tell me a persons name and I will forget in a matter of seconds, but if I name a chicken I know their name.

Matt

 

[brandislee]

I am still relatively new to chickens, but I name mine... my layers at least. Obviously I don't name my meaties- that would just be stupid. But I have three roosters, a buff orph, a wyandotte, and a frizzle bantam, who weren't supposed to get named because I didn't think we were going to keep them. Well, now they have names, and the wyandotte and the orph are my favorite chickens. Oh, and the frizzle's name is Nugget, as well- it's because the other two roosters, because I thought that we may process them (not likely now) are named "Lunch" and "Dinner." So we felt we'd stick with the chicken related food theme, and he's small like a nugget! So we have Nugget, Lunch, Dinner, Lemon, Red, Buttercup, Sparky, Amelia and Rue. I also have two more EE's who need names and six Barred Rocks that my daughter calls Bubbles (all six of them) because they look too much alike to name. Most of them have descriptive names, and hopefully the remaining 8 will earn names as they get older.

 

[Desert Rooster]

All of my chickens have names

 

[BrattishTaz]

I am definately a namer.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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Yes, you are.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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Yes, you are.

Don't start with me Fishlady.

It is not even 3am and I look like this

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[chickenzoo]

My get named by : How they act, how they don't act, their personality or sometimes I will just look at one and a name appears in my head. I can tell almost all mine apart, 300 or so animals just by their shape,color, facial features, how they walk or act even if they are not named. I've put a lot of time and a lot of years into my birds so it just comes natural to me.

 

[oldchickenlady]

I didn't start out naming my little flock. I started with 12, 6 BO's and 6 RIR's. I just called them 'biddie chicks', collectively. Then I realized one was a roo, so he got named Rudy Roo. As the girls grew, I went from calling them biddie chicks, to biddie girls. That is what I still call them now, except for one hen who is a real character and a wench...I call her Heifer chick. We usually have a fight every day I am off. She wants to be head hen (because the roo is gone, now) and I won't let her! She is so funny, I just love her. She isn't the least bit afraid of me and will DEMAND treats when I come outside. She will follow me around while fussing at me if I don't have anything to give her. She will even peck me if I dont give her something!

 

[SilkieChickenLover336]

i name everything...........i named all my chicks chickens you name it i named it!! so far my four silkie chicks are named dakota missy mango and alaska