Nameing them

[pvc coop]

I have 4 RIR laying hens, due to start laying in late August. How do I identify them so I can name them? They all look alike.

 

[Katy]

I don't name my chickens (except for one roo) and they all come running when I call "here chick chick chick"

 

[spottedtail]

You can ID them with colored plastic legbands.

spot

 

[Shrader]

I ordered some plastic legbands from Meyer, but I guess I didn't read the fine print because they all came in the color black.
If anyone has any that are other colors, I'd love to trade for black ones.

 

[Eggseronious]

If you are around them often, soon you will notice distinct features about them. Sorta like black cattle they are hard to tell apart but soon things show up. Like I have this one that will cluck alot when she sees me I call her Jamie, my neighbor that wont stop talking.

 

[Whistling Badger]

We're naming all of ours McNugget 1, McNugget 2, McNugget 3, etc. Just to keep things in perspective.

Never name a critter that you plan to eat.

Tom

 

[ravenfeathers]

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i wonder if the OP has any plans to eat those hens, though. maybe that's why s/he was planning to name them.

 

[bills]

I had the same problem so the colored legbands really helped.

The feed store owner where I bought them couldn't understand why I wanted all different colors. He said that usually you only put on a different color when you get additional chickens to the flock, so you know which ones to cull, when the laying drops off. Luckily he had a large assortment of colored bands, and you didn't have to buy the whole bag of each of them. They were five cents each.

 

[Whistling Badger]

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i wonder if the OP has any plans to eat those hens, though. maybe that's why s/he was planning to name them.

You're right. Sorry, pvc! No offense intended!

T

 

[lauralou]

Paint their toenails different colors.