Naming chickens

[bcorps]

I have nine hens, all of whom are named:
BO's: Rosie, Sissy, Little Miss
PBR's: Bean, Dumplin', Nugget, Domino
SLW: Frosty
BA: Betty

And a BO Rooster: Thing

The funnest thing for me is, I can close my eyes and tell each and every one of them by sound (or silence, in Bean's case) as well. Total individuals.

 

[3KillerBs]

Oh, and all mine get leg bands. I have Velcro ones for chicks that are easy to adjust while they're still growing, and them I swap them out for a colored zip tie with lettered/numbered beads once their legs are close enough to full size.

Velcro leg bands?

 

[Sueby]

Some have names, some are called the color of their leg bands.

 

[Demonwolf37]

Velcro leg bands?

They're small velcro cable ties. The end slips into a hole so even if the velcro is undone, it usually won't come completely off.

You can cut them shorter to make them less bulky on the chicks leg if needed.

 

[3KillerBs]

They're small velcro cable ties. The end slips into a hole so even if the velcro is undone, it usually won't come completely off.

You can cut them shorter to make them less bulky on the chicks leg if needed.

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How clever!

 

[agold23]

With a flock of 7 completely different birds with completely different personalities, of course they have names!
My RIR siblings are Plum(sauce) and Nugget (corny, I know but it’s cute)
Lav orpington: Dorian Grey or Dori
Easter egger: Lexus or Lexi
Partridge silkie rooster: Rex (he just looks like a Rex!)
White silkie hen: Barbara Baby after her mother Barbara who we call BB
BB’s chick: BBB/BB3 (Barbara Baby Baby or Barbara Baby 3) which sounds somewhat like Phoebe!
While they don’t know their names (and the silkies are often referred to as the fluffy ones) I feel it’s just nice to attach a name to the bird

 

[Parront]

I did name the Barred Holland rooster, because I entered him in the Handsome Rooster contest and they needed him to have a name: Randy Roo.

 

[ChickenGirl300]

I only have 4 chickens, and they are all different breeds so I can easily tell them apart. When I had two Plymouth Rocks, I could tell them apart by their combs, tails, and size. One also had a braided band. For naming them, we just gave them a name that suits them. I can't explain it better than that.

I usually don't call them by their full names. They all have nicknames we call them instead. Red Rocket is usually Red, Black Bullet is just Bullet.

 

[BantammChick]

I name most of my chickens, I have 46 so they don't all have names lol.
I pick names on whatever suits their little personalities or what they look like lol or sometimes just random names. Some of my chicken's names:
Chabo (Japanese word for bantam)
Daisy
Speckle (speckled sussex)
Sprinkles (speckled sussex)
Ringo (beatle ringo)
Peck
Scratch
Sparkle
Goldie (baseball player)
Champion
Cupcake
Pancake (Buff orp)
Godzilla (bc he's a huge mean rooster)

 

[Sally PB]

My roo is Darl. The girls are Darl's Chickens.

First batch, now hens: Little, the smallest chick; Middle, who was a bit bigger; Lark, who made the first peep.

Second batch, arrived June 5th: May, a Blue Australorp named for Aygous' May in another thread (RIP, dear); Stormy, whose feathers look like a stormy sky; Widget, because I knew a dog with that name, and thought it was cute.