Official BYC Poll: How do you name your pet chickens?

[BigBlueHen53]

I gave a like, but I'm laughing inside. Just need to name a Cockerel after the dog in The Jerk.

Thanks, glad I made you laugh.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I gave a like, but I'm laughing inside. Just need to name a Cockerel after the dog in The Jerk.

I had to google, never having seen the movie.

 

[Brooks_]

I had to google, never having seen the movie.

I thought it was a great movie.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

And tell me how your cockerel has earned this distinguished name ...

 

[Henhouse Harlot]

By either thinking up something absurdly grand, like Shakespearean names, or I just ask my 10-year-old! He's pretty amazing with names.

 

[chicChickChick]

All are named. Mostly by the kids.

There’s …

Duck
Thumbtack
Ruby ( has no red on her)
Birthday
Monsieur D’Uccle- a roo
Bob- a roo
Sir Rides - a roo
Ron
Harry
Honk-mione
Three for famous women: Elizabeth, Ruth and Rosalind
Quick
Sweet Pea
Sour Pea
Marshmallow
Yertle the Chicken ( she’s king of the pond)
Hawk

 

[chicChickChick]

I may of mixed up the name… I thinks it’s Animal Plant Miracle…. Excellent excellent book!

Animal , Vegetable, Miracle.
Barbara Kingsolver.

 

[MROO]

Two of my cockerels - Nankin/bantam EE crosses - earned their monikers today - because of their crows! One young fellow has a very short crow. He leaves out the "doodle" from his "Cock-a-Doodle-Do." It sounds like he's saying "Howdy-Do," instead, so he's "Howdy." I think I know where his "doodle" went - his brother stole it. HIS crow has an extra one - "Cock-a-Doodle-Doodle-Do." So, of course, he's "Doodles!"

 

[fuzzi]

When we had our first flock our children were small, and named them. The two roosters were Ping and Pong. The hens were Clover, Little Red Hen, and...I have forgotten the others!

In my current flock I used Biblical names. My head roo is Joel, who was a prophet, kind of a towncrier. The second roo has brown and white feathers that looked like stripes in the US flag, so I named him Sam (Uncle Sam), which became Samuel, another prophet. The Sussex pullets are Rahab, Hannah, and Martha (who is much stressed over stuff like her namesake in the Bible!). The Dominique pullets were given random Biblical names: Abigail, Tamar, Naomi, and Lydia. Abigail is very forward, so she also fits her namesake!

 

[fluffycrow]

Unless I've got a theme planned in my head, most of the names I come up with are dumb. I take into consideration temperament, looks, living situation. Then I come up with something really dumb, usually in Greek. Dumb names sound better in Greek