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

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

They name themselves!

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

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

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I name my chickens in different ways. Some get a theme, some are named after friends, some are the “ah!! Sparkle!” Method (when I was picking up sparkle, she suddenly flapped her wings in my eyes, and I said “aah sparkle.” Out of surprise. )

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

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

I named a character (a leafwing dragon) Tree. In Navaho. But still. Dumb names often sound better in other languages.

 

[fluffycrow]

I named a character (a leafwing dragon) Tree. In Navaho. But still. Dumb names often sound better in other languages.

Well, your perspective and my perspective are a little different. In my case, English is the "other" language (or French, but I don't have any birds with French names)

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Well, your perspective and my perspective are a little different. In my case, English is the "other" language (or French, but I don't have any birds with French names)

I find the Romance languages are too close to English. I prefer the ones that are middle eastern, Native American, or the ones like Russian (Slavic languages? I don’t remember).
I might try some of the African ones

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

Well, your perspective and my perspective are a little different. In my case, English is the "other" language (or French, but I don't have any birds with French names)

Cool!! I named my Silkie "Borla" it means pom pom it Spanish heheh

 

[StardustChicken]

A little bit of most the options: old fashioned/people names, named after food, their color, notable features, etc.

I keep a note of the permanent flock's breed, sex, and names

 

[Patty from Ivy]

I give my Black Australorp hens (no roosters) rhyming names. The first three were Polly, Molly and Dolly. Then Polly broke her neck flying into a post, so I got two more pullets and named them Daisy and Maisie. Then my sweet Dolly died and the two most recent girls are Betty and Letty - short for Leticia . All have had wonderful personalities and are great layers!

 

[BDutch]

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

Do you have one called Trella?