The Story Behind the Name

[Aunt Angus]

Hello, BYC folx!

This topic came up a couple of years ago, but I'm curious about some of the user names I see. So...

1) What is the story behind your user name?

2) How did you choose your avatar?

I am Aunt Angus because my niece said I have a big tongue, like a cow's. And my actual last name means "cow" in another language. I don't have a cow-sized tongue, but she's called me that for nearly 20 years. Why fight it?

I found my avatar through a Google search of cute chicken drawings. I have no good pics of my girls because the little brats won't sit still.

Who's next???

 

[cavemanrich]

Rich is my real name, and Spelunking is something I do.

My Avatar is my Serama eating with my feral cats. I no longer have my Serama. Still have cats. My cats do not bother my chickens AT ALL.

 

[PouleChick]

I'll try to find it there was a really awesome thread on this really recently (maybe a month ago). I live in France and I'm female so mine is just a play on the English adn french words for hens / slang for female!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I tired to find a post about this before starting this thread. Only one I could find was from 2016. It'd be great if you could find out. It'd love to read it!

 

[Aunt Angus]

Rich is my real name, and Spelunking is something I do.

My Avatar is my Serama eating with my feral cats. I no longer have my Serama. Still have cats. My cats do not bother my chickens AT ALL.

Awesome pic! Where is that???

 

[cavemanrich]

Awesome pic! Where is that???

Onondaga caves in Missouri. We visit SHOW CAVES,,,, as well as wild caves. Most of my wild cave pix are printed, and not digital yet. The wild ones are generally smaller kind that we need to crawl like snakes thru in sections. The reason why they are not turned into tourist type. Unique beauties in each.

 

[1cock2hens]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what’s-in-a-name.1278386/

here is that "what's in a name thread" where byc members tell each other about there names

 

[AnimalGeek23]

I'm AnimalGeek23 because I am an absolute animal geek! I love animals and my future job is probably going to be a wildlife biologist. Ambitious much?
Some people call me Geeky.

 

[LittlePeck]

That dude to the left is "Taco." He's the farm's badass and a local legend. He'll try to outsmart you so he can do his kamikaze act and inflict bodily harm and infinite misery. Him and my dachshund have a running feud through the wire.

To his credit, he's a stunningly beautiful bird!

My username is after another remarkable chicken personality, but that story's for another time.

So is my signature.

 

[Ptera]

Ptera is from the Greek, for "wings." I'm into birds of all kinds. The P is silent, like in Pterodactyl. (I'm not Greek so please don't try to converse with me in Greek!)