Why Name that CHICKEN?

[Spartan22]

Why name or why NOT name the chicken?

 

[sourland]

We had a rule growing up - "Never name your food.". There were some pets that had lifetime 'rights', but most were food.

 

[HennaRose]

Mine are named because I have no intention of eating them. They are pets to me, not just livestock.

 

[azygous]

Food or pets, it's amusing and FUN to name them. There's just something about a chicken sporting a name like Cicero or Gertie that just makes me giggle. And that's a good thing.

 

[Olandskchick]

Food or pets, it's amusing and FUN to name them. There's just something about a chicken sporting a name like Cicero or Gertie that just makes me giggle. And that's a good thing.

My family likes to name them because its fun. We even have two that are named nugget and tender.

 

[lexielou623]

We name one of ours Chicken Wing. We have no intention of eating her though.

 

[ccrow]

I have named my roos, but the hens don't always have names. I have a buff Orpington named Floppy, because when she was a pullet, one of the hens bit her comb so now the back of it flops. Her 'sister' BO was called Not-Floppy

 

[sophiaw00]

I've named all 10 of my chickens and know them by their names. Every morning I go to check for eggs, refill their feed and water, and hold each one to give them a check up. It's easier to calm a chicken when you talk to it and so I will pick one up and call it by it's name and talk to it as if it was a human (might be a little weird, but they are my pets and I'm pretty sure everyone has talked to their dog or cat before). I have Betty Lou, Elsa, Pepper, Tater, Tot, April, Dixie Chick, Daisy, Vivica, and my rooster Daryl. I've also named my food as Tot was originally set for the crockpot (she was a mean little chick) but has made her way into my heart ever since she stopped being so mean...she makes me laugh because she thinks shes a rooster and tries to crow. She also runs really funny and has a single white feather on the back of her neck, which is all orange feathers, that flops in the wind so she's here to stay (and I'm gonna use her as a broody hen). I guess people name their chickens because even if they are destined for stew, it's nice to have something to call them instead of just chicken.

I mean Wilbur the big was supposed to be bacon wasn't he?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Charlotte (the spider) named Wilbur in an effort to keep him off the farmer's plate.

I have named all of my guineas, and my neighbor is pushing me to take 6 of his chicks...I am saying no more than 4 so we may compromise at 5 if at least two are bantams. More than likely I will name them too, as long as none of them are jerks, because a jerk will end up as chicken tortilla soup for sure.

 

[theoldchick]

I name my animals just because I can. I don't name the ones going to slaughter.