HnM Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 We're getting some rescue girls in a few weeks and I have decided to give them 'affirming' names so that they think they're beautiful and glamorous. So they're going to be: Beyonce, Shakira and Keisha (Sugababes). Apparently this is bonkers . Does anyone want to contend for the "most bonkers name for a chicken" position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 well, if you're going for glamour then I'd have; Audrey (Hepburn), Grace (Kelly) and Merle (Oberon). If you want eccentric, how about something from good old Shak; Thisbe, Titania and Desdemona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happybunny Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yup, I'll go for it: my hens are Kazoo, Not-Kazoo and Flinty Snake-Melon-Cloth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yup, I'll go for it: my hens are Kazoo, Not-Kazoo and Flinty Snake-Melon-Cloth. how on earth did you think of those???? cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yup, I'll go for it: my hens are Kazoo, Not-Kazoo and Flinty Snake-Melon-Cloth. i'd like to see anyone beat that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 lol at those names , cute but how on earth did you get them, doesnt Melissa feel left out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Quite an interesting image too, picturing someone at the garden door, shouting those names to call the chooks for a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Quite an interesting image too, picturing someone at the garden door, shouting those names to call the chooks for a treat I was just pictureing the neighbours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I think Revnev wins this. He has had a Trillian,a Marvin the Paranoid Chicken, a Windle Poom a Mrs Miggins & wonderfully, a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Trarl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitandNutCake Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I thought mine were strange - but can't beat those names! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happybunny Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 lol at those names , cute but how on earth did you get them, doesnt Melissa feel left out Kazoo sounds like someone playing the zoo (she's a buff Pekin), Not-Kazoo looks almost identical to Kazoo but isn't her (hence the name) and Flinty got her name from a hilarious set of instructions we had that had clearly been badly mistranslated from chinese: "Please do not use the metal steel brush, the steel wire clean ball flinty snake melon cloth and strong corrosive solvent clean." Melissa, by the way, is a cockerel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Melissa, by the way, is a cockerel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Melissa, by the way, is a cockerel makes perfect sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HnM Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Thanks, all, for your revealing comments! The interesting thing is that no-one (NO-ONE!!) has said that it is bonkers to give your chickens 'affirming names'. I'm trying to decide between Bugblatter and Flinty for most eccentric name, so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I have decided to give them 'affirming' names What ......you mean you are not going to call one Henny ?????? I had a long list of great names and I still got a "Henny", the children insisted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Quite an interesting image too, picturing someone at the garden door, shouting those names to call the chooks for a treat I was just pictureing the neighbours Wait till you take them the vet! Love those sugarbabes names. Eglutine has names from Strictly come dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Wait till you take them the vet! Exactly! We've never quite got over the embarrassment of the vet shouting "Pong?" in a crowded waiting room....... My hubby wanted to call one of our ex-batts "Bad Feet" initially but I vetoed him - she ended up as Hatpin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 just had me sitting here eating my toast laughing myself silly... especially at melissa being a cockerell.. My friend has said that if I get another hen.. and thats if not when I am to name her Jen the hen.. as friend is called Jenny... so thats rather sensible.. not at all bonkers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Not entering the competition, but we once had a hamster, who due to being bought at Christmas, went under the name of Figgy Pudding. That's not so strange, but my DD, following in the footsteps of R&B stars, changed it firstly to "F Pidding" and then "F Pu" We now have a rabbit who gets cards through the post from a friend, addressed to "Mr. Azzie Aslan". He's also affectionately known as "the Smoochy Moomin" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
