cliveb Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 When we first got our two girls we had no idea what to call them.Then when we told two of the girls who work for us we had chickens, their instant response was dont call them after us There you have it ,Sharon and Lorraine got their names How did yours come by their names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I inherited my first couple of hens, & one was called Rosie. So, I sort of went for floral names,although that has now evolved into natural garden things. My daughters bantams are all named for sweeties & puddings Apart from Indiana the cockerel,who is just too tough to be named for a sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 After watching the behaviors of chickens. I soon relized that short of the establishment of the pecking order they were essentially best friends or sisters if you will. I also thought when they were hanging out in a group they appeared to be gossiping (come on folks, you know your girls are talking about you when your back is turned ) I'm a hairdresser/educator and I knew I had seen this behavior before. The movie "Steel Magnolias" and the four main charecters popped into my head, and there you have it. I had the names even before I recieved the girls. It didn't take me long to attach a particular name to each girls based on their personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Me and my partner picked a whole load of names that we thought suited chickens. By the time we collected our girls we had quite a big list. When we actually met our girls, a specific name off the list just jumped out at us as suiting each girl really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 i just chose nice old fashioned names that I thought would suit the chickens... Agatha...is a little fierce...and is number one chicken, Daphne was hen pecked and is second in line, and Henrietta, was named after by my children... their names seemed really to suit them..although I must admit, I'd chosen their names before we got them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 5 of my girls names were chosen by my YD who even at almost 16 is a huge disney classics fan Flora, Fauna, Merryweather from sleeping beauty Princess Aurora also sleeping beauty Maleficent evil witch from sleeping beauty Valerie was chosen by my DS because he could Maisie was an adoptee and her name so suits her Arriving shortly (cant wait) Fifi and Dora brahmas (adopting from hpops ) who my DD wants to rename Martha May Houvier & Cindy Lou Hoo From the Grinch Wont I look a plum calling those out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Some great names there! Mine are all the girls names that I would quite like to use for a child but have become too popular so therefore struck off the list...! So, Annabel, Olivia and Emilie. Then Dylanette because he is the same colouring as my sister's rabbit, Dylan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I realised just prior to getting my chooks, that all the pets I have named have been flowers (Rosie RIP, Poppy & Daisy), so it followed that the chooks all got flowery names too. They are sort of in keeping with their colours, although I've never seen a Gold Line/Warren/GNR in bright yellow, nor a buttercup that shade of brown !! The ex-batts when they arrive may be flowers (DS likes Tulip), but may move onto trees (I like Willow & Rowan)...we'll see. We have a fairly long wait as the next two rescues at least are fully subscribed with home, plenty of time to squabble over names! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_uk Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Me and my dad suggested Sage and Onion as a joke (our chickens were a surprise present for my mum,) and the names stuck! The next two we get have already been named Rosemary and Thyme, and he havent even picked them out yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlegem Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I looked at the colour of mine and thought of Betty & Wilma from the Flintstones.....yabba dabba cockadoodle doo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piptiddlepip Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Me and other half are both huge Terry Pratchett fans, particularly of books featuring the witches - Esmeralda Weatherwax, Gytha Ogg, Magrat Garlick and later, Agnes Nitt. I had the names before I had the chooks, and we attached them to their personalities! Esme is the top chook and bossyboots, just like her character. And Agnes is the youngest. So it fits quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kez Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Me and my dad suggested Sage and Onion as a joke (our chickens were a surprise present for my mum,) and the names stuck! The next two we get have already been named Rosemary and Thyme, and he havent even picked them out yet! My OH wanted to call our two Sage and Onion Luckily my 6 year old daughter had other ideas and 'plucked' two names out of somewhere that actually sounded ok. So we have Melody and Liberty. Liberty's name really suits her - she tried to escape over the fence yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Evangeline Lilley, the brunette actress from Lost Honeysuckle Weeks the blondeish actress from Foyles War Scarlett Johansen the strawberry blonde from Girl with Pearl Earring, Other Boleyn Girl etc etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) My friend Matt Jones gave me the money for some hens as a birthday present. So one hen became Mattilda the double t makes it more 'Matt-like') and one became Mrs Jones in his honour. Miss Blenner-Hassett got her name because her feathers look posh and tweedy. The original Miss Blenner-Hassett works in the posh, trad n tweedy Penrith Tea Rooms in the film Withnail and I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6LhZJdCQY And Una Paloma-Blanca got her name because the song gets stuck in my head, and because she's white. White being blanca in Spanish. Everyone has their full names, apart from Una, who is normally called Una for short. Una Stubbs with her slender neck reminds me of a bird, so I think that's going on in the back of my head too with her name. The OH still struggles with the names! Anna x Edited October 9, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ives Clan Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 We had no idea what to call ours until we asked my son (20 years old) 'If you had two chickens what would you call them?' The reply came Carling & Stella. We now have Carly, Stella, Malibu & Brandy all get on well and are such colourful characters. Stella our Gingernut Ranger was laying eggs after just 8 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Those boozy names have got me wondering if anyone's seen a drunk chicken. Many moons ago, my friend's dog managed to drink a glass of lager which someone had left on the floor. It made him quite happy and entertainingly wobbly. And Giant African Land Snails enjoy a thimbleful of beer. Has anyone seen a chicken which has maybe eaten fermented fruit or sneaked a tipple? What happened? Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 We had a family ballot - kids between 5 and 14 and us two...each chose 2 names, then we all had 3 votes. The top few were shortlisted and then we all had 2 votes - if it was a tie-break we all had one vote. Very democratic but that's how we got such disparate names. Oh, but I chose Ruby because I decided that as I had gone to get her and found the dead Edith it should be my choice...her colour says it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo1962 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Collectively know as the chidderlybidderlys! Mine are name after my friends.... Batz is an ex batt and I have a crazy dotty friend called Batz Pippax...Poland cross. completely nuts with a crazy sort of hair do going on, like her name sake. Catherine - Catherines favorite type of hen! Em - rescued from Bradford curry run by .....Em who gets me free Bayrill - love her! Moosey - sweet nervous buff orp - -big busted girl like the real Moosey! and finally Potter, a glorious big black orpington named after my dear dear big glorious sister!! If my friends find out that they do not have a hen named after them they go crazy so I have a names file ready and waiting. They are totally my darlings and I adore them! Crazy old world but thank god!! Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 So, Annabel, Olivia and Emilie. Then Dylanette because he is the same colouring as my sister's rabbit, Dylan. How cute are your chickens?! What are they? Bantams? They are so wee and slender! Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 YS conjured up most of my hens names. My daughter christened Ola Flavia and Lilia as she is as much a Strictly fan as I am. I try to give each "batch" of hens their own theme, theme, so I have the "Strictly" girls, the "Hogwarts" girls, the "Food" girls, the "Three H's" and the "Amusing play on chicken words" girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 What do YS DY and all the other familiar abbreviations mean? I know OH and that's it! How many chickens do you have Egluntine? 18 or 19? Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 YS is Youngest Son. More info ** here** I have 18 chickens at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyReckless Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 First we had Margot, from the Good Life, and the lovely Dolores because she looked a little more exotic. Then we got the Chicken Supremes, named after the members of The Supremes ( Mary, Flo and Diana) but Mary was a real bruiser so we called her Biffer most of the time, and seeing as Diana was an Ancona, she ended up being called Ronnie (after comedienne Ronnie Ancona, obviously enough). Bit od a rubbish attempt at the Chicken Supremes, in the end! Our current hens were named by me, ES and YS. they are Ida - cos she looks like an plump, old fashioned matronly type; Ruby - ES had got Kaiser Cheifs in his head, nothing to do with my user name which I'd had 2 years by then, oops!; and Sarah - YS named her after a friend of mine who was visiting the day we got them. When we fetch more hens to fill up the cube, I expect I'll let the kids pick again. DP always picks things like Korma, Tikka, Roast, Kentucky Fried etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Mine are from "Upstairs,Downstairs" and bizzarely they are both very similar to the characters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 DP always picks things like Korma, Tikka, Roast, Kentucky Fried etc etc. A person of taste and discernment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
