mullethunter Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Ever since we saw it on a cat food packet, we've called our girls Kips instead of Chickens. I'm hoping you have silly collective names too....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 "Kip" is the Dutch word for chicken! But plural would be kippen. I call mine "kippetjes" (little chickens), but my mum calls them the three musketiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 We call ours the Doodles (short for Chickadoodles) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 We have Mad Madams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeshen Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Ours are in two distinct groups of five. We call them the Montagues and the Capulets. They go out of their way to avoid each other and give each other evil looks from opposite sides of the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Due to the dog loving a bit of raw chicken or even chook, we are referring to them as "The Girls". When he visits "The Girls" at the farm or as he did at my friend's house, get pecked on the nose by one of "The Girls", he's hopefully learning to disassociate them from the delicacy that tastes good! My friend has 3 dogs, and for the chooks safety she refers to them as the "Tortoises" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Kippen it is then! Now I know I have dutch chickens! Jeshen that's brilliant. I like doodles too - I know redsunsets new ones are the doodlebugs. And Pixiedust - tortoises?! That really does make me feel less mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I wanted to call my new girl henifer Anniston, but after princess layer and hen solo I went for something a little more regal.....fauna (Disney princess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I'm ashamed to say we referred to the chicks we hatched this year as 'Molly's snacks' - in reference to our cat Molly, who kept a very close eye on them. Once they got past cat 'snack' size, they became 'the dinners' until we knew for certain which were male and which were female - unfortunately there were many more 'dinners' than there were pullets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottage Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My little flock are "The Weeds", things that wreck your garden and keep popping up where you don't really want them Two of them are individually called Pecky & Steve, my husband and I are Becky & Steve so we thought those names were amusing. Steve has turned out to be a bit dim and she's really greedy. Husband isn't overly impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill2b Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 BMW, Betty, Mutha, and Wardrobe. Need we say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Dunno about the rest but my fave on here has to be 'Wardrobe' , makes me smile every time I read it! It's a kinda hard to top that name, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 When these two were very small, they were the Little Cheeps because they were constantly cheeping. As they got older, they became the Chickpeas. When in mischief they are definitely Those Chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Our Welsummers are called "The Bridgets" with their cockerel Mr Darcy. The Legbars were called "the sheep" as our original ones just died for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 We always say how sheep are useless and just give up and die at the slightest excuse! I hope I never have to name my chickens after them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeshen Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Our cockerel is called Mr Darcy, too, kinsk And a handsome hunk he is, too! His wives should have been Lizzie, Jane, Kitty etc, but somehow Daphne, Shirley and Gloria seems to suit chooks better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
