AndyRoo Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Hello Out of curiosity: how did you all decide how to name your hens (assuming you do)? My friends have just suggested Star Trek names and Drag Race names respectively... *facepalm* I think I might need some more suggestions! Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Mine are all H names - H for hen!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Over the years we've taken inspiration from: Table tennis Australian Rules Football Friends Curry Size of combs/feet/feather coverage (caveat: this was for ex-batts) Cake (GBBO was on telly at the time) Green Day lyrics Wine Knitwear We also once had a poll on Facebook to find names. We are rehoming some more ex-commercials next week and OH has already decided names (U2 song titles this time, apparently). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Ha, those are quite varied. I have a feeling that I am going to lose this battle of wills and end up with hens called RuPaul and Jean-Luc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Eeeek, we are two weeks down the line with our new birds and they still haven't any names. I am not sure whether to name them or not atm as they are a law unto themselves and not sure they are understanding anything I am saying We have kind of named one Matilda. We were trying to find traditional chicken names. We also decided that when we do name them we will maybe use their breeds first letter to name them so we can remember all their names. I am not sure how people cope with heaps of them! Bad enough trying to remember peoples names!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I've had various themes: Brunnhilde and Sieglinde were my first two hens; since then I've had herb names, and I particularly liked the Ealing Comedy Hens (Pimlico, Lavender and Guinness). My current hens are Hendricks, Bombay and Tanqueray ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 I'm assuming chickens don't respond to names anyway. Maybe I'll give them Borg designations: Hen 1 of 5, 2 of 5 and so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Mine are TV sitcom characters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 I always think old lady names suit them best We've had Doris, Mabel, Cilla, Babs, Alice, Ethel, Audrey, Jemima. Other odd ones include Pox, Nugget and Purkinje! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamrhind Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I've always used nonsense names (Plink, Plonk, Plenk ...) until something in their character provides inspiration. Sometimes it never does (Plenk is still alive and kicking). But I've a Nelsona Mandela because she was always "crying freedom" (trying to get out of her run and into the house) and I had a Stevie McQueen because she was the great escaper .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 My original three spicegirls: Cinnamon, Ginger and Nutmeg, are that redbrown colour. But I never called them by their names, but more by their respective legring colours... I'm still considering names for my new two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 My first lot were Biblical bad gals - Jezebel, Delilah and Bathsheba (she wasnt so bad apparently) then pop songs Sharonna, Maggie May and Edwina who was named by YS. Rhoda was a lonely hen who I adopted as a favour for a friend. Demelza and Prudie were Poldark gals. Now just got Maggie May. If I get more not sure what I will call them. I like feminine names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISCA Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Our first 6 were typical old lady names. The next 4 were 'Allo 'Allo characters (Edith & Fanny still with us, Yvette & Mimi have gone to join the Resistance in the sky). My latest gang are The Golden Girls: Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sofia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I initially asked my niece and nephews for ideas - soon stopped doing that, as it was rather random. Sun, Moon and Sky were all named for things they'd never seen before (ex-batts). Mistletoe, Holly and Ivy came out of their cages a week before xmas. Generally now settled on flower names beginning with same letter, but only because the one that was going to be Twilight looked more like a Myrtle. Most of then don't care what you call them, though some of mine seemed to have known their names, including one officially named Rhiannon who came running if you called her Little Chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Old ladies names for me.... Until grandson came along and we also have Colossus and Night Crawler as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) My hens names are always random, I always feel paired names such as Hinge and Bracket (a friend's hens) are unlucky. I have had over the years The Duchess Dot 5 brake fluid (that is the last time I ever I allow husband to name a hen) Weedol (husbands choice) Morticia Ginger Daisy Mogwai Puddleduck Margo Dimwit Henrietta Darcey Amelia Earheart Benzo Peckington Delia Queenie Elvira Zinster Karen Bodie Bowie Pandora Babs Edited July 12, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopperdrake Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Our first ex-batts were named after the witches in Terry Pratchett novels - we had Granny Weatherwax (Granny), Agnes Nitt (Aggie), Gytha Ogg (Oggy) and Magrat Garlick (Maggie). We made the mistake of letting the children name a flock of random rescues, and ended up with Spotty, Snowy, Blackie, Ginger, Lonely, Bluebelle (the bluebelle) and Quickie. It wouldn't have been so bad if there had been any sense of irony with the names, but there wasn't. Lately our cocks are named after kings, so we've had Charles, William and Ethelred the Unready (Cooked) but now we're on Colin, which kind of spoils things a bit as we didn't name him. The girls are named after plants and flowers - Daisy, Holly, Mistletoe (two winter birds), and also the old fashioned names, Maud, Emma, Betty, Florence, and we have one called Jackie after my mother-in-law, as she's Colin's favourite, and that happened to be my father-in-law's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
