#136610
June 8th, 2006 at 10:52 AM
|
AV Queen
|
OP
AV Queen
Joined: Aug 2003
|
I brought my chicks home from work today! Now they need some names... Here is what I have: 1 - Silver laced polish 2 - Americana 1 - Silver laced wyandotte 1 - Blue cochin And I have one more on order. All are pullets, which means they are all going to be hens. The polish is already named Hettie. Any good ideas?
|
|
|
#136611
June 8th, 2006 at 11:26 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2004
|
I think the Americana should be "Betsy" after Betsy Ross.
The Blue Cochin could be "Babe" after Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox. Or Linda 'coz Rondstat sang "Blue Bayou" so well.
Something with silver AND lace in its heritage could rightfully be called "Belle".
Don't know how GOOD any of my ideas are, but there you have 'em anyway!
Merme
|
|
|
#136612
June 8th, 2006 at 01:50 PM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
BLUE Should be named henny penny. Blue and the sky ..Remember she thought the sky was falling? dodge
|
|
|
#136613
June 8th, 2006 at 02:52 PM
|
Official Problem Child
|
Official Problem Child
Joined: Mar 2004
|
Hazel is a good name for a chicken. That was my pet chicken's name.
She got ran over by a gravel truck.
|
|
|
#136614
June 8th, 2006 at 03:04 PM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: May 2006
|
I like Hannah the hen. Sue
|
|
|
#136615
June 8th, 2006 at 03:25 PM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: May 2006
|
The blue cochin should be Crystal or Gayle as in "Don't it make my brown eyes blue" The Americana could be Mary or Martha (Mary Todd Lincoln or Martha Dandridge Washington) I also like Belle for the Silver laced Wyandotte Just a thought...keep in mind that I named my cat KC for Kitty Cat
|
|
|
#136616
June 9th, 2006 at 01:51 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Nov 2005
|
Well, you may be asking the wrong family here. We have a white dog with a black rear end called BlackButt and a gray cat called Gray. No imagination around here.
|
|
|
#136617
June 9th, 2006 at 03:17 AM
|
Snow Bunny
|
Snow Bunny
Joined: Apr 2005
|
Tina you are so funny. I too was trying to come up with famous chicken names in literature. Henny Penny, Chicken Little and the The Little Red Hen are pretty much all I can come up with. Authors don't have any imagination either. I used to have a Rhode Island Red rooster that we nameed (ta da) Red. Sorry, Sarah, I am lousy at naming pets.
|
|
|
#136618
June 9th, 2006 at 03:24 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
Fernie I always felt so bad for Henny Penny.. She thought the sky was going to fall>>>> Poor HP
|
|
|
#136619
June 9th, 2006 at 03:30 AM
|
Snow Bunny
|
Snow Bunny
Joined: Apr 2005
|
Poor Henny Penny, but have you noticed that chickens are not the brightest birds sometimes?
|
|
|
#136620
June 9th, 2006 at 03:35 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
fERNIE, :rolleyes: I noticed it that time.!!!!!!1ha ha Maybe why they are called dumb cluck.. dodge b
|
|
|
#136621
June 9th, 2006 at 03:37 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2005
|
growing up, my friends parents used to name their chickens in pairs, Bob&Betty, Pete and Polly, ect.
|
|
|
#136622
June 9th, 2006 at 04:50 AM
|
AV Queen
|
OP
AV Queen
Joined: Aug 2003
|
My last hen was Henny Penny! So far only the blue has named herself...she seems like a Lucy to me. Traditionally hen names end in a "y" or "ie"...I think 'cause it makes them easier to call. I do like Hannah and Belle, though.... Thanks guys! Keep it up...
|
|
|
#136623
June 9th, 2006 at 05:08 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2004
|
What about Lady for the Americana?
Merme
|
|
|
#136624
June 9th, 2006 at 05:49 AM
|
AV Queen
|
OP
AV Queen
Joined: Aug 2003
|
My childhood dog was Lady. Man, I miss her!
|
|
|
#136625
June 9th, 2006 at 05:51 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2005
|
Thats the name of my mom's dog, Lady and she has a cat named Lucky. Lady is always popular!!
|
|
|
#136626
June 9th, 2006 at 06:28 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
Hey penny, How did they deciede which one to eat? We can't eat bob with out betty?/ ha ha we know someone here who had a pet chicken that rode bike with him...On the Handle bars. ha ha dodge.. Oh Barley clown.. My name is Barbie We dont buy me friends..ha ha
|
|
|
#136627
June 10th, 2006 at 12:56 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2004
|
Buzby
|
|
|
#136628
June 10th, 2006 at 01:57 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2005
|
The thing is that the chickens were truely family pets and to evenb think of eating them===no way!!!
|
|
|
#136629
June 10th, 2006 at 04:00 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
Sorry Charlie...... Barbaque chicken is our sunday favorite..ha ha Never heard of naming a chicken either.. i am a framer. barb
|
|
|
#136630
June 10th, 2006 at 04:01 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
princess,
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
b
|
|
|
#136631
June 10th, 2006 at 04:26 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Aug 2004
|
I did not know people names their hens. Very cool. Do they really come when you call them? You have loads of names right here at the Forum, you could name them after all of us Many of us end in IE or Y Merme, Cindy, Trissy, Lozie
|
|
|
#136632
June 10th, 2006 at 05:27 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
Triss......
We never named ours......We ate them..Haha
I hated to raise chickens.. Buy chicken for 39 cents a pound.
However the pet characters.. I use to have banny roosters, as a small child...Never remembered naming any......... Actually our dog has a name and all we call him is , dog ......He comes......ha ha
Do you 6 kids have a doggie/
barb
|
|
|
#136633
June 10th, 2006 at 05:55 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Aug 2004
|
No dogs here, no chickens either but I would love to raise them for the eggs. All we have is a cat.
|
|
|
#136634
June 10th, 2006 at 08:01 AM
|
Member
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2005
|
We used to do them for eggs..So dirty to keep clean....... Now we buy from another farmer..We have one dog and cats, with cows.........
That is all.. I once had 3 horses.
Pigs a couple times and quit...... We milked cows till I got pregnant and we quit. Now it is beef cattle..
barb
|
|
|
|
|