A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2006 I need ideas for chicken names

I think it would be a great experience for the kids to be able to go and gather eggs and all that. I am looking forward to meeting Sarah's chicks.

Okay, the two americana's have earned themselves the names Moxie and Roxie...they are quite the spunky little brats.

I had chickens at the farm.
The eggs were wonderful...not like the store-bought eggs.
They were so good!

Then, that one chicken tried to kill me...and it was never the same.
I was always too afraid of them to go get the eggs after that.

Sarah, I hope you don't have a killer chicken like I did.
If you do, you can name it Cindy!

cindy???? i thought it would be named freckles

we've had food chickens and pet chickens... very different, and the pets were named, but i can't think of the names now.

Killer chickens?!?! Oh dear. Now you know I will NEVER be able to get them cuz I will be worried one will come after me.

Hey now...I've had killer chickens, but they were all roosters. Man, they tasted good.

All my hens have been sweet.

Well that is good to know Sarah. Would not wanna lose a finger to one of your wee ones.

Triss

Just wondering where they will put the manure from the chickens? It is too powerful for the garden.Burns the plants.

Farmers put it out in the field.

dodge

Chickens arent they afraid of Bird flu?

Also dont chickens cause Lice in the hair?


dodge

not all fun an games

I have no idea Barb. Sarah, How are you gonna use your fertilizer and are you worried about the bird flu???

Bird flu will kill us they say!!!!!!

Why incourage it ?

b

I was thinking of getting some chickens, we already have cows so it's just another few mouths to feed, couldn't get any small pigs this year either. Chicken here is $2.49 a pound. It is getting too expensive for meat.

Having chickens with bird flu is like having cows with 'mad cow' the chances are very slim to nothing. Chickens also do not spread lice to humans. Dodge, what kind of beef cattle do you raise?

The one that tried to kill me was a hen.
She was sitting on eggs and I wanted an egg sandwich!
MY fault!

tamara

White face beef cattle.Hereford. red and white.

Will post a photo for you..
We buy chicken in the store for 39 cents a pound and think it is cheaper than buying feed.
We both hate raising them.. The killing and cleaning part .

tamara

Here is our cows this spring.. First calf of the year.

Enjoy...

dodge

afgrey parrot,

Yes the killing and cleaning part..Uggggggggggg.

Stinks........

We love chicken soup with parsley ,onions carrots and chicken.Yummmmmmmm
Pet owners will screammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

dodge

how bout...huey,dewey and louis...don t forget donald!!!

My son's pet hen was named Sparkey. Then a fox ate her. Mine was BuffOrpie (guess what breed) and the roosters were Big Pretty and Big Ugly. A few of the others had descriptive names, but I could never tell the white ones appart. I loved to go in the henhouse at night and listen to them cooing. So peaceful, so calming... I miss them.

Was it White Rocks/

dodge

we moved to town about 11 years ago and i still miss my chickens the most out of everything from the country. i never named any of them except our rooster, we just called him ralph. we had the rhode island reds, loved those big brown eggs. and the manure, well in the winter i just piled it on the asparagus patch, straw and all, the asparagus was so deep that by the time all the stong stuff washed in it was okay...the rest of it just went into the rows between plantings in the 30x80 foot veggie garden, kinda stinky for a day or more but it fades fast in the hot oklahoma sun, and then i would occasionally turn the chickens out in there and they would stir and scratch everything in pretty good for me if i had been too slow with the hoe. but that big garden, now that was ALOT of work. now i just grow salsa, you know, onions, tomatoes, peppers and cilantro.

patunia

Why did you move to town?

Dont think I can hack town............

dodge

My four hens were named
Henny Penny, Mrs Speckles, Psycho Sal, and Black Betty. They ran free range around the farm usually, and we put them away at night in their little hen house.

Bernice

Nice photo...........

I didnt dare let them run loose.......They poop all over the lawn,, i didn't like that.. Scratched out alll the flowers too......

However I see how you knew them apart .. 4 different colors......Mine was all alike ,ha ha

dodge

I posted my chicks names in the pet post, but figured I would redo it here...all banties...
The rooster - Ichabod/Ichabutt
The girls - McChicken, Chirpy, Sticky Feet, Chip and Dale...my 5 year old named all but McChicken - named by my SO - and Ichabod - by me.

We've never had chickens before, and are composting the waste. My SO also is building a chicken tractor for them, which should be interesting. McChicken is getting trained to be our stealth mosquito killer and is definately the smartest out of all of them and the easiest to catch. Who needs TV when you have chicks?