Official BYC Poll: How do you name your pet chickens?

How do you name your pet chickens?

  • We don’t name our chickens!

    Votes: 33 6.9%
  • We let the kids name them.

    Votes: 79 16.5%
  • We give them old-fashioned names (Flora, Prissy, Hazel, etc.).

    Votes: 85 17.7%
  • We start their names with the same letter (Bailey, Barb, Beatrice, etc.).

    Votes: 14 2.9%
  • We name them by personality (Sassy, Gabby, Bossy, etc.).

    Votes: 116 24.2%
  • We name them after food (Peanut, Nugget, etc.).

    Votes: 84 17.5%
  • We don’t have a special system.

    Votes: 168 35.0%
  • We name them by appearance (Red, Fluffy, Lavender, etc.).

    Votes: 154 32.1%
  • Other (elaborate in a reply below)

    Votes: 157 32.7%

  • Total voters
    480
Unless I've got a theme planned in my head, most of the names I come up with are dumb. I take into consideration temperament, looks, living situation. Then I come up with something really dumb, usually in Greek. Dumb names sound better in Greek
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Unless I've got a theme planned in my head, most of the names I come up with are dumb. I take into consideration temperament, looks, living situation. Then I come up with something really dumb, usually in Greek. Dumb names sound better in Greek
I named a character (a leafwing dragon) Tree. In Navaho. But still. Dumb names often sound better in other languages.
 
I named a character (a leafwing dragon) Tree. In Navaho. But still. Dumb names often sound better in other languages.

Well, your perspective and my perspective are a little different. In my case, English is the "other" language (or French, but I don't have any birds with French names)
 
Well, your perspective and my perspective are a little different. In my case, English is the "other" language (or French, but I don't have any birds with French names)
I find the Romance languages are too close to English. I prefer the ones that are middle eastern, Native American, or the ones like Russian (Slavic languages? I don’t remember).
I might try some of the African ones
 
A little bit of most the options: old fashioned/people names, named after food, their color, notable features, etc.
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I keep a note of the permanent flock's breed, sex, and names ✨
 
I give my Black Australorp hens (no roosters) rhyming names. The first three were Polly, Molly and Dolly. Then Polly broke her neck flying into a post, so I got two more pullets and named them Daisy and Maisie. Then my sweet Dolly died and the two most recent girls are Betty and Letty - short for Leticia :). All have had wonderful personalities and are great layers!
 

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