Reader Carol B. has new mouths to feed: “We have just added six new chicken members to our little misfit gang, five Red Sex Link, and one Silkie. I was wondering if any of your very clever readers might have name suggestions, we are told all are females. They live with Missy-Moo the sheep and her pals, perhaps we can train them to ride sheepback one day.”
That’s right, kids — keep eating that chicken feed so that you grow big and strong…
Well, maybe not this big and strong. (Yes, it’s the big chicken, submitted by Andrew Y.)
I went to the county fair a few years ago and someone had a chick named McNugget.
Someone else had two chickens – one black and white and one brown and black (I don’t know what breed) – named Oreo and Chips Ahoy, respectively. 🙂 ?
Some animals just demand silly names, don’t they? Especially chickens, which are inherently silly creatures to begin with!
And grumpy. These chicks look like they’re already very grumpy, so watch your ankles when they grow up! 😀
To me, it’s obvious: Lizzie, Jane, Mary, Kitty, Lydia.
Maybe Caroline for the Silkie, if she fancies herself. If she’s placid and complacent, maybe Charlotte (Lucas-Collins).
Cute little peeps!
Hear hear!!!
I second the motion!
The silkie could also be named Emma…
Bravo!!
Haha!
Hm. I’m partial to those old fashioned names. The top six girls names of 1917 were: Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret, Ruth, and Mildred.
Then again I also like the name Lulu for a chicken. You could do Lulu, Gigi, Mimi, Dodo, Lala and Maxine (for the silkie).
OR!…. oh, no. I’ve got to stop and get back to work.
Can’t wait to read all of the suggestions all-a-y’all come up with!
Oh, I like ‘Mildred’! I used to know a Mildred (human) and she was a trip – she worked well into her eighties and drove her own car (safely, too).
That was my grandma’s name!
You calling me chicken Tara? Them’s are fighting words you know!
Just kidding LOL!! ???
Some years ago I went to a lake on a hot summer day with my friends. We walked into the water when I heard an elderly woman scream: “Ems wtf are you doing there, I told you not to go in the water. I hope you didn’t pee in it.” I swear I did not, but I still got frozen for a moment 🙂 Ems was a cute labrador, she did not actually reveal whether she had peed in the lake or not.
Tara, are you… are you quoting “The Merry Widow” by Franz Lehar?!
“I’m going to Maxim’s, where all the girls are queens,
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Lolo, Dodo, ZsuZsu, Cloclo, Margo, FruFru.”
Oh, gosh no Gigi! No offense intended! 🙂 I just really like the double sounding names! Gigi included.
And no, N. Fritz – it was just a coincidence. Ha! I wish I were that clever.
Love all the suggestions! How will you choose Carol B.?
🙂
It will be difficult, so many great names!
Snowhite for the Silkie. So Snowhite and the five (fill in the blank). Not Dwarves. …and the “something funny” that come in five.
Yay peeps made it on! So many good suggestions so far, thank you! I was just out with them, videoing, they’re growing so quickly, their little feathers are starting to grow 🙂
Oh and i hope none grow as big at that….big guy! Good Lord, i’d be able to put a saddle on it and go riding!
Lovely pix! They’re adorable.
Daisy, Lily, Rosie, Buttercup, Jasmine and Poppy.
Ooo. I like that combo.
Wish I could have chickens!
Hope you mind a little video of them Mike, it might help with names 🙂
I had just put down some fresh hay, one found a little flower and well….they all wanted it!
I hope that link works!
Ack! Toooooo cute! In the best way, of course. ??????
They are so fast!
Yes! I got quite a fright when they came running toward me and the open side of their pen!
I also did a slow motion video of them 🙂
That giant chicken puts me in mind of Foghorn Leghorn. Not a name I’d recommend for any of the little peeps.
What was the name of his little chickenhawk buddy?
Henery Hawk!
I think you should name them all Julie.
Julie 1, Julie 2, Julie 3, …..
Ha ha ha!!!
That’s what the Romans did… boys got proper names, while girls got “Julia Prima, Julia Secunda, Julilla,” (Julia the first, Julia the second, little Julie, etc)
All of my husband’s great great uncles and his great grandfather were named Heinrich. They went by their middle names. Their father’s name was Heinrich also. Maybe it’s a German thing, too, or the original Heinrich was narcissistic.
Not just German. My family is English and Irish from way back, and yet nearly every male has John in their name. Most of the time it’s their first name, too. Both my father and his father were John something, and they went by their middle name. I’m talking about for *generations.* You’d think they’d have picked a more original name to repeat every generation!
Italians were worse, when imagination or the calendar failed, they named their boys Primo, Secondo, … Quinto, Ottavo… (First, Second…)
Luckily they seldom had more than ten children 🙂
Romans did that too. Boys could get number names as well as “proper” names”: Octavius, Quintus, etc.
Well, a lot of Sherpas have the first name of the day of the week on which they’re born. And their last name is Sherpa. It makes for a lot of folks with the same name!
Yes, and I think all Sikhs take the last name “Singh” – must be quite a challenge looking up a phone number!
LOL 🙂
I’m reminded of Mrs. McCave, who had 23 sons and she named them all Dave.
Trixie, Dixie, Fifi, Gigi, Coco, and Beatrice Louise.
Oh, if they are living with Missy-Moo, maybe they all need that hyphenated onto the name: Trixie-Moo, Dixie-Moo, Fifi-Moo, Gigi-Moo, Coco-Moo, and Beatrice Louise.
Too much?
That is a very good point! The Moo should get in there somehow! 😉
Yes. I agree!
“five Red Sex Link, and one Silkie.”
… Red ‘Sex Link’, and … ???
Is this NSFW?
Chicken genetics. SFW
Seriously – I also noticed the “five Red Sex Link and one Silkie” mention!
So…what type of chicken is the Red Sex Link (I imagine it makes seductive cooing noises)? Or is somebody adding links to the site that they shouldn’t?
I’m gonna google. Brb.
Sex-links are cross-bred chickens whose color at hatching is differentiated by sex, thus making chick sexing an easier process.
Boring!
Yes, we wanted to make sure, as much as you can, that they are female, the Silkie, well we’re just keeping our fingers crossed that it’s a female also, if not then i guess we have a rooster!
There are lots of fun names in the farming world 🙂
Ye gods, that giant chicken is TERRIFYING. You can practically hear it saying “I am descended from dinosaurs”.
Yup.
They think that chicken is three feet tall!! That’s not a chicken, that’s verging on pterodactyl.
Second Yup. Oh and I vote Frufru for the silky chicken.
Maybe those are just little tiny hen houses.
Or really tiny people!
That must be it! 😀
Thank you all for your wonderful name suggestions! So much better than my facebook friends ones, all were food related 🙁
All have been written down so that when their little personalities start to show i’ll know which route to take. Maybe a Buttercup, Dixie, Emma, Frufru, Snowhite, and a Julie-Moo! 😉
Knew you guys were the ones to ask! x
In my universe, chickens are somehow associated with daytime television. So I suggest:
Whoopi, Wanda, Kelly, Katie, Latifah, and Osborne.