Chicken Names

[unboundvoice.livejournal.com]

We got 8 baby chicks last month and I thought I'd share the names with you! There are 4 different breeds, so my kids decided to use the same first letter for the chicks of the same breed.

Chloe (picked by my 11 y/o)
Callie

Matilda
Mabel

Hazel
Henrietta

Layla (picked by my 4 y/o)
Lucy (would have named my 4 year old this if he had been a girl, so now it's a chicken name!)

And a pic!

Comments

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

So cute!

Henrietta - such a classic chicken name! Matilda, Hazel and Mabel are all cute 'farm names' too!


I'm curious - what are the breeds' names?

[unboundvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
The C names are wyandottes
The H names are Rhode Island reds
The M names are white Plymouth Rock
The L names are barred rock :)

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

rhode island reds are soo lovely :)

[halliwell66.livejournal.com]

Mabel & Lucy were my favourite name a few years ago. All the Lucy's I know are just lovely, bubbly girls. My sister put dibs on it. She's loved it ever since she read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.


I love Henry but its a bit overused, Henrietta on the other hand, swoon worthy, Matilda too. I have a cousin called Tilly, which is her birth name she's in her 20's. I only made the connection a few years ago that its derived from Matilda when someone asked if it was a nickname because they had a toddler called Matilda.


Ha when I hatched chickens we called them Henny, Penny and Henny-Penny, not very original. They look like they have a lovely hutch home.

[unboundvoice.livejournal.com]

I love the name Lucy! I'll probably never have a girl (or another kid for that matter!) so I decided it was ok to let it go to a pet. And since it's a chicken and not the family dog, I think I'd still be ok using it in the off chance we ever had a daughter.

Tilly is a cute nickname for Matilda! I'll have to keep that in mind. Right now we aren't really calling them by name a whole lot but I bet when they start getting into my garden I'll be wanting to yell at them by name haha.

The home was definitely a big project! Should have given a little more thought to the cost involved when I thought I'd save money raising my own eggs lol

[halliwell66.livejournal.com]

I know someone who asked their in-laws permission to use their dogs name, Sophie.


It looks huge! I can imagine how much work it would have been. Hopefully they will gift you with lots of eggs, because they have such nice digs & nice names.

[ditzyfish.livejournal.com]

Those are such cute names :)

Just thought I'd add that my daughters best friend at school spells her name Matylda - Matty for short, which can be confusing as her dad's name is Matt - short for Matthew I think.

[bubblytoes28.livejournal.com]

We named our first chickens Marsala and Parmigian (sp?). ha.

Now, several chickens later, we don't name them anymore ;)

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

aw they are cute. cute names also.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I adore all of those names!