name my chickens!

[AnonyMouse_26037]

And I've been googling groups of 5 and only came up with spice girls, Marx brothers, Scooby characters or the Simpsons ...but it broke up preparing new registers lol

 

There could be a whole different kind of spice: Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cumin, Coriander and Ginger? or Cardamom or...

[AnonyMouse_50818]

There were 5 fraggle rocks?

Boober Fraggle (depressive male fraggle)

Wembley Fraggle (nervous male)

Red Fraggle (excitable female)

Gobo Fraggle (general main male protagonist)

Mo Fraggle (the softly-spoken wise female fraggle)

[AnonyMouse_26037]

And now I'm singing the Fraggle Rock theme tune!

[AnonyMouse_19782]

famous women politicians maybe - Angela, Hillary, Theresa, Michelle, Nicola

[AnonyMouse_13401]

In one setting that I visited in NZ they brought chickens in to encourage being gentle which was an attribute associated with the virtues project that they had adopted. So virtuous or dispositions. Think I a very much in my fellowship mode!!!

 

Great to have the chucks in the setting though.

[AnonyMouse_8282]

I spent my whole Tesco shop looking for groups of five............ :unsure:

[AnonyMouse_55778]

Tobermory, Orinoco, Wellington,Tomsk, Bungo

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Ena, Elsie, Hilda, Audrey and Gail if you're a Corrie Fan

 

Angie, Sharon, Pauline, Kathy and Roxy/Ronnie for Eastenders

 

Don't watch Emmerdale!

[AnonyMouse_3735]

Emmerdale -

Victoria, Lisa ,Belle, Charity, Harriet..

[AnonyMouse_23964]

Gary, Robbie, Jason, Howard and Mark - Take That. I know they are not girlie names but hey!

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How about Disney princesses/similar - Cinderella, Beauty, Snow White, Aeriel, Jasmine ummmm ....... Elsa and Anna of course!

[AnonyMouse_26037]

Severn, Thames, Trent, Ouse, Wye (I like the idea of you calling "Wye, Wye!"

[AnonyMouse_16365]

Oh dear, I was thinking of "Roasted", "Fried", "Grilled" "Baked" and my favourite... "Casserole"!!

[AnonyMouse_13453]

Now you are heading down the line of Sage, Onion, Chestnut, Thyme and Apple!

[AnonyMouse_16365]

Being a person of a certain age..... How about Pugh Pugh, Barnie McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub.

[AnonyMouse_13453]

Wasn't it Hugh, Pugh?

[AnonyMouse_7120]

Was 2x pughs, weren't they twins ....crikey I'm old :-(

[AnonyMouse_23964]

That's right Mouseketeer (just Googled it ssssssh!)

[AnonyMouse_13453]

Sorry, yes, was tongue in cheek as there was such a big argument about it at the time! Haha

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So.......... have the chucks arrived and what names have you gone for?

[AnonyMouse_73]

sorry very remiss of me, they have arrived, photos to follow! They are not named yet so are still red band , purple band etc according to bands on their legs.

So many good idea everyone I cant decide! I have one escape artist, one feisty madam and the other three are a little quiet and shell shocked.

[AnonyMouse_26037]

So many good idea everyone I cant decide! I have one escape artist, one feisty madam and the other three are a little quiet and shell shocked.

See that sounds like it's heading towards the Bennett sisters to me: Lydia the escape artist, Elizabeth the feisty one. If one of the others turns out to be a little pompous and serious then I think you have Mary...

[AnonyMouse_8282]

I'm voting for the Bennett sisters - they are very fine chicken appropriate names.

[AnonyMouse_19782]

Seems to me the names will need to go into a hat Mundia!

[AnonyMouse_19782]

sorry very remiss of me, they have arrived, photos to follow! They are not named yet so are still red band , purple band etc according to bands on their legs.

So many good idea everyone I cant decide! I have one escape artist, one feisty madam and the other three are a little quiet and shell shocked.

sounds more like Forum Members!

[AnonyMouse_23964]

Think they sound like the Spice Girls?? Can't remember all the names at the moment - Scary, Sporty, Posh and .........

[AnonyMouse_22106]

Ginger & Baby - not very helpful on childcare matters but can sort 80's & 90's pop music questions :lol:

[AnonyMouse_19733]

Jumping in on this thread to ask if they are difficult to keep?

 

I have a very small garden so am wondering how much space you would need to keep a few chooks. Can they be kept in an enclosed run/small house all the time or is this defeating the object of freeing caged hens, do they have to have free range in the garden?

[AnonyMouse_73]

Hi pimms.

They are fairly easy to keep but you do need to look at the cost of a run, food, meds, etc. I'd suggest you do your research. Eg are you allowed to eg if you rent? Do you get foxes? They can be kept in a smallish space and plenty of people do have them in a run, possibly with some time to free range each day. We have a permanent fenced area but also a mobile fence we put up so they can roam the rest of the garden but stay away from my veggies or flowers. They make great weeders!

Commercial hens can be kept 9 per Sq metre, which is shocking, ideally you want a roaming space of 4 to 5sq m per hen. You can get height in a small garden with a 2 tier run, and most people would only start with 2 or 3 hens (never a single one). Pm me if you want to know more so as not to bore everyone else rigid.

 

I'm having trouble uploading a photo. My grandson is coming at the weekend and he would like to help choose names so I'll put all the ideas in the mix and see what he thinks. Last time he named them after 'night garden' which was his fav programme at the time.

[AnonyMouse_73]

Okey done, at last, my new girls have names! My 6 year old grandson wanted Heidi although we have no idea why.I remembered Heidi was one of my fav stories as a child and thought maybe characters from that but as I could only recall Peter and granny I decided against that. As one of my hens has laid every day, my daughter said I should call her Leia, or princess but I already had princess before so Leia it is.

that left 3. So no theme but to use some of your ideas, which I shared with my grandson, we have selected a Bennett, lizzie, a tea, Assam, and a gem opal. (Mainly because we had a conversation in the car about starburst used to be called Opal fruits and he didn't believe me!

so my girls are

Heidi

Leia

Lydia

Opal

Assam

 

Thanks for your ideas everyone.

and here they are on their rescue day