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Chicken Naming Contest

Welcome to Duke Gardens’ chicken-naming contest. We would love to hear what you think we should name the following trio of female chickens. If you’d like to get an even better feel for their special personalities, we urge you to visit them at the coop in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden.

CONTEST UPDATE: Thanks to everyone's great suggestions and enthusiastic voting, our chickens now have names! Please see our blog for the announcement.

The descriptions below are by horticulturist and chicken caretaker Lindsey Fleetwood, with photos by Sarah Jean Leach Smith.

Thanks for playing!

The name says it all. This breed is an excellent producer of medium-sized colored eggs ranging from blue to green. Hens are on the smaller side and mature to a size of about 4 pounds. They have extremely docile and curious personalities.
This is a bantam of the standard breed and shares the Easter eggers’ sweet and docile personalities. Hens will mature at just over 2 pounds, making this the second smallest bird in our flock. This breed is characterized by a beautiful buff blonde body with a contrasting black laced head and neck, as well as black laced tail feathers. This breed lays tiny brown eggs.
These extra-large birds are characterized by their medium to light red plumage and medium to large red combs, which in females tends to lop over a bit. Hens will reach a mature size of 6.5 pounds and will lay extra-large brown eggs. This breed was developed in New Hampshire from the careful selective breeding of Rhode Island reds to intensify their early maturity, rapid full feathering, and production of large brown eggs.