Welcome to the Cottage blog! My name is Mrs Johns and I support students at Owairaka District School who are new to NZ and are learning the English Language. This blog is a space where I share all types of experiences we have at our school and what were have been learning about. Please leave positive, thoughtful and helpful comments to help prompt our students to communicate in a fun and enjoyable way.
Kia ora Mrs Johns. Room 18 is very excited about naming the chickens, a little list of names is starting on our blog. When it is complete we will send them on to you.
Kia ora Mrs Johns, Thank you for organising this for us. Here are my name ideas; 1. Mangu (black) 2. Mā (white) 3. Parauri (brown) 4. Kōura (Gold) From Kristie Mills
Kia Ora Lorna, Room 7 is creating a list of names on our blog and then we will send our ideas to you. I can't wait to see the hens' magical green/blue eggs! Megan
It was very exciting to get an egg yesterday. No eggs today. I will post the colour in my next post. Good luck Room 7 in thinking of some great bird names!
Hi Mrs Johns Eva from room 19 here I think that the name for the chickens should be 1. Joey 2. Dora. 3.Laya 4. Tot. i hope one of my chickens names gets chosen. Blog ya later Eva.
How about naming them after Disney princesses? Snow White /Snowy for hen #2, Cinderella / Cinders, hen #1 covered in soot, Mulan for hen 3 who likes to take charge and Merida (hen 4) with her golden locks and the bravery we know she has yet to show. Maria
Awesome thinking - the characterization of the chooks matching the Princesses is so well done. Top marks. They are added to our list. Will publish the list tomorrow.
What a delightful name! I will add it to the list Hilary. Have you looked at the Quail blog? I have updated it today as I am now waiting for the birds to hatch. Can't wait.
Kia Ora Lorna, Here are our hens name suggestions: Mikey Big Chungus King Chook the first Kiri Pip Spencer truck train Charm Nala Honeycomb Coco for the dark one, Caramel for the brown and gingerish one, Luna for the white one and clucks for the white and orange one Albert Eggstein Oreo, because if you look at the black and white hens they sort of look like a Oreo Nuggets for the Caramel colored chicken Magpie for the black one Pumpkin for the orange and white/ish one Marshmallow for the white one The black one should be called licorice, because of black licorice. Or it could be called pitch black like the rise of the guardians! Kina for the black one and Pipi for the white one Hin The brown one should be called Brownie
We also have a question...Roughly how long do you think chickens can live for? Thanks, Megan and Room 7 students
Wow - you guys have put a lot of thought into your names. I will list them on the slides. Hens can live anywhere from 5 years to 8 years, depending on the life they have and the breed. They stop laying regularly at around 5-6 years. I have an old Silkie, who is called Beautiful. She hasnt laid an egg for two to three years but is enjoying her retirement. I am trying to work out how old she must be. Will let you know.
Kupa - brown one Nonu - white one Chillie Dotty Fluffy Tickles Steven - white one Joe or Jonah - white one Radley-Coop-er Hen Solo Cluck Vadedr Princess Lay-a Dark Vader - The black one Moon - black one Sun - white one Brown - brown one Snow - white Chuck - black one Mud - Me Me Mau - black Snug - white Guff - brown Moon - white Fluffy - brown
Coralie from Room 11 would like to add Maxy, Vixen, Starsy and Flash to our lists of names. Now we have had the good news about going to school next week I will have to organise the voting. Can't wait to find out their new names
Kia ora Mrs Johns. Room 18 is very excited about naming the chickens, a little list of names is starting on our blog. When it is complete we will send them on to you.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to receiving them. This should be a lot of fun.
DeleteKia ora,
ReplyDeleteNevaeh from ruma 18 here. These are my ideas for names for the hens;
1. Shadow 2. Lily 3. Peanut 4. Milly
Hi Nevaeh. Love the name Shadow. Peanut certainly suits number 3. Should be a great competition.
DeleteKia ora Mrs Johns,
ReplyDeleteThank you for organising this for us. Here are my name ideas;
1. Mangu (black) 2. Mā (white) 3. Parauri (brown) 4. Kōura (Gold)
From Kristie Mills
Kia Ora Kristie, love your names!
DeleteGreat ideas Kristie. I am thinking silver would suit number 2 more. She isn't really a white white. What is Silver in Te Reo?
DeleteGreat name ideas Kristie!
DeleteKia Ora Mrs Johns. Silver in Te Reo is hiriwa.
DeleteThank you. I will add Hiriwa to the list. Sounds pretty!
DeleteKia Ora Lorna, Room 7 is creating a list of names on our blog and then we will send our ideas to you. I can't wait to see the hens' magical green/blue eggs! Megan
ReplyDeleteIt was very exciting to get an egg yesterday. No eggs today. I will post the colour in my next post. Good luck Room 7 in thinking of some great bird names!
Deletemy name is safiyye from room 22
ReplyDelete1- trixie
2-cloudy
3-flower
4- Goldie
Hi Safiyye. Those names will definitely go into our competition. Good work.
DeleteAnd here are a set of names from Deb, Susan and Sheryl:
ReplyDeleteNancy, Noeline, Carol (our Mothers' names) and Clementine for another 'C' name
I'm sure Clementine would be shortened to Clem! Will add them to the voting list. Well done for coming up with nice sounding names.
DeleteHi Mrs johns these are my names for the chickens.
ReplyDelete1. bolt 2. lighting Missy 2. Chop.
blog ya later josh🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Wow - what a good set of names - I can see them fitting! Great work Josh
DeleteHi Mrs Johns
ReplyDeleteEva from room 19 here
I think that the name for the chickens should be
1. Joey 2. Dora. 3.Laya 4. Tot. i hope one of my chickens names gets chosen.
Blog ya later Eva.
Laya is such a good name for a chook. Hope she lives up to it with lots of eggs! I will certainly add these names to the list Eva.
DeleteHow about naming them after Disney princesses? Snow White /Snowy for hen #2, Cinderella / Cinders, hen #1 covered in soot, Mulan for hen 3 who likes to take charge and Merida (hen 4) with her golden locks and the bravery we know she has yet to show. Maria
ReplyDeleteAwesome thinking - the characterization of the chooks matching the Princesses is so well done. Top marks. They are added to our list. Will publish the list tomorrow.
ReplyDelete1 Marama 2 Daina 3 Smudge 4 Goldy
ReplyDelete:Ida room 22
Ida these are really nice names. I will add them to the list. Thank you
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs Johns. I would like to name the whitish chicken Silver Glaze. Hilary Rm 18.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful name! I will add it to the list Hilary. Have you looked at the Quail blog? I have updated it today as I am now waiting for the birds to hatch. Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteKia Ora Lorna,
ReplyDeleteHere are our hens name suggestions:
Mikey
Big Chungus
King Chook the first
Kiri
Pip
Spencer truck train
Charm
Nala
Honeycomb
Coco for the dark one, Caramel for the brown and gingerish one, Luna for the white one and clucks for the white and orange one
Albert Eggstein
Oreo, because if you look at the black and white hens they sort of look like a Oreo
Nuggets for the Caramel colored chicken
Magpie for the black one
Pumpkin for the orange and white/ish one
Marshmallow for the white one
The black one should be called licorice, because of black licorice. Or it could be called pitch black like the rise of the guardians!
Kina for the black one and Pipi for the white one
Hin
The brown one should be called Brownie
We also have a question...Roughly how long do you think chickens can live for? Thanks, Megan and Room 7 students
Hi Miss Judd.
DeleteI like how you put in Big Chungus.
GO BIG CHUNGUS!!
Wow - you guys have put a lot of thought into your names. I will list them on the slides. Hens can live anywhere from 5 years to 8 years, depending on the life they have and the breed. They stop laying regularly at around 5-6 years. I have an old Silkie, who is called Beautiful. She hasnt laid an egg for two to three years but is enjoying her retirement. I am trying to work out how old she must be. Will let you know.
ReplyDeleteKia Ora Lorna,
ReplyDeleteHere are our hens name suggestion:-
Kupa - brown one
Nonu - white one
Chillie
Dotty
Fluffy
Tickles
Steven - white one
Joe or Jonah - white one
Radley-Coop-er
Hen Solo
Cluck Vadedr
Princess Lay-a
Dark Vader - The black one
Moon - black one
Sun - white one
Brown - brown one
Snow - white
Chuck - black one
Mud -
Me Me
Mau - black
Snug - white
Guff - brown
Moon - white
Fluffy - brown
Thank you. Bridgette and Room 23
Some awesome chook type names in there. Don't know how you guys keep thinking such good names up. Well done Room 23
ReplyDeleteI suggest unique because they have a different colour egg
ReplyDeleteAn excellent choice. Good thinking
ReplyDeleteKia ora - Freddie from room 11 here. I think we should call the white chicken Darcey and the brown chicken Nugget.
ReplyDeleteI like Nugget. I will add them to the list. Good luck Freddie. You may have a winning name!
ReplyDeleteIda's suggestion for Hen 1 is: Midnight. And her suggestion for hen 2 is: snowy.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
have added them to the list Ida. Good strong names, and would be easy to tell them apart.
ReplyDeleteCoralie from Room 11 would like to add Maxy, Vixen, Starsy and Flash to our lists of names.
ReplyDeleteNow we have had the good news about going to school next week I will have to organise the voting. Can't wait to find out their new names