We named our new chicks after two of our friends Kitty and Anne, who are also friends. The chicks have different gray spots on their heads, Kitty has three dots and Anne one shaped like a “y”.
I think the two name said together make a good song for them to recognize and hopefully respond to.
I don’t know if chickens have names, but parrots do. The parents give them to them and they keep them all their lives. They tell them to other birds and learn other birds’ names. https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-a-parrot-learns-its-name-in-the-wild/
I’ve read about that about parrots Maron,in the book Becoming Wild by Carl Safina. I’ll read this article too. Thanks!