Video Tutorial

Use the 3 needle bind-off to join the two tail sections. Knit each tail section with the same number of rows. (41) This gives you the correct stitch count when you pick up the stitches for the chicken body.

Added Mosaic knitting for interest as follows:

After Picking up for Chicken body (73 stitches), knit one WS Row with Blue.

Mosaic Row 1 (RS Orange) - k2, * slip one stitch purlwise with yarn held in back, k3 * , sl1p wyib, k2.

Mosaic Row 2 (WS Orange) - k2, slip one stitch purlwise with yarn held in FRONT, * k3, sl1p wyif * , k2.

Mosaic Row 3 (RS Blue) - k2, * k2, sl1p wyib, k1 * , k3.

Mosaic Row 4 (WS Blue) - k3, * k1, sl1p wyif, k2 * , k2.

Then knit 2 rows blue before repeating 4 rows of Mosaic Pattern. You could repeat the Mosaic pattern right away without the plain dividing rows. I wanted the orange to look more like stars/medals, so I separated the mosaic sections.

Added two extra rows to the neck.

Used Sunny Day for the beak with Size 6 DPNs.

For the beak after there were 5 stitches I purled back and then K 1, slip one, K2 tog, PSSO, K 1; pull through the 3 remaining stitches and then did the seaming.

Leave long tails on the undersection for sewing up the chicken.

Double Wattle (knit the wattle per pattern and before ending it did a few plain rows and then knit the pattern in reverse.)

Created an inner “beanbag” with nylon sock and Poly-Pellets.

Source for Safety Eyes.

Decided to set a goal of 25 Emotional Support Chickens in 2025. (25in25ESC) This is #1 in 2025 and overall ESC #55