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Today is day 6 of the Spring Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along which means we have reached the halfway point in the crochet along. Animal number 6 is a little chicken.

I don't think you can have a set of farm animals without having chickens, so this was an obvious addition to the set. The chicken joins the pig, duck, cow, cat, and sheep on the farm, and like the others it sits about 3" tall.

The little chicken is made very similar to the duck, with the same wings and tail, but a different shaped beak and feet. It also has a little red comb on top of its head.

There will not be another pattern tomorrow (Sunday), the next animal will be released Monday, April 10.

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How to Crochet a Little Chicken

Finished Size: about 3" tall

You will need:

medium weight yarn in white, yellow, and red or desired colors (sample made in Red Heart Super Saver in White, Saffron, and Cherry Red)
G crochet hook (4 mm)
2- 6 mm safety eyes
Polyfil fiberfill
yarn needle
stitch markers
scissors

Instructions:

Body

Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)

Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Wings

Make 2 with white yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 4: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Flatten the wing and sew one to each side of the body

Tail

Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Add stuffing to the tail and sew on the bottom back of the body

Beak

Make 1 with yellow yarn

ch 3

turn, sc in 2nd ch from the hook, dc in last ch

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the beak to the face just below the eyes

Feet

Make 2 with yellow yarn

*the feet are made by crocheting a chain and slip stitching in some of the chains to make each of the "toes" similar to a picot, at the end you will single crochet in the first chains that you made

ch 5

turn, sk the first 2 ch from hook, sl st in next ch, [ch 3, sl st in the first of the 3 ch you just made] 2 times, 1 sc in each of the last 2 ch from the starting ch

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the feet to the bottom of the body

Comb

Make 1 with red yarn

ch 7

turn, in 2nd ch from hook (sc, dc, sc), [sl st in next ch, (sc, dc, sc) in next ch] 2 times, sl st in last ch