Free Crochet Chicken Pattern

This free crochet chicken pattern was originally created by Svetlana Kozlova She is no longer crocheting from what I can find. There was a version of her pattern that was simply missing some steps. Here’s a pattern for you to follow.

Pattern Instructions

Use a 3.75 mm crochet hook

Body:
1.Chain 15. Starting from the second chain from the hook, inc, 12 sc, 4 sc in 1
stitch, 12 sc, inc = 32 sc
2.2 inc, 12 sc, 4 inc, 12 sc, 2 inc = 40 sc
3.(1 sc, inc)×2 times, 12 sc, (1 sc, inc)×4 times, 12 sc, (1 sc, inc)×2 times = 48 sc
4.(2 sc, inc)×2 times, 12 sc, (2 sc, inc)×4 times, 12 sc, (2 sc, inc)×2 times = 56 sc
5.(3 sc, inc)×2 times, 12 sc, (3 sc, inc)×4 times, 12 sc, (3 sc, inc)×2 times = 64 sc
6-13. 64 sc (8 rounds) = 64 sc
14.1 dec, 28 sc, 2 dec, 28 sc, 1 dec = 60 sc
15.60 sc
16.(8 sc, dec)×6 times = 54 sc
17.(7 sc, dec)×6 times = 48 sc
18.48 sc
19.(6 sc, dec)×6 times = 42 sc
20.42 sc
Start stuffing the body.
21.(5 sc, dec)×6 times = 36 sc
Fold the body in half and crochet through both layers, 9 sc (back).
22.18 sc around the remaining stitches (neck). = 18 sc (head)
23-24. 18 sc (2 rounds) = 18 sc
25.(1 sc, dec)×6 times = 12 sc

Insert the eyes between rounds 23 and 24, with a distance of 3 sc between them.
26.6 dec
Wings (make 2):
1.6 sc in MR
2.6 inc = 12 sc
3.(1 sc, inc)×6 times = 18 sc
4.(2 sc, inc)×6 times = 24 sc

Fold the piece in half and crochet 12 sc through both layers. Do not cut the yarn,
continue working.

Wing Border:
Chain 2, (3 hdc in 1 stitch, sl st)×6 times.
Leave a long tail for sewing. Attach the wings along the back, leaving 2-3 rounds
between the wings and the body.

Comb:
Attach yarn one round above the eyes in the center.
Chain 3, in the first chain, crochet 1 dc. Skip one round on the head, and sl st into the
next stitch. Repeat this 3 times.

Beak:
Between the eyes, in the center, attach the yarn, chain 2, and in the first chain,
crochet 1 sc.

Wattles:
Chain 2, in the first chain, crochet 1 sl st, chain 2, and sl st into the same stitch where
the yarn is attached.

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