Hello my dears. Today I prepared a wonderful chicken amigurumi pattern. Especially the orange color details used in the comb are very nice. The use of brown tone in its beak has given it a distinctive feature. Also, I can’t help but say that it is very simple to make. The construction of the long legs seems to be quite simple. Today, I bring this free amigurumi pattern that anyone new can do with you, my dear followers.

Cute Chicken Amigurumi Toy

There are actually a few defining points between a hen and a rooster. These points are the comb and tail. While the tail and comb of roosters are quite large, the combs and tails of hens and chicks are small. I would also like you to know that you can easily transform this toy into a rooster.

Designer: annab.shop

Materials

• Ricorumi, cotton color 061 (off-white), 25g
• Ricorumi, cotton color 056 (brown), 25g
• Ricorumi, cotton color 071 (camel), 25g
• Ricorumi, cotton color 068 (orange), 25g
• Pearl cotton size 8, black (to embroider the eyes)
• 1 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 1 embroidery needle
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations

• Rd = round
• st = stitch
• ch = chain
• slst = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• dec = invisible decrease
• inc = increase
• “…* = repeat until the end of the round

Cute Chicken Amigurumi Crochet Instructions

Body

Color 061

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6
Rd 2 : 1 inc in each st- 12
Rd 3 : *1 sc, 1 inc* (x6)- 18
Rd 4 : 1 sc in each st- 18
Rd 5 : *2 sc, 1 inc*(x6) – 24
Rd 6 to 9 (4 rounds) : 1 sc in each st- 24
Rd 10 : 1 inc, 23 sc – 25
Rd 11 : 1 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc – 26
Rd 12 : 2 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc – 27
Rd 13 : 3 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc – 28
Rd 14 : 3 sc, 1 inc, 24 sc – 29
Rd 15 : 3 sc, 1 inc, 25 sc – 30
Rd 16 : 4 sc, ch 7, insert your hook in the 2nd st from the hook and make 26 sc – 36
Rd 17 : *5 sc, 1 inc*(x6) – 42
Rd 18 : 3 sc, 1 inc, *6 sc, 1 inc” (x5), 3 sc – 48
Rd 19 to 21 (3 rounds) : 1 sc in each st- 48
Rd 22 : *6 sc, 1 dec*(x6) – 42

Stuff.

Rd 23 and 24 (2 rounds) : 1 sc in each st- 42
Rd 25 : *5 sc, 1 dec*(x6) – 36
Rd 26 : 1 sc in each st- 36
Rd 27 : 2 sc, 1 dec, *4 sc, 1 dec*(x5), 2 sc – 30
Rd 28 : *3 sc, 1 dec*(x6) – 24
Rd 29 : *2 sc, 1 dec*(x6) – 18
Rd 30 : *1 sc, 1 dec*(x6) – 12

Finish stuffing.

Finish with a slst then fasten off and close your work: using your tapestry needle, go through the BLO of each st from the last round with the tail then pull firmly. Hide the rest of the tail inside.

Legs x2

Color 056

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6
Rd 2 to 16 (15 rounds): 1 sc in each st- 6 Do not stuff the legs.

Finish with a slst then fasten off. Make sure you keep a long enough tail for the assembly (about 30 cm).

Comb

Color 068

Big Comb 1

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6
Rd 2 : *2 sc, 1 inc* (x2) – 8
Rd 3 and 4 (2 rounds) : 1 sc in each st- 8 Fasten off and mark the last stitch.

Small Combs 2 and 3

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6
Rd 2 and 3 (2 rounds) : 1 sc in each st- 6 Fasten off and mark the last stitch.

For the third and last small comb, do not fasten off but assemble combs 1 and 2 as follows.:

4 sc on comb 1, 6 sc around comb 2, 4 sc on comb 1 again then finish with 6 sc around comb 3 so 21 sc in total.

Continue the comb with one last round with 1 sc in each st- 21

Finish with a slst then fasten off. Make sure you keep a long enough tail for the assembly (about 20 cm).

Do not stuff the comb.

Wattle

Color 068

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6

Finish with a slst then fasten off. Make sure you keep a long enough tail for the assembly (about 20 cm).

Beak

Color 071

Rd 1 : 6 sc in a magic ring- 6
Rd 2 : *2 sc, 1 inc* (x2) – 8
Rd 3 : *3 sc, 1 inc*(x2) – 10
Rd 4 1 sc in each st- 10

Finish with a slst then fasten off. Make sure you keep a long enough tail for the assembly (about 20 cm).

Assembly

Place the comb on the top of the head. Sew the legs at the bottom, 1 cm apart. Place the beak vertically on rounds 6 to 8.

Place the small wattle vertically on rounds 10 to 12.

Embroider two small eyes on each side of the beak between rounds 7 and 8.

To use your hen as a table decoration you can omit the legs and simply place her at the centre of the table or on each guest’s plate as a nice gift.