Chicken needlepoint patterns

Chickens: a rooster standing in profile, a hen as his companion, two chicks beak to beak, and the three French hens of the carol in a row.

The rooster has his comb, wattle and curving tail. The rooster and the hen are drawn in several styles, the French hens in two and the chicks in one. Most are four inches square on 18 mesh, and many can be made round. A rooster and a hen worked on the same ground make a pair, so check that the background color is the same in both thread lists.