free Chicken crochet pattern

Free Baby Chicken crochet pattern

Learn how to crochet a very cute baby chicken with this easy and fast to make free crochet pattern.
This pattern is very suitable for beginners that want to learn how to crochet an amigurumi.
You can make the chicken in any yarn that you like. I made it in cotton and chenille yarn, the cotton one is very small, the chenille one is much larger, two different chickens with the same pattern.

If you want to crochet a big plush toy within a few hours, use big chunky yarn and crochet hook and you will have made a cute gift very fast! Perfect pattern for easter.

There is a full free video on how to create this chick here:


Check out my basic stitches tutorial if you are a beginner. The tutorial has a lot of videos included.

Materials:

These are the materials that I used. You can replace them with other materials. If you wish to make a larger or smaller version of this chick, you can just use a thicker or thinner yarn/crochet hook.

Small baby chicken: 6 cm / 2,5 inch
Big baby chicken: 18 cm / 7 inch

Yellow cotton – catania color: 208
Orange Cotton – catania color: 281
Brown Cotton – catania color: 157
Synthetic Poly filling
1 pair black safety eyes: 8 mm

The big baby chicken (18 cm / 8 inch) was made with chenille yarn (super bulky), 5.0 mm hook and 15 mm safety eyes.

TIP Chenille/Velvet or other similar yarn: The body of the chicken might look a bit to oval when crocheting it, don’t worry about it, it will be fine when you put stuffing in it.

Check the materials page on my website if you need help in choosing the right materials.

Supplies:
Scissors
Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16
Pins

free chick crochet pattern
free baby chicken crochet pattern

Body:

  • Use yellow yarn.
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times [12]
  • Rnd 3: (sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
  • Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [24]
  • Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [30]
  • Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [36]
  • Rnd 7-9: sc in all 36 st [36]
  • Rnd 10: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [42]
  • Rnd 11-12: sc in all 42 st [42]
  • Rnd 13: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times [48]
  • Rnd 14-20: sc in all 48 st [48]
  • Insert 8 mm safety eyes between round 11-12 with an interspace of 9 st.
  • Rnd 21: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
  • Rnd 22: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
  • Rnd 23: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
  • Rnd 24: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
  • Stuff the body with toy filling.
  • Always use a lot of stuffing for your amigurumi to get a nice shape.
  • Rnd 25: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
  • Rnd 26: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
  • Rnd 27: dec 6 times [6]
  • Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail. Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitch and pull it tight to close. Weave in the yarn end.
free baby chicken amigurumi pattern

Wing 2x:

  • Use yellow yarn.
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times [12]
  • Rnd 3-5: sc in all 12 st [12]
  • Rnd 6: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
  • Fold the wings to flatten them (see this video: https://youtu.be/cc1f99WM_QM on how to do this). Sew the wings on round 13.

Beak:

  • Use orange yarn.
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
  • Rnd 2: sc in next st, inc in next st, sc in next 2 st, inc in next st, sc in next st (8)
  • Rnd 3: sc in next 2 st, inc in next st, sc in next 3 st, inc in next st, sc in next st (10)
  • Rnd 4: sc in next 3 st, inc in next st, sc in next 4 st, inc in next st, sc in next st (12)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
  • Sew the beak on rounds 11-13 of the body between the eyes. Put a bit of stuffing in the beak when you almost finished sewing the beak on the body.
Free chick amigurumi pattern
Free Chick amigurumi pattern

Feet 2x:

  • Use brown yarn.
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
  • Rnd 2: inc in next 2 st, sc + dc + sc in next 3 st, inc in next st (15)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
  • Sew the feet on the bottom of the body.
  • Do you think the feet are difficult to make? Please check this video for help: https://youtu.be/cc1f99WM_QM

Now your chick is ready!
I hope you enjoy this free chicken amigurumi crochet pattern. There are many more patterns on my website.