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Fancier's Guide to Cockatrices

Created by Lairbrew

Enamel pins that take real chicken breeds and snake species to make fantastical kinds of cockatrices!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Quick Update!
30 days ago – Sun, Sep 27, 2026 at 02:48:24 AM

Pins have been submitted to the manufacturer! Long since in fact! Everything is paid for and we're on steps that I don't have much control over. However, they still haven't gotten most of the artwork proofs to me, and what I have received needed a lot of changes that still haven't been confirmed. Since the plan was for production to begin this month that means we're going to be running behind on the timeline. How far behind, I'm not sure. I will be sharing as soon as I've actually gotten all proofs and have approved them for manufacturing to start, but I can't re-arrange the timeline until then.

This happened with Gnawesome Predators too.. the proof stage drew on foreeeever, and then everything happened all at once. However there was almost 10x the number of designs for that project. I'm not exactly sure what the holdup is, and I'm doing my best to keep on it.

Other news:

  • The remaining 2 designs were unlocked in the pre-order store! So all 12 designs are going to production. I need to reach out to those of you who got full sets still, as updating the surveys has proven to be unfeasible right now. It would basically reset all of them for everyone, and with the amount of people who've completed theres that'd be not a great idea, so I'll have to handle them individually.
  • The stickers are all done, including the gold line prism sultans which were unlocked!
  •  Gnawesome Predators pins have arrived, which means I'll be head down in fulfillment for that shortly. All of the stuff for Carrion Baggage: Second Bite is also on the way so I'm about to be stupid busy on mostly untouched stuff.
  • Deadweights is live! There's only 1 design left to unlock.
  • No plush this time around! Sorry y'all! Rocky and Stone will instead be waiting to go in to another project. I might be redesigning them as well as that evolves, we'll see.
  • Jiggy Jam is coming in November! Tributes is going to be a fun event, I hope you'll check it out if you have any games you're nostalgic for!

Sorry to not have a juicier update, but things are moving along! See you soon!

Final results: 10 out of 12 designs!
4 months ago – Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 02:10:10 PM

Hey all! The campaign has been over for a second, but I was away from home! I'm back and on the mend from con crud now, sorry for the late post. We got 10 out of 12 designs unlocked! Well, technically 9, but we were within spitting distance of the 10th and it is one of my favorites so I decided to unlock it anyway. With all that said and done:

Smoke test surveys have come out!


Please let me know if you encounter any errors! The full round of surveys will not go out until I've gotten enough smoke tests back. If you did not receive an email with a link to your survey you're not one of the random testers, so you don't need to do anything at this time.

If you were a True Fancier supporter: You will have the option to receive credit back for 2 designs instead of picking duplicates as part of your survey that can be used for add-ons instead! I'll refund any unspent credit if you use it on unlockable pre-order items that do not get produced.

The pre-order store is open!

Please note that the pre-order store creates a second order that ships separately. I suggest doing everything as add-ons when your survey arrives, and only placing a pre-order store order if you want the items to ship in separate shipments.

A little more house keeping:
  • All designs are available as stickers, not just the unlocked ones
  • There is also a cockatrice chick sticker available
  • Both the Canopy Jewel and Deathrattle designs are available as pre-order store stretch goals!
  • The plush are also pre-order stretch goals!
  • A gold lined version of the Prism Sultan design will be available if enough people want it!


Here's those stickers! Anyway, I have not yet received any funds, so I have no manufacturing points to discuss. Sorry it isn't more exciting, but thank you for your time, and again thanks so much for supporting the project!

We're FUNDED WOW!!!!
4 months ago – Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 12:42:43 PM

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to be offering pins for my favorite fantasy critters, especially in a way that lets me be a little bit of a dork about my favorite animals (chickens.) Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has already backed! Y'all even managed to fund this before I could finish typing up this first update, WOW!!! Puffy Dumplet here we come, and we're already closing in on the Walking Nightshade!


Making stuff like this is always serious work in essence, but this one is meant to be a little fun too! So let's have a good time with it. If you have any stories or fondness for them tell me about your favorite chickens or snakes! Like if you have 'em who's your favorite chook? What snake do you think is prettiest? What combination of chicken and snake would you most like to keep as a fancier? Alternatively, feel free to ask questions about the cockatrices or anything related that comes to mind and I will do my best to answer

If you haven't checked it out yet, please take a look at The Spoonie Bestiary too! They are our partner campaign for the event, and backing both of us will net you 2 free pins- one of which is another cockatrice for your flock!


Thank you SO MUCH for giving my art a look and supporting the project!!! Here's to a great campaign!