Chicken

A chicken was a domesticated, flightless bird that could be found in many places across Faerûn.

Description
These small creatures were covered in feathers, and had small beaks. Chickens were valued not only for their flesh but also for the eggs they laid, and were considered a delicacy in many farms and cities.

Ecology
Inns such as the Watchful Eye in Espar served chicken in pastries, and the Sleeping Cat in Wheloon served the meat in pies.

One of the material components for the cloak of fear spell was the tail feathers of a chicken or a vulture. Mages could often (accidentally) transform themselves, or others, into chickens.

Miscellaneous
One of the zulkirs of the Red Wizards of Thay, known as Merdrith, could animate a magical hut that had large chicken legs.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Daughter of the Drow • Windwalker
 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate • Icewind Dale • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn • Neverwinter Nights • Icewind Dale II • Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide • Sword Coast Legends • Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear • Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford