If you're anything like me, you care an unreasonable amount about the intricacies of Skyrim's chicken population. Your immersion was absolutely destroyed by the lack of roosters. Luckily, MihailMods came to the rescue with Roosters- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SE-AE version) (''chicken'') . I added roosters to places that already had chickens. I tried my best to keep it to one rooster per population of chickens and I kept the color distribution of the roosters I added somewhat random. Please bother me if you have an issue with my patches not the original mod authors. These patches were made by me ChickenMike and not MihailMods. All plugins are .ESL flagged .ESPs so they won't take up a place in your load order.
This is normally the spot where I say these patches don't work on a game in progress. Yes not changing your load order mid save is best practice, however in this specific instance it is most likely fine. If you have an issue, start a new game and see if its still there before filing a bug report please.
These patches require BEES to function properly on older game versions.
Plugins that add Roosters
BUVARP SE RE - Barely Used Vanilla Actors Recycle Project Special Edition Revamped
CC Hendraheim - Tweaks and Enhancements (this plugin likely requires a new game)
City of Crossed Daggers - Riften Expansion
Cities of the North - Falkreath
Environs - The Ruined Tundra Farmhouse
Gonzeh - Little Locations - Drelas Cottage
Grand Solitude - The Walls of High King Erling
Granite Hill - Cut Content Restoration
Great Village of Mixwater Mill
Hjertesten Hall - Player Home and Settlement
Orc Strongholds - Largashbur (supports version 2.0 as well as prior versions via fomod.)
Orc Strongholds - Mor Khazgur (only for versions prior to v 2.0.0. The chickens we're removed in that update so I had to remove the rooster sadge)
Orc Strongholds - Narzulbur (only for versions prior to v 2.5.0. The chickens we're removed in that update so I had to remove the rooster sadge)
Quaint Hamlet of Soljund's Sinkhole
Riften Extension - Southwoods District
Skyrim Cut Content Restoration
PATCHES
SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators SE - This patch is for the full version. I disabled all of Skytest's roosters and gave Mihail's Roosters Skytest's AI packages
FAQ
Q:Why did you call this page C.O.C.K.S.?
A:In Mihail's discord, their Rooster mod was referred to as project Cock for a long time and I wanted to pay homage to that because I'm a manchild who thought it was funny.
Q:Will these new roosters use the models added by mods like Mihail's Rooster Proportions?
A:Yes, any mods altering the original roosters should also affect the roosters added by this mod.
Q:Do these patches work with my game version?
A:They should, but best practice is to use BEES.
Q:Wow these patches sure look complicated to do how did you make them?
A:Truthfully it's not that complicated. It took me like an hour to learn the like an hour to learn the CK and to be honest you should already know how to use SSEedit. Janquel's guide is an invaluable resource and without it I wouldn't have known where to even start. If I can do it you can too!
Q:Why does this page have a FOMOD but others mod pages of yours don't?
A:I did one this time because it only took 20 minutes. Also this page will likely grow to a very big number of patches and it is best to get started early.
Q:Do you take patch requests?
A:For this page absolutely. Individual patches only take me a couple minutes so it isn't a big deal.
Q:You haven't had any recent activity on GGmods and I need to get a hold of you, how can I do that?
A:@ChickenMike in either Ryn, or Janquel's discords and I should see it. I'm also in a bunch of other discords, but I check those two the most regularly.
Q:Why are you missing so many screenshots?
A:I'm lazy and taking screenshots is super tedious and I hate it.
PERSONAL THANK YOUS (in no particular order)
MissileMann for helping me come up with the acronym for this page.
robertgk2017 for advice on how to actually upload a patch collection and general encouragement.
Janquel for their excellent guide. I wouldn't know where to start without it.
Thank yous
MihailMods for Roosters- Mihail Monsters and Animals (SE-AE version) (''chicken'')
Arthmoor for Cutting Room Floor
AndrealphusVIII for BUVARP SE RE - Barely Used Vanilla Actors Recycle Project Special Edition Revamped and CC Hendraheim - Tweaks and Enhancements
Redbag for RedBag's Rorikstead
Surjamte for Capital Whiterun Expansion and Capital Windhelm Expansion
JPSteel2 for Cities of the North - Falkreath
Archinatic for Great Town of Karthwasten, Great Town of Shor's Stone, Great Village of Mixwater Mill and Great City of Winterhold
Socalista and JobiWanUK for Quaint Hamlet of Soljund's Sinkhole
Gonzeh84 for Gonzeh - Little Locations
The entire Beyond Skyrim team for Beyond Skyrim - Bruma SE
Grantyboy050 for Immersive Fort Dawnguard
ImperialWatchman for Watchman's Drelas' Cottage
razorkid for Beyond Reach
JJerem for their Strongholds, Largashbur , Mor Khazgur and Narzulbur
etayorius for SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators SE
Jonx0r for Wyrmstooth
TheBawb for Warden of the Coast
Ryn2g for Ryn's Goldenglow Estate
AlexanderJVelicky for Falskaar
venjhammet for Land of Vominheim
DdsLedg for Midwood Isle
RoastGorilla439 for Granite Hill - Cut Content Restoration and Skyrim Cut Content Restoration
gutmaw for Snazzy Black Briar Lodge
ArcaneUniversity and all contributing students to Hestra's Nest
jkrojmal for JK's Riverfall Cottage
Siberpunk for Environs - The Ruined Tundra Farmhouse
Dovahkiinathay for Hjertesten Hall - Player Home and Settlement
PoptartJuniper for Juniper's House for Illia
Kspace for Riften Extension - Southwoods District
iyreshot for Angis Camp Overhaul
Drengin for Grand Solitude - The Walls of High King Erling
marijn191 for City of Crossed Daggers - Riften Expansion
Bethesda for the Creation Kit and Skyrim
ElminsterAU for SSEEdit
All of these mod authors do excellent work and you should check all their stuff out.
Instructions
Drag the fomod into your mod manager and run the installer on your load order.
Requirements
Optional Requirements
Rooster Distribution FOMOD
Rooster Distribution FOMOD
