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Perrites, also known as Petite Cloven Fowl, are a diminutive and highly social bird-like equine native to the deep jungles of Southeast Asia. Standing around five to seven hands at the shoulder, they are just barely the size of an average domestic chicken. They are often kept in large flocks as guard animals to other livestock due to their protective nature and loud warning calls. Coming in a wide variety of colorful coat variations they are also kept as flashy indoor exotic pets by some, though they can be demanding by nature and difficult to train. However you aim to keep them, as long as they have a flock to socialize with and are given plenty of room to roam, perrites can be very loyal animals toward humans and quite fulfilling to care for.

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Adopt Rules
- Perrites are a closed species; you may not make your own customs or breedings for any reason
- There is no limit to how many you may adopt nor any cooldowns
- Perrites have no breeding slot limits or breeding cooldowns
- Sex cannot be visually changed (ie horns/antlers on bucks), however you're welcome to give them different pronouns
- Line edits and item additions are allowed by artists; but adopters may not alter their perrites themselves nor ask for edits
- A storage page is required to be able to breed, create customs, or enter shows, but not for regular adopt comps (storage example)
- Users may not sell their perrites for more than they spent on them, and the currency must stay the same (bought for C$, sell for C$, ect)
- To sell/gift/trade just notify the current active archivist and inform them of the transfer, then post with a link to the new owner on the perrite's adoption page to notify the artist

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Species Notes
- Native to Asia, like their very distant avian cousins the red jungle fowl
- Often described as canine or fox-like in their behaviors during play and socialization
- When angered or play hunting, both bucks and hens may behave like an unruly rooster chasing away threats - watch your ankles!
- First imported to Mexico and sold widespread as exotic pets leading to their odd mis-communicated name (little doggy, bird doggy, chicken puppy, etc)
- Very smol, like 5 to 7 hands SMOL, with min being 4.3 and max being 7.3 (though you can breed for shorter or taller!)
- Though their jaws look almost entirely equine, their teeth are more like that of toothed birds with short serrated ridges (and have you ever seen a goose's tongue? well..yeah don't let a perrite lick your face perhaps..)
- Lifespan in the wild averages about six to eight years, less for unique traited or male perrites; in captivity with proper care that lifespan increases dramatically to fifteen to twenty average. Hens notably live a decent bit longer, with the eldest female perrite recorded being twenty nine!
- Adult males are called Bucks, adult females are called Hens, young bucks are called Cockerals, young hens are called Pullets, and newborns are interchangably called foals or chicks (in some places 'chick' is used purely for newborns while 'foal' is more often used after theyve passed their first week)
- Bucks have horns/antlers/etc of some sort, which can be anything from rams horns, unicorn horns, rhino horns, goat horns, elk or deer antlers, bull horns, or really anything one can think of!
- Bucks can have unnatural coats themed after any kind of bird, or regular horse designs
- Bucks can also have a combo of bird & horse markings mixed together
- There are a variety of unique traits that can add unnatural effects as well
- Hens have no horns/antlers/ect
- Hens can only show horse based coats, no bird coats
- There are a few main tail types, including peacock (most common) as well as rooster, racket, and archaeopteryx, with new tails sets continuing to be found as the species grows
- Feathering can be any natural-esc color/pattern, usually themed after birds, but it can be anything
- Newborn foals are mainly insectivores, but they eat more vegetation-based diets as adults
- Favorite foods include a variety of sea algae, soft meadow grasses or clovers, tree bark when food is scarce, and their most beloved ; any sort of mushrooms! (Their digestive systems are even capable of handling severe toxins from normally 'deadly' species of fungi, though that doesnt make them taste any better..)
- Soft curly down-feather texture for body hair with bristly horsehair textured manes (colorful/hyper pigmented mane hairs seem to be softer however)
- They have curled marwari ears, and their hearing is a bit poor. They are often born with their ears curled up and laid flat against their crests, making them almost completely deaf for a few weeks as the cartilage stiffens and they loose their protective inner ear floofs. This 'poof' on their heads rather than any ears, as well as the matching tail 'poof' before their big feaathers come in, is why perrites under a week old are so often called 'chicks'. 'So ugly they're cute' is pretty on par for perrites as well as the average freshly hatched bird lol
- Cloven hooves that need regular trimming if not exposed to rocky surfaces, the toes of which are extra tough on bucks and often become dangerously sharp over time if neglected. Buck horns also tend to need some management depending on the type, especially if they don't have other bucks around to spar and playfight with in order to wear their horns down
- They make chicken noises, bucks can crow like roosters. Some perrites after a few generations of breeding in domesticity have been heard making broader parrot-esc ranges of sounds, even getting close to mimicking human speech and tunes like large parrots! They can also create noises similar to clicks or knocks with their tongues, useful for communicating long distances with flock members
- Live in large flocks and are super social (so you better adopt a lot of them to keep them happy)
- Bucks often lead a small flock but pair up with other bucks to create larger family units, and can be safely kept together domestically if done correctly (one buck per three hens advised)
- Mountain-goat-like agility, defying the laws of physics always, often finding themselves sleeping perched on roofs or tree branches, and master escape artists - good luck keeping them consistntly contained!

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Artist Rules
- Artists may come and go as they please, there is no activity rules/limits
- There is no max price you may charge for an adopt or custom, all currencies are permitted
- May make one personal custom a month, two if you post 10 free adopts/breedings for the community in that month, of any rarity/type/etc
- May do your own breedings as often as you please within reason
- Can do line edits or add items as you please as long as they follow the main rules;
- No massively changing the species (ie no weird mutations/wings/other species body parts/removing fur-feathers/etc - premade lines for new varieties might offer things like this in the future)
- No saddles or other riding specific tack (they're the size of chickens, who would that be for? lol) or robotic parts/things that mimic the body edit no-nos such as wings or extra limbs (this may be reserved for special events in the future)
- Yes to (but not limited to) roman or dished noses, extra foot feathering (or altered boots), new tails (must be avian themed but can be anything bird-like!), edited (but not full removal of) crest feathers, edited ears (within the equine/bovine/cervidae/etc category only), changing mane texture and length, beards, extra fluffs, feathering in extra places like on elbows/spines/cheeks/etc (or altered runner feather placement), changing eye shape/pupils, adding whiskers, adding extra or custom lined horns/antlers/teeth (bucks only as always), or adjusting body shape/weight such as mini pony stature etc
- Remove background/foreground once adopted to provide transparent images (you may make a color-in version with the background still on if you like, especially for those with the 'Glassy' gene)
- Unique traits should be kept relatively rarer than the average natural coat
- Adopts and imports may not contain more than two unique markings; breedings can contain any number
- Must follow species guidelines closely; if unsure, just ask!
- For filling out the sections;
Coat Type = Equine, Avian, Hybrid (if a combination of both), and if the coat includes any of the unique marking it should include 'Unique' in front (ie 'Unique Avian', 'Unique Hybrid', etc)
Coat Color = The color/marking names (this should be as realistic as possible) ie 'Black Overo', 'Blue Budgie Tobiano', 'African Grey', ect
Horn Type = Whichever horn lineart is chosen. If it's custom lined, name it whatever the horns are inspired by. If a hen, list it as 'None'
Eye Color = Enter whatever fun color name you would like! This can be anything from simple one word answers like 'red' to entire quotes/lyrics/nonsense words. No limitations! Heterochromia of all sorts is also totally allowed.
Tail Type = Whichever tail lineart is chosen. If custom lined, name it whatever species the tail is inspired by.
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Breeding Rules
- Must have an updated storage page ie an Aviary of some sort in order to request a breeding (to track offspring)
- Only buck x hen breedings are allowed naturally, unless a rainbow ticket is used
- No cooldowns or slot limits for any perrites
- Will only produce one offspring per breeding, no twins (unless the stud has won the twin bonus trait via shows)
- Inbreeding parents to offspring or full sibling to full sibling is not allowed; further relatives do not matter
- Line edits pass at artist discretion only and are not guaranteed, you may not request edits to be passed nor any markings/colors
- Gender and height are randomly rolled by the breeding artist; there is a 25% chance of rolling buck, and a 75% chance of rolling hen
- Feather coloration will be a mix of both parents in some way
- Base coat will often be slightly randomized, often adding new markings or variation through the lineage (ex; a solid coat x solid coat may produce a tobi baby at random, things of that nature)
- Horn types on bucks will be directly inherited from the sire, this will not change unless a keratin ticket is used
- Unique traits have a 25% chance of passing onto offspring; if both parents have the same trait, it is still only a 25% chance roll
- To use gifted/traded slots, include a screenshot of the owner of the perrite granting you permission (quotes will not count)
- Do not PM artists about slots! Artists will post here with a form to fill out when they have decided to open some breeding slots. Never pester or ask artists to open slots just for you.

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Credits
Giftlines by teresa8oats
Giftlines by teresa8oats
Giftlines by teresa8oats
Color-ins provided by Fawntura, ShadyBro, teresa8oats

[►Athena◄]

Why hello new Shady adopts. I love that the bucks can have flashy bird coats like how most male birds have flashier coats than females, and all the little details you've already formed about how these guys develop/their personalities.

[Glowingsaltshaker]

mark!!

[chellerd]

These look super adorable <3

[Fawntura]

Mark! Cuteness!

[blackhoeses]

mark need a flock of these smol beans for my barns

[Luzala]

aaw they are adorable!! mark!!

[Owlmania]

mark

[Pandora!]

mark mark mark!

[Cowgirlte]

big ol mark