A Collection of Chicken Theme Home Goods

My “Baking and Eggs” clock is one of my favorite pieces to display. It’s designed by Sharon Neuhaus of Poultry in Motion.

The chef rooster has attitude, and it’s colorful. Check out that rainbow asparagus!

This piece started life as a plate. As a clock, there aren’t a lot of them around. In fact, I got this from an eBay seller whose husband made it.

As dinnerware, it also works with my dish collections. It’s also practical, because it’s a clock. So I get at least three benefits from this addition to my stash.

This mug was “mine” the minute I saw it in a secondhand store.

Another funky and quirky rooster to display or to use.

I don’t find this product line too often in my travels, but it’s on my permanent shopping list.

Poultry in Motion also licenses kitchen items like cookie jars and other pieces, all with roosters and hens in bright colors.

These are plates that I use from time to time.

The Sunnydale pattern includes a variety of farm-motif designs, including barns on the dinner plates.

I like the hand painted chickens on the salad plates. They have the variation that comes from the human touch.

If that’s not your thing, you might not like this kind of vintage dinnerware, but I think the rustic look goes with my other unique items.

I purchased these shakers new, from a catalog that specializes in artisan-produced goods. They are produced in small quantities, somewhere between mass production and one of a kind. Again, funky and colorful.

(Hens With Aprons by Alison Palmer, from the Artful Home catalog.)

These could be used, but I probably just keep them for display. Once you put pepper in a shaker, it’s tough to get rid of the aroma. And salt is corrosive. Over time, it will damage the stoppers. If the ceramic is not glazed, or has any small defects, salt will work on that, too. I like my things to be pristine in most cases, so I have them out for show, and keep other shakers for daily use.

There are lots of chicken and rooster salt and pepper sets in the marketplace, both new and vintage. You could build a whole collection just on these. They’re cute to display and fit in a small space.