Actually its a good time for a theme with chicken and roosters - especially because the year of the rooster ends 2017. good enough of a reason to have a closer look at the chicks.
its cool to take the reference - photography yourself, especially if you have an idea for the theme and you are guessing which perspectives and viewpoints could be suitable for the artwork:
the photography of the rooster is the template for a sketch with pen and paper. the legs are not ideal, so the perspective of the sketch and the final emboridery will be different:
the embroidery template and a preview of the embroidery will follow soon.