October
@cockatrice.bsky.social
They/Them, 30s, the artist behind Lairbrew. Obsessed with chickens, too many other interests to summarize.
Suits:
October, Cockatrice fursona, 🪡lulu_furs
Egg, Hognose, 🪡CityMutt (shared w/my wife)
Suits:
October, Cockatrice fursona, 🪡lulu_furs
Egg, Hognose, 🪡CityMutt (shared w/my wife)
Being a vendor at every furry con you attend means you get to suit for like 15 minutes when you should already be going to sleep
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Being a vendor at every furry con you attend means you get to suit for like 15 minutes when you should already be going to sleep
GOD FINALLY. 430lb machine moved up the steps in to the house. Fuck. That sucked incredible ass.
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
GOD FINALLY. 430lb machine moved up the steps in to the house. Fuck. That sucked incredible ass.
Slowly putting together a new enclosure build based on having had house chickens as long as I have. It is at least to the point where these two can be cozy!
September 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Slowly putting together a new enclosure build based on having had house chickens as long as I have. It is at least to the point where these two can be cozy!
Dino Saure and Noodle Caboodle!! BJ is bad company for Nana so she will have a flock her own size now. Dino has his adult voice but Noodle still talks like a baby
September 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Dino Saure and Noodle Caboodle!! BJ is bad company for Nana so she will have a flock her own size now. Dino has his adult voice but Noodle still talks like a baby
I'm so mad. I was recovering great from this mouth trauma and just needed something simple done today that should've been the end to this nightmare. They couldn't have possibly fucked it up worse.
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm so mad. I was recovering great from this mouth trauma and just needed something simple done today that should've been the end to this nightmare. They couldn't have possibly fucked it up worse.
Rural freight had no tracking, you just get randomly called like "ya we're comin rn be ready" and gotta drop everything. Nightmare scenario
August 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rural freight had no tracking, you just get randomly called like "ya we're comin rn be ready" and gotta drop everything. Nightmare scenario
Werewolves done. I still have some gryphons to do, 2 big cons to prep for, and we're butting up against carrion baggage fulfilment starting but it was the wolves wrecking me. I swear I lost like 30lbs from not eating or sleeping, if I don't wear a belt my pants fall right off.
July 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Werewolves done. I still have some gryphons to do, 2 big cons to prep for, and we're butting up against carrion baggage fulfilment starting but it was the wolves wrecking me. I swear I lost like 30lbs from not eating or sleeping, if I don't wear a belt my pants fall right off.
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Chicken Griffin🐔🐤
April 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Chicken Griffin🐔🐤
11:59 am: will I still have a business in a month?
12:00 pm: will I still have food and shelter in a month?
12:00 pm: will I still have food and shelter in a month?
April 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
11:59 am: will I still have a business in a month?
12:00 pm: will I still have food and shelter in a month?
12:00 pm: will I still have food and shelter in a month?
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Commission for @cockatrice.bsky.social / Lairbrew
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Commission for @cockatrice.bsky.social / Lairbrew
Nana Banana got a new peel today
March 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Nana Banana got a new peel today
Absolutely sick of "not willing to perform labor-intensive educational work for free on command for literally any person that asks" being called gatekeeping.
Same with "not being willing to sit down and make a personalized step by step because you asked about something complicated and variable"
Same with "not being willing to sit down and make a personalized step by step because you asked about something complicated and variable"
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Absolutely sick of "not willing to perform labor-intensive educational work for free on command for literally any person that asks" being called gatekeeping.
Same with "not being willing to sit down and make a personalized step by step because you asked about something complicated and variable"
Same with "not being willing to sit down and make a personalized step by step because you asked about something complicated and variable"
FINALLY I can hug BJ again!! She still can't wear pants, but she is far enough through the molt that petting and attention are ok as long as I'm not rough. Just need my back to heal so I can spend more than 2 seconds with her
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
FINALLY I can hug BJ again!! She still can't wear pants, but she is far enough through the molt that petting and attention are ok as long as I'm not rough. Just need my back to heal so I can spend more than 2 seconds with her
I adopted a retired breeder leachie! She is a calm, sweet individual according to her old keeper, and she hasn't given me anything even close to sass yet. I'm gonna spoil her rotten
February 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I adopted a retired breeder leachie! She is a calm, sweet individual according to her old keeper, and she hasn't given me anything even close to sass yet. I'm gonna spoil her rotten
@aetusart.com I hope your panel goes great! Happy to see some good avian stuff on the scehdule.
I really wanted to go but couldn't make it. Is this something you've repeated at other cons? I'll keep an eye out and maybe get to actually see it next time LOL
I really wanted to go but couldn't make it. Is this something you've repeated at other cons? I'll keep an eye out and maybe get to actually see it next time LOL
February 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@aetusart.com I hope your panel goes great! Happy to see some good avian stuff on the scehdule.
I really wanted to go but couldn't make it. Is this something you've repeated at other cons? I'll keep an eye out and maybe get to actually see it next time LOL
I really wanted to go but couldn't make it. Is this something you've repeated at other cons? I'll keep an eye out and maybe get to actually see it next time LOL
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HEADLINE: CDC posts, then deletes, data on bird flu spread between cats and people. The data which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households.
It is evident the CDC is being muzzled SO let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND your pets. 🧪🧵 ⬇️
It is evident the CDC is being muzzled SO let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND your pets. 🧪🧵 ⬇️
February 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
HEADLINE: CDC posts, then deletes, data on bird flu spread between cats and people. The data which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households.
It is evident the CDC is being muzzled SO let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND your pets. 🧪🧵 ⬇️
It is evident the CDC is being muzzled SO let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND your pets. 🧪🧵 ⬇️
Nana's review: "Thought it was cheese, it wasn't. 2 out of 5."
February 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Nana's review: "Thought it was cheese, it wasn't. 2 out of 5."
Poor BJ is having one of the worst molts I've ever seen. This is unfortunately common for hens with borked hormones, and since managing her cancer means borking them on purpose, she is currently untouchable. She stands in one spot all day looking absolutely miserable. Can't wait for it to be over.
February 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Poor BJ is having one of the worst molts I've ever seen. This is unfortunately common for hens with borked hormones, and since managing her cancer means borking them on purpose, she is currently untouchable. She stands in one spot all day looking absolutely miserable. Can't wait for it to be over.
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
MAN I hate etsy and cannot wait for the day I don't need to sell on there. I feel less like an artist using a platform and more like an overworked contractor that the company strings along so they can avoid paying salary and benefits every time they pull some new bullshit.
January 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
MAN I hate etsy and cannot wait for the day I don't need to sell on there. I feel less like an artist using a platform and more like an overworked contractor that the company strings along so they can avoid paying salary and benefits every time they pull some new bullshit.
BJ hates the heat and Nana is super cold intolerant. Nanners roosts against 2 outdoor walls so when it's really cold she gets super chilly, but I can't turn up the heat enough to negate it or it'll roast BJ.
Luckily she's so tiny and sweet I can just set her on the warm bathroom shelf and she stays
Luckily she's so tiny and sweet I can just set her on the warm bathroom shelf and she stays
January 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
BJ hates the heat and Nana is super cold intolerant. Nanners roosts against 2 outdoor walls so when it's really cold she gets super chilly, but I can't turn up the heat enough to negate it or it'll roast BJ.
Luckily she's so tiny and sweet I can just set her on the warm bathroom shelf and she stays
Luckily she's so tiny and sweet I can just set her on the warm bathroom shelf and she stays
WE GOIN TO ANTHROCON BAYBEE Gonna have new stuff to debut but now I kinda want to have a surprise somethin too since it'll be our first time there
January 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WE GOIN TO ANTHROCON BAYBEE Gonna have new stuff to debut but now I kinda want to have a surprise somethin too since it'll be our first time there
I hate that I take a timelapse of every bit of art I do, and I have to put the time and space in to archiving it all just in case, but I can't really share any of it with any peace of mind because they could just be stolen to teach AI how to fake that too.
January 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I hate that I take a timelapse of every bit of art I do, and I have to put the time and space in to archiving it all just in case, but I can't really share any of it with any peace of mind because they could just be stolen to teach AI how to fake that too.
Bananners is having a rough molt but she's still much happier with Tito gone. She went from seeing me as a scary food carrying gremlin who would scream bloody murder any time she was touched to wanting to be carried around, smooshed and snuggled 24/7 pretty much overnight.
December 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Bananners is having a rough molt but she's still much happier with Tito gone. She went from seeing me as a scary food carrying gremlin who would scream bloody murder any time she was touched to wanting to be carried around, smooshed and snuggled 24/7 pretty much overnight.