The first in a series of dragon guide books that goes deeper into the know information about the dragons of Calluncia. Published in the year 1958 D.E. (Dragonotic Era) this book is considerably old, however is the only guide about dragons.
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Draco galiorphiotyrano... The Tyrant Chicken-serpent dragon. If you can't already tell, this is a close cousin to the Wyrm, and due to its dominance over the chicken mimicking dragon, many call it "Rooster", that and it's rooter-like appearance. However it isn't the cock of the walk among its smaller cousins, infact these dragons are the bane of the Wyrm. These dragons look like dragons, scale-like feathers cover their entire body, a dagger tipped tail, and a small row of spikes running down it's back. It has three horns, two smaller, corkscrewed ones with a comb-like antler in the middle. Their fangs are more noticeable on their beaked maws, and unlike it's abilityless cousins, they can breathe fire. They are larger than the Wyrms and what's worst is that they eat the Wyrms and their young.
Coloration for these dragons are distinctive. Bright red heads, bodies that can resemble any kind of chicken ( a trait it shares with the Wyrm dragon.) with green breasted males and blue breasted females. This makes them look like some weird rooster thing. Their eggs are burgundy with bolder red spots.
Rooster dragons are laid and hatched within a burrow or hollow in the confines of a forest or an abandoned barn. The young live with their father, mothers (Roosters have multiple mates at one time), and their many siblings. The eggs are laid in a separate chamber in the hollow or burrow that is lined with feathers, dried grass, charcoal, and lined with bones. The young depend on it's family for soft foods for a single month after their five week incubation. They then eat meat striped off the bone for the next two months before eating the meals their family brings, bone and all.
By their first year they have left the den for quite some time and are exploring the area outside of their home. They never go too far, and stick close to their older siblings. It is at this time that injured prey is brought to them, used to train them how to hunt and kill. By their second year they are joining their siblings on small hunts, bringing food to their new siblings in the den. At the age of three they are initiated into adulthood by hunting Wyrms. It is documented that their parents deliberately take them to chicken farms just to hunt the mimicking prey down if none can be found in the forest. They burn down the coop and chase the chickens and dragons out of their place of safety. They hunt down the young, weak, and slow of the group before returning home to feast on their prizes. The next day, they set on their own.
Abilities of these dragons, besides their fiery breath, is the ability to send fear through the entire chicken raising community with just one sighting. Once one has been sighted, every farmer, butcher, and child will go out to find and destroy the den and all of it's occupants. The reasoning is not only their style of hunting their chicken-like cousins, but the fact that the young who soon after the hunt left home would return to the site of the crime and eat all of the chickens they can burn! talk about going out for fried chicken.
Tips!: If raising chickens, make sure to have fireproof fences and coops as well as a way to quickly douse any fires that may occur, these dragons are known firecrackers. If hunting for these dragons, a Wyrm chick is best using as the bait, they can't resist eating the little dragonlings.
