#they’re married in game but not irl because Ghirahim doesn’t like the idea of outliving Zant irl

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Betsy and Bertha, and Bingus and Tabatha.

I have thoughts about all of these chickens different personalities, and I think it’s funny that they came rather close to the extremes of both Ghirahim and Zant’s behaviors (though simplified).

More information and rambles under cut! I only shortened with a cut because I rambled long!

Betsy is a friendly and sweet chicken who genuinely likes people. Bertha is an angry freak who killed the rooster (metaphorically, I know there are no roosters in Stardew Valley) for no reason except him looking at her wrong.

Bingus is the most anxious and loud velcro chicken ever, she needs to be held and put in little pajamas or she will scream. Tabatha is a menace, but in the way where she is rather imposing and seems to be the boss, she’s acting like a rooster.

The reasoning behind the naming styles:

Betsy(brown) and Bertha(void) are little old lady names that Ghirahim liked for his two ladies.

Tabatha(blue) got that name because Zant thought that she needed a weirdly grandma name that also radiates strength in his brain.

Bingus(white) was named like that because Zant thought it was hilarious. Bingus also looks like she knows her name is Bingus.

And yes, they are all in the same coop, which leads to interesting dynamics that Zant and Ghirahim speculate on outside of the game since they share a co-op farm.

Bingus velcros to Betsy if Zant is not around to hold her or let her follow him. Betsy is very casual and raises most of the ducks that are hatched, so Bingus is like a hapless coparent but she’s doing her best. Bertha herds everything, chases everything, bites everything except Betsy and the ducks. Bingus gets herded an awful lot, poor thing. And Tabatha gets bitten a lot by Bertha, though Bertha also behaves like a rather clingy lover to Tabatha during the winter for warmth. Bertha is not allowed to sit on eggs to hatch them because then she doesn’t let anyone approach the coop.