Walt's hen died, and he's too loyal to get another one. A clockwork hen, though, isn't another chicken. Build one from his plans: a birch body at the workbench, an iron gizzard at the forge and a tonic at the alchemy table, then put it together at the workbench. Birch grows round Meadowbay; iron and coal are at the quarry out west, past where you woke up, on the edge of the haunted country.
Quest item: 
Clockwork Hen
Reward
200 gold, an iron egg and XP
Dialogue
Starting it
- “You heard about my chicken. Everybody's heard. She died. And the eggs stopped. Funny how those two things go together.”
- “People say, Walt, get another chicken. I can't. I'm loyal. Forty years, one wife, one chicken. Not at the same time.”
- “But I've been sitting here thinking, which is all I do. A hen made out of brass and birch... that's not another chicken. That's a machine. Loyalty's got a loophole.”
- “I'd build her myself. But my back went out years ago, and it never came back. Never wrote. Never called.”
- “So here. I drew you the plans. Three parts, one for each station in town. The workbench, the forge, and the alchemy table.”
- “The body's birch, on the workbench. She was a white hen. I want this one to look like her. From a distance. With my glasses off.”
- “The gizzard's iron, at the forge. A hen's got to grind her feed. I've been grinding mine for eighty years. It's the only reason I'm still here.”
- “And a tonic from the alchemy table. Mushrooms and a feather. So she thinks she's alive. Works on me, mostly.”
- “You'll be chopping and digging, so take my axe and my pickaxe. I don't use them anymore. I don't use much.”
- “Birch grows all round town. White bark. Looks like the tree just saw a ghost.”
- “Iron and coal, you won't find here. Go west, past where you woke up, to the edge of the haunted country. There's an old quarry there.”
- “Then put her together at the workbench and bring her here. I'll be minding the stall. Nobody wants it. But still.”
Talking to them again
- “Birch for the body, iron for the gizzard, and a tonic so she thinks she's alive. Then the workbench puts her together. I'd help, but I'm sitting.”
- “The iron's at the old quarry out west, past where you woke up. If the trees go grey, you went too far. If one waves at you, you went way too far.”
Handing it in
- “Is that her? Let me see. Birch, brass, a little key in her back. She looks just like the old girl. If the old girl got built in a shed.”
- “Let's wind her up. Hear that? She's clucking. She doesn't know she's a machine. Nobody tell her. That's how I got through my whole life.”
- “Hold on. She's doing something. That's an egg. That's an iron egg. Well. It's not the same egg. But I'm loyal.”
- “Here, you take the first one. You can't eat it, but you can melt it down. That's more than you can say for a regular egg.”
After it is done
- “She laid the one egg and stopped. I tried selling it as an egg. A fella fried it. Broke the pan. Then the stove.”
- “Me and the hen, we sit here all day. She doesn't talk. I don't talk. Best relationship I ever had.”
At the hand-in without the item
- “No hen? That's all right. I've been without a hen a while now. I'm getting good at it.”
When your bag is full
- “Your bag's full. Make some room. I'd hold it for you, but my lap's spoken for. By nothing. It's just tired.”