Chicken


Behavior

Chickens are 0.7 blocks tall and 0.4 blocks wide.

Chickens appear to wander around aimlessly, and usually swim in water. When falling they will flap their wings quickly and fall slowly, making them immune to fall damage. Despite this, they will still avoid falling off high cliffs.

While in a loaded chunk, a chicken will lay one egg Egg Type Food Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (16) Internal ID PC: 7 PE: 82 Network ID PC: 62 Entity ID egg First appearances See History Data value dec: 344 hex: 158 bin: 101011000 Name egg This minecraft every 5 to 10 minutes (6000 to 12000 ticks), unless it is (or was) a part of a chicken jockey Chicken Jockey Health points Baby Zombie: 20 () Chicken: 4 () Armor points Baby Zombie: 2 () Attack strength Chicken Jockey: Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Pigman Chicken Jockey: Easy: 5 () minecraft . If you are close enough to a chicken when it lays an egg, a popping sound can be heard.

They share some behaviors with other "farm animals":

Chickens are attacked by wild ocelots Ocelot Health points 10 () Attack strength Chickens Only: 2 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Ocelot: In Jungle Biomes, on Grass or leaf minecraft .

Chicks do not lay eggs. Due to their small size, they can pass through openings even smaller than a full block, though not willingly. A chick`s height is somewhere in between 0.51 to 0.80 blocks.

When swimming, chicks need only one block of air above their heads. Full-grown chickens need two blocks of air above their heads or else they will take damage when they float up and will eventually die.

Trivia

  • Chickens will sometimes spawn underground, or in The Nether. This is due to the existence of Chicken Jockeys and⃂₠Pigman Jockeys.
  • Chickens are the only mobs other than bosses that can be spawned without commands or Creative Mode being active.
  • When using an egg, the chick that spawns may sometimes spawn before the egg is removed, causing it to appear to take damage (aesthetic only); this is also caused when the next egg the player throws hits the chick.

Info

Chickens are egg-laying passive mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of minecraft .

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Trivia

  • When a chicken is killed off a ledge, the corpse also falls more slowly than normal, and the wings still make a flapping animation.
  • Chickens are able to "hide" within hoppers due to their small size, protecting them from lava or water that might be directly on top of the hopper.
  • A few weeks before the end of Beta, Notch tweeted that he changed the chickens to ducks, causing a turmoil on Twitter. A few days later, Jeb, still getting feedback on the idea, stated that it was just a joke.
  • While you are loading/creating/exiting a world on Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 minecraft , the message that appears can say "Is it a Chicken, or a duck?". Also, the summary for the mobs avatars at the end says "... and a chicken... Or is it a duck?".
  • The changelog for Pocket Edition 0.3.0 referred to chickens as ducks.

Natural generation

Chickens naturally generate on grass blocks Grass Block Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 02 hex: 2 bin: 10 Name grass See the dirt block with minecraft with 2 blocks of free space above it at light level of 9 or more.

Baby chicken

A chick with its parents.

Chickens can be bred Two villagers in "love mode", breeding “ If you hold food in your hand, they follow you around. If you feed them, they enter "love mode". Two animals in love mode = babies. „ —Notch minecraft with seeds Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool None Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Seeds (1) when not mature Seeds (0–3) when fully grown Wheat (1) when fully grown Data values minecraft , beetroot seeds Beetroot Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Beetroot Beetroot Seeds Data values PCPersonal Computer item: dec: 435 hex: 1B3 bin: 110110011 PE Item: dec: 458 hex: 1CA bin: 111001010 minecraft , melon seeds Melon Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool None Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Melon Seeds (0–3) Data values Block dec: 105 hex: 69 bin: 1101001 Item dec: 362 hex: 16A bin: 101101010 Name See Data minecraft , or pumpkin seeds Pumpkin Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool None Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Pumpkin Seeds (0–3) Data values Block dec: 104 hex: 68 bin: 1101000 Item dec: 361 hex: 169 bin: 101101001 Name See Data minecraft (and can also be bred with nether wart Nether Wart Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Nether Wart (1) (premature) Nether Wart (2–4) (fully grown) Data values Block dec: 115 hex: 73 bin: 1110011 minecraft in the Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 minecraft ), producing a baby chicken.

Thrown eggs have a 1⃢₁₄8 chance to spawn a baby chicken. If successful, there is a 1⃢₁₄32 chance to spawn four baby chickens instead. If the egg was thrown at a wall at a certain angle, the chicken may spawn in the wall, suffocating the chicken.

Baby chickens will not drop anything when killed, unlike adult chickens.

Baby chickens will grow up in 20 minutes, although the growth can be accelerated by seeds; each use of seeds reduces the remaining time by 10%.

Drops

Chickens drop from 0 to 2 feathers Feather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 288 hex: 120 bin: 100100000 Name feather Feathers are items dropped by chickens and parrots. Contents 1 Obtaining 1.1 Drops minecraft , and 1 raw chicken Raw Chicken Type Food Restores 2 () 30% chance of Hunger (0:30) Cookable Yes Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Experience Cooked: 0.35 First appearances See History Data value dec: 365 hex: 16D bin: 101101101 Name chicken Raw chicken minecraft . If a chicken dies while on fire, it drops cooked chicken Cooked Chicken Type Food Restores 6 () Cookable No Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 366 hex: 16E bin: 101101110 Name cooked_chicken This page or section has been suggested to be merged minecraft instead of raw chicken. The amount of raw chicken (or cooked chicken) dropped is affected by the Looting enchantment.

Chickens drop 1⃢₀ₓ3 experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience minecraft when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Like other baby animals, killing a baby chicken yields no items, nor experience.

Data values

See also: Chunk format Chunks store the terrain and entities within a 16×256×16 area. They also store precomputed lighting, heightmap data for Minecraft s performance, and other meta information. Contents 1 NBT structure 2 Block format 3 Entity format 3.1

Chickens have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob. Their entity ID is chicken.


  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
    • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
    • Additional fields for mobs that can breed see Template:Nbt inherit/breedable/template

    • ⃂IsChickenJockey: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether or not the chicken is a jockey for a baby zombie. If true, the chicken can naturally despawn and drops 10 experience upon death instead of 1-3. Baby zombies can still control a ridden chicken even if this is set false.

    • ⃂EggLayTime: Number of ticks until the chicken lays its egg. Laying occurs at 0 and this timer gets reset to a new random value between 6000 and 12000.

Advancements

Icon Advancement Java Edition Only “ The system as a whole is called "advancements", which is aimed at guiding & tracking players progress through the game (in vanilla survival and any custom additions by mapmakers or mods). minecraft In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Internal ID
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The Parrots and the Bats Breed two animals together Husbandry Breed a pair of one of these 10 mobs. Other breedable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. minecraft:husbandry/breed_an_animal
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Two by Two Breed all the animals! The Parrots and the Bats Breed pairs of each of these 10 mobs. Other tamable mobs, if any, are ignored for the advancement. minecraft:husbandry/breed_all_animals

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History

Alpha Alpha Starting version Alpha 1.0.0 (Jun. 28, 2010) Latest version Alpha 1.2.6 (Dec. 3, 2010) Paid Yes Alpha versions 1.0.0 to 1.2.6 are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions minecraft
1.0.14 Alpha 1.0.14 Official name Seecret Friday 7 Release date Jul. 30, 2010 Download Client Server ◄◄ Alpha 1.0.0 ◄ Alpha 1.0.13_02 Alpha 1.0.14_01 ► Alpha 1.1.0 ►► See the computer edition. For minecraft Added chickens.
1.0.17 Alpha 1.0.17 Official name Seecret Friday 8 Server version 0.1.4 Release date Aug. 20, 2010 Download Client Server ◄◄ Alpha 1.0.0 ◄ Alpha 1.0.16_02 Alpha 1.0.17_03 ► Alpha 1.1.0 ►► See the minecraft Chickens now flap their wings instead of falling and taking damage.
Beta Beta Starting version Beta 1.0 (Dec. 20, 2010) Latest version Beta 1.9-pre6 (Nov. 13, 2011) Paid Yes These versions are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions contain bugs. You ll minecraft
1.0 Beta 1.0 Release date Dec. 20, 2010 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.0 Java Edition Alpha Java Edition Pocket Edition ◄◄ Alpha 1.2.0 ◄ Alpha 1.2.6 Beta 1.0_01 ► Beta 1.1 ►► This article minecraft Chickens can be spawned by throwing eggs.
1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ minecraft Chickens now drop raw chicken Raw Chicken Type Food Restores 2 () 30% chance of Hunger (0:30) Cookable Yes Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Experience Cooked: 0.35 First appearances See History Data value dec: 365 hex: 16D bin: 101101101 Name chicken Raw chicken minecraft . Before this, chickens dropped only feathers upon death.
Chickens will run away when attacked.
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first minecraft
1.0.0 1.0.0 Type Release Release date Nov. 18, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.9-pre1 Beta 1.9-pre2 Beta 1.9-pre3 Beta 1.9-pre4 Beta 1.9-pre5 Beta 1.9-pre6 Release candidates 1.0.0-RC1 1.0.0-RC2 Download Client (.json) Server Other editions minecraft Beta 1.9-pre2 Chickens can be bred with wheat.
Beta 1.9-pre3 Baby chickens were added.
1.2.1 1.2.1 Release date Mar. 1, 2012 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 12w03a 12w04a 12w05a 12w05b 12w06a 12w07a 12w07b 12w08a Pre-releases 1.2-pre Download Client (.json) Server Other editions of 1.2.1 Java Edition Alpha ◄◄ 1.1 minecraft 12w04a 12w04a Type Snapshot Release date Jan. 26, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.2.1 Download Client Server ◄◄ 1.1 ◄ 12w03a 12w05a ► 1.2.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft Ocelots Ocelot Health points 10 () Attack strength Chickens Only: 2 () Size Adult: Height: 0.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.35 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Ocelot: In Jungle Biomes, on Grass or leaf minecraft attack chickens.
12w07a 12w07a Type Snapshot Release date Feb. 15, 2012 1] Snapshot for 1.2.1 Download Client Server ◄◄ 1.1 ◄ 12w06a 12w07b ► 1.2.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft Chickens have new AI.
1.4.2 1.4.2 Official name Pretty Scary Update Release date Oct. 25, 2012 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 12w32a 12w34a 12w34b 12w36a 12w37a 12w38a 12w38b 12w39a 12w39b 12w40a 12w40b 12w41a 12w41b 12w42a 12w42b Pre-releases 1.4-pre 1.4.1-pre minecraft 12w36a Chickens now use wheat seeds, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds and nether wart Nether Wart Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Nether Wart (1) (premature) Nether Wart (2–4) (fully grown) Data values Block dec: 115 hex: 73 bin: 1110011 minecraft instead of wheat to breed.
12w38a Added new step sounds.
1.7.4 13w49a Added chicken jockeys - baby zombies spawned riding chickens.
1.8 Beta 1.8 Official name Adventure Update (Part 1) Release date Sep. 15, 2011 Development versions View all Pre-releases Beta 1.8-pre1 Beta 1.8-pre2 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.8 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ minecraft 14w02a Baby chicken growth can be accelerated using seeds.
14w34d Chickens can no longer be bred using melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, or nether wart.
? Baby chickens can now swim.
1.9 15w31a Chickens can now be led and bred with melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, and beetroot seeds, in addition to regular seeds.
15w43a Chickens can now drop several raw/cooked chickens if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon.
1.11 16w32a Changed entity ID from Chicken to chicken.
Added texture for under chicken`s head.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.0 Added chickens.
0.6.0 Baby chickens were added.
0.7.0 Chickens now lay eggs and have a 1 in 8 to spawn a chick and a 1 in 254 chance an egg will hatch 4 chickens.
0.8.0 Chickens follow the player if the player holds pumpkin seeds, melon seeds, beetroot seeds, or wheat seeds.
Thrown eggs can now spawn baby chickens.
0.10.0 Chickens no longer have a black texture on their chin.
0.11.0 Added chicken jockeys - baby zombies spawned riding chickens.
0.14.0 build 1 Baby zombie jockeys no longer spawn riding chickens, but will check for nearby adult chickens to mount prior to attacking the player.
Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 minecraft
TU1 CU1 1.0 Beta 1.0 Release date Dec. 20, 2010 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.0 Java Edition Alpha Java Edition Pocket Edition ◄◄ Alpha 1.2.0 ◄ Alpha 1.2.6 Beta 1.0_01 ► Beta 1.1 ►► This article minecraft Patch 1 Added chickens.
TU5 Chicken will run away when attacked.
TU7 Added baby chickens.
Chicken can now be bred with seeds.
TU14 1.04 Baby chickens can now be spawned by using Left trigger on an adult form of that mob using a spawn egg.
TU31 CU19 1.22 Patch 3 Baby chicken growth can be accelerated using seeds.

Issues

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    Behavior

    Chickens are slower than most mobs. One ability unique to chickens, is that they flap their wings when falling, safely floating down to the ground, and avoiding fall damage. Chicks also flap their wings to prevent death in water, while other baby mobs drown in water deeper than 2 blocks. Chickens will follow players who are holding Seeds. This is particularly useful when trying to corral them into a Fenced area. Adult chickens will lay an Egg every 5-10 minutes. An egg will remain on the ground for quite some time after being laid by a chicken, allowing a player time to gather it before Despawning.

    Breeding

    Feeding two chickens who are standing near each other wheat seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Melon Seeds or Pumpkin Seeds will produce a chick. Like other mobs, the two parent chickens cannot enter "Love Mode" for another 5 minutes after making a chick. Alternatively, chicks can be spawned 1/8 of the time when an egg is thrown.

    Chick
    Health Points:
    Attack Strength: None
    Drops: Raw Chicken

    Feather Cooked Chicken (If killed in fire or lava)

    Location: Breeding chickens or Throwing eggs

    view ⃢₀⋘ talk Chicks are the baby counterpart of Chickens, and are the third smallest mob in the game. Any time an egg is thrown, there is a 12.5% chance that a chick will spawn, or a 0.390625% chance that 4 chicks will spawn from the same egg. You can be sure that a chick will spawn by breeding two chickens, which is why this is the preferred method. Chicks will always follow the nearest adult chicken. Like many baby mobs, chicks have an oversized head.

    Drops

    • Egg
      - Laid by a chicken every 5-10 minutes. These items can be used as a damaging projectile, which occasionally spawns a new chick upon impact. Eggs are also one of the ingredients used to bake Cake.
    • Raw Chicken
      - A source of food for players. Each chicken will drop 1 drumstick when killed, which must be cooked before a player can safely eat it.
      • Cooked Chicken
        - If a chicken is killed by Fire or Lava, it will drop ready-to-eat meat.
    • Feather
      - One feather is dropped when a chicken is killed. They can be used to craft Arrows, or a Book and Quill.