O-Chickens
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Chickens are tamable farm animals.
They can be bred in a hen house and will eat grass, grass seeds, leaves, wheat, wheat seeds, corn seeds and animal food.
If a rooster, a hen and enough food are present in the stable, a chick will be born. Breeding chickens gives you a reliable egg source.
Rooster


The rooster is the male chicken. It can jump up to 1 block high, but can’t fly.
Capturing it with a taming collar will give you a pocket rooster.
Spawning
The rooster spawns on the surface during the day.
Once captured and put in a hen house, it won’t despawn as long as it stays in range of the stable.
Health
Health: 1 File:Heart 4-4 JJ1.png
Health resets each time the world is loaded.
Drops
When killed:
(100%) 2-3 Feather
(50%) 1 Chicken Meat



(10%) 1 Rooster Crest



Texture & size
The rooster has 2 texture: one for walking/resting and one for jumping. They are both 17x16 pixels.
Sounds
The rooster has 1 ambient sound: chicken_ambient and 1 death sounds: chicken_ambient2.
Hen
The hen, sometimes simply called chicken, is the female File:Female JJ1.png chicken. It can jump up to 1 block high, but can’t fly.
It randomly drops eggs.
Capturing it with a taming collar will give you a pocket hen.
Spawning
The hen spawns on the surface during the day.
Once captured and put in a hen house, it won’t despawn as long as it stays in range of the stable.
Health
Health: 1 File:Heart 4-4 JJ1.png
Health resets each time the world is loaded.
Drops
When killed:
(100%) 2-3 Feather
(50%) 1 Chicken Meat



(20%) 1 Chicken Egg



Randomly drops:
1 Chicken Egg



Texture & size
The hen has 2 textures. Its walking/resting one is 11x12 pixels while its jumping one is 12x12 pixels.
Sounds
The hen has 1 ambient sound: chicken_ambient and 1 death sounds: chicken_ambient2.
Chick


The chick is a baby chicken. It’s sex is undefined until it grows adult and becomes either a rooster or a hen. It can jump up to 1 block high, but can’t fly.
It can’t be captured with a taming collar.
Spawning
The chick will spawn in a hen house if a rooster, a hen and enough food are present.
It won’t despawn as long as it stays in range of the stable.
It doesn’t hatch from eggs.
Health
Health: 1 File:Heart 4-4 JJ1.png
Health resets each time the world is loaded.
Drops
The chick doesn’t drop anything when killed.
Texture & size
The chick has 2 texture: one for walking/resting and one for jumping. They are both 13x14 pixels.
Sounds
The chick has 1 ambient sound: chicken_ambient and 1 death sounds: chicken_ambient2.
Other
History
- The Hen was added in v1.0.4 and was simply called Chicken.
- The Rooster and Chick were added in v1.2 as well as breeding. The Chicken is now named Hen.