Spawning |
Chickens naturally generate on grass blocks with 2 blocks of free space above it at light level of 9 or more. Chkens can be bred with wheat seeds betroot seeds melon seeds or pumpcking seeds for having a baby chickan.Thrown eggs have an 1⁄8 chance to spawn a baby chicken. If successful, there is a 1⁄32 chance to spawn 4 chicks instead. If the egg was thrown at a wall at certain angles, the chicken may spawn in the wall, causing suffocation.
Baby chickens will grow up in 20 minutes, although the growth can be accelerated by seeds; each use reduces 10% of the remaining time. |
Behavior |
Chickens are 0.875 blocks tall, 0.5 blocks wide and 0.8125 blocks long.
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 cliffs high enough to cause fall damage. While in a loaded chunk, a chicken will lay one egg every 5 to 10 minutes (6000 to 12000 ticks), unless it is (or was) a part of a chicken jockey. 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":
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. |