Chicken
The Chicken is a passive mob with 4 HP (2 ♥). It drops Feather, gives 1–3 XP and spawns in Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest. Below you'll find exact drop chances, spawn weights and behaviour from the Java 26.3 game files.
- HP
- 42 ♥ hearts
- XP dropped
- 1–3
- Spawns in
- Birch Forest+27 more biomes
- Drops
- Feather66.7%
Chicken stats
Game data- HP
- 4
- Movement speed
- 0.25
- Follow range
- 16 blocks
- Size (width × height)
- 0.4 × 0.7 blocks
- XP when killed
- 1–310 if chicken jockey; babies 0
- Immune to fire
- No
What does the Chicken drop?
CalculatedExact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.
| Item | Chance | Looting 1 | Looting 2 | Looting 3 | Count | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Raw Chickencooked if on fire | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1–4 | 1 |
 Feather | 66.7% | 83.3% | 91.7% | 94.4% | 1–5 | 1 |
XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).
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Where does the Chicken spawn?
Game dataOn Grass Block, light > 8
Birch Forest
Dark Forest
Old Growth Birch Forest
Flower Forest
Forest
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Badlands
Eroded Badlands
Plains
Sunflower Plains
Dappled Forest
Wooded Badlands
Swamp
Savanna
Windswept Savanna
Sparse Jungle
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Snowy Taiga
Taiga
Savanna Plateau
Jungle
Bamboo JungleShare is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).
Chicken behaviour
Game dataNever attacks
Immune to
- Fall
Breeding, taming & riding
Good to know
- Lays an egg every 300–599.95 s
- Falls slowly (downward speed ×0.6)
- Thrown egg: 1/8 hatches a chick, 1/32 of those hatch 4
Chicken variants (3)
3 variants (temperate/warm/cold) by biome
| Variant | Spawns in |
|---|---|
| Cold | Spawns Cold Variant Farm Animals biomes |
| Temperate | Anywhere (default) |
| Warm | Spawns Warm Variant Farm Animals biomes |
Advancements with the Chicken
A Balanced Diet
Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you
Two by Two
Breed all the animals!
Chicken ID and summon command
The entity ID is minecraft:chicken. Spawn egg: Chicken Spawn Egg.
/summon minecraft:chicken ~ ~ ~Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this
The Chicken is a passive mob with 4 health. It's one of the most widespread mobs, spawning in 28 biomes. Killing it drops Feather. Each kill gives 1–3 XP.
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Chicken FAQ (Java 26.3)
How much health does the Chicken have?
The Chicken has 4 health points, which is 2 hearts, and 0 armor.
What does the Chicken drop?
Feather (66.7%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 1–3 XP.
Where does the Chicken spawn?
It spawns naturally in 28 biomes, most often in Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest.
What do you feed a Chicken to breed it?
Two adults bred with Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Torchflower Seeds, Pitcher Pod make a baby.