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Passive · No attack

Minecraft Chicken

Chicken has 4 health points (2 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.

Built by Florian Galz

English: Chicken · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.

Want to test Chicken? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.

Health

Passive

4

Chicken has 4 health points, or 2 hearts. Never attacks you.

Damage

–

Attack

No attack

Armor

0

Spawns in

Overworld

Drops

  • Feather

    +1 per Looting level

    0–2 items

  • Raw Chicken

    +1 per Looting level · burning: Cooked Chicken

    1 items

Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.

Spawn

Overworld
BiomeShareGroup
Birch Forest25 %4
Dark Forest25 %4
Old Growth Birch Forest25 %4
Flower Forest22.7 %4
Forest22.2 %4
Windswept Forest22.2 %4
Windswept Gravelly Hills22.2 %4
Windswept Hills22.2 %4
Badlands21.7 %4
Eroded Badlands21.7 %4
Plains21.7 %4
Sunflower Plains21.7 %4

Share = this mob's weight among all mobs in the same category in the biome.

/summon command

Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.

/summon minecraft:chicken ~ ~ ~

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Other mobs with the same behavior.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Chicken.

In Java Edition, Chicken has 4 health points, or 2 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 4 health points.

When killed, Chicken drops Feather, Raw Chicken. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.

In Java Edition, Chicken spawns in these biomes, among others: Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Flower Forest, Forest. The full list, including spawn rates and group sizes, is above.

With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:chicken ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon chicken ~ ~ ~.

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