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There are 5 Chicken Breeds in Animania. Each has slightly different drops and resources. For instance, the Orpington drops the best meat, while the Wyandotte lays brown eggs, and Leghorns lay eggs the fastest.
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Chickens are useful animals to have on a farm. They can produce both [[Meat]] and [[Eggs]]. For the hens to be able to lay eggs they need a [[Nest]] in close range.  
 
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===Food===
==Behaviors==
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These are their food items:
* Peck the ground to look for additional food.
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* Seeds
* Drink water from sources.
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* Melon Seeds
* Roosters crow in the early morning.
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* Beetroot Seeds
* Use [[nests]] to lay eggs.
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* Pumpkin Seeds
* [[Drops|Drop]] feathers.
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They can also eat seeds that are placed on the ground. To place seeds on the ground, just right click the ground with seeds in hand.
* In the wild they will eat frogs and toads.
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Dispensers can also place seeds. For chickens to breed a rooster must be in range of a nest with eggs inside.
* Spawn in family groups in the wild.
 
 
 
 
==Breeds==
 
==Breeds==
 
* [[Leghorn]]
 
* [[Leghorn]]
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* [[Rhode Island Red]]
 
* [[Rhode Island Red]]
 
* [[Wyandotte]]
 
* [[Wyandotte]]
 
==Care==
 
====Food====
 
* Chickens eat seeds (all vanilla seeds).
 
* Seeds can be scattered on the ground by right-clicking while holding seeds.
 
* Can be hand fed seeds.
 
 
 
====Water====
 
====Water====
* Will drink from water filled [[trough|troughs]], or water blocks such as ponds, rivers and lakes.
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* Will drink from water filled [[trough|Troughs]], or water blocks such as ponds, rivers and lakes.
 
* You can also fill up a water bucket and give them a drink manually.
 
* You can also fill up a water bucket and give them a drink manually.
 
* Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.
 
* Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.
 
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==Behavior==
==Nests==
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* For a hen to lay eggs, she must be happy (fed and watered) and have access to a [[Nest]].  
For a hen to lay eggs, she must be happy (fed and watered) and have access to a [[nest]]. You can pluck the eggs from the nest, or if you have a rooster in the coop leave them to hatch into chicks.
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Animals]]
 
[[Category:Animals]]

Latest revision as of 19:15, 27 November 2018

Chickens are useful animals to have on a farm. They can produce both Meat and Eggs. For the hens to be able to lay eggs they need a Nest in close range.

Food

These are their food items:

  • Seeds
  • Melon Seeds
  • Beetroot Seeds
  • Pumpkin Seeds

They can also eat seeds that are placed on the ground. To place seeds on the ground, just right click the ground with seeds in hand. Dispensers can also place seeds. For chickens to breed a rooster must be in range of a nest with eggs inside.

Breeds

Water

  • Will drink from water filled Troughs, or water blocks such as ponds, rivers and lakes.
  • You can also fill up a water bucket and give them a drink manually.
  • Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.

Behavior

  • For a hen to lay eggs, she must be happy (fed and watered) and have access to a Nest.