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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===
==Chicken Behaviors==
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These are their food items:
* Chickens love to peck the ground, looking for extra food
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* Seeds
* Roosters crow in the early morning, right after dawn
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* Melon Seeds
* Chickens can drink water from troughs, freshwater lakes and rivers, or from water buckets. Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.
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* Beetroot Seeds
* Chickens eat seeds. This can either be hand fed to them, or scattered on the ground by right clicking with seeds in your hand.
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* Pumpkin Seeds
* Chickens lay eggs in nests. You can either gather these eggs or leave them for the Rooster to help turn into baby chicks.
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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.
* Chickens will randomly drop feathers (timing can be adjusted in the config)
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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.
* Chickens will eat frogs and toads if found in the wild
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==Breeds==
* Chickens often spawn as families in the world
 
* Favorite Food: Seeds (in 1.11 and 1.12, all vanilla seed types will work.
 
 
 
Note: You can scatter seeds (just Right Click while holding seeds) on the ground for Chickens to eat
 
 
 
==Chicken Breeds==
 
 
* [[Leghorn]]
 
* [[Leghorn]]
 
* [[Orpington]]
 
* [[Orpington]]
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* [[Rhode Island Red]]
 
* [[Rhode Island Red]]
 
* [[Wyandotte]]
 
* [[Wyandotte]]
 
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====Water====
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* Will drink from water filled [[trough|Troughs]], or water blocks such as ponds, rivers and lakes.
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* You can also fill up a water bucket and give them a drink manually.
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* Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.
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==Behavior==
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* For a hen to lay eggs, she must be happy (fed and watered) and have access to a [[Nest]].
 
[[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.