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Quick answer
- Chickens lay an Egg every 5 to 10 minutes.
- A thrown egg has a 1 in 8 chance to hatch a chick.
- Breed chickens with seeds. They drop feathers and raw chicken.
Chickens are the easiest animals to farm, and they give you eggs, feathers and food.
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Eggs
5 to 10 minbetween eggs
1 in 8chance a thrown egg hatches
Eggs are used for cakes and pumpkin pie, or throw them to get more chickens. Rarely, one egg hatches 4 chicks at once.
Breeding
Hold Wheat seeds or other seeds and chickens follow you. Feed two to breed them.
Drops
- Feather: 0 to 2. For arrows, books and quills, and brushes.
- Raw chicken: 1. Cook it before eating.
Variants
Chickens come in temperate, warm and cold types depending on the biome. Warm chickens lay brown eggs and cold chickens lay 
blue eggs.
No fall damageChickens flap their wings when falling, so they never take fall damage.
Cheat sheet
- Egg every 5 to 10 minutes
- Thrown eggs: 1 in 8 hatch
- Breed with seeds
- Drop feathers and raw chicken
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