Chicken (mob)

A chicken is a passive mob found in grass biomes and the main source of raw chicken, feathers and eggs. This mob can be attached to a lead.
== Biology ==
== Spawning ==
Chickens spawn naturally in the Overworld in groups of four on grass blocks with 2 blocks of free space above it at a light level of 9 or more. They do not spawn in deserts, snowy plains, ice spikes, snowy slopes, meadows, wooded badlands, jagged peaks, frozen peaks and stony peaks. In Java Edition, chickens are more common in sparse jungles.
After the world generation, chickens spawn individually.
5% of chickens spawn as baby chickens.
In Bedrock Edition, chickens require a light level of 7 or more to spawn and are found in groups of two to four.
== Behavior ==
A chicken wanders aimlessly but goes after players holding various seeds within a 6×4×6 cubic area, while a baby chicken follows adult chickens.
Chickens avoid falling off cliffs and flap their wings when they are in middle air and fall slowly, thus chickens are immune to fall damage.
When harmed, chickens flee around for a few seconds.
Chickens uniquely attempt to jump up to climb stairs instead of climbing them normally.
Ocelots, untamed cats‌[JE only] and foxes pursue and attack chickens.
While in a loaded chunk, an adult chicken lays an egg every five to ten minutes (6000–12000 ticks), unless it is, or was, a part of a chicken jockey. If the player is close enough to a chicken when it lays an egg, a pop sound is heard.
Chickens can stay underwater for 15 seconds or can swim, visibly flapping their wings and staying on the water surface. While swimming, a chicken needs only one block of air above its head.
A chicken is 11 pixels or 0.6875 blocks tall. A chick is 5.5 pixels tall or 0.34375 blocks tall.
== Trivia ==
* When a chicken is killed off a ledge, the corpse also falls more slowly than normal and the wings continue flapping.
* Chickens can "hide" within hoppers due to their small size, which protects them from dangers like lava on top of the hopper.
* A few weeks before the end of Java Edition Beta, Notch tweeted that he changed the chickens to ducks, causing a turmoil on Twitter. A few days later, Jeb, still getting feedback on the idea, stated that it was just a joke.
** The changelog for Pocket Edition v0.3.0 alpha referred to chickens as ducks.
** Notch later referred to chickens in a blog post as "the Chicken/duck/whatevers".
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