Animations
Gallery
6 variants of this mob, each animated. Rendered here from the game’s own model and textures.
Sounds
5 sound events for this mob, 10 files in all. Where an event lists more than one file the game picks one at random. Volume, pitch and attenuation are the values the game declares in its own sounds.json.
| Event | Sound | Closed caption | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ambient | Chicken clucks | entity.chicken.ambient | subtitles.entity.chicken.ambient | 0.8 | 1 | 16 | |
| death | Chicken dies | entity.chicken.death | subtitles.entity.chicken.death | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| egg | Chicken plops | entity.chicken.egg | subtitles.entity.chicken.egg | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| hurt | Chicken hurts | entity.chicken.hurt | subtitles.entity.chicken.hurt | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| step | Footsteps | entity.chicken.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.5 | 1 | 16 |
Stats
Mojang publishes these numbers in the Bedrock behaviour pack (bedrock-samples); the Java edition keeps them in code, not in any data file. Most values match across editions, but not all — treat them as the Bedrock figures.
| Health points | 4 |
|---|---|
| Movement speed | 0.25 |
| Hitbox size | 0.6 blocks wide, 0.8 blocks tall |
| Mob type | chicken, mob |
Advancements
Advancements whose own criteria name this entry. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.
History
Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.
| Version | Date | What the files show |
|---|---|---|
| before 18w50a | — | Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w50a (12 December 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it. |
Registry entry
| Identifier | minecraft:chicken |
|---|---|
| Registry | minecraft:entity_type |