More Chickens
Adds special chickens, elemental eggs with upgrade tiers, an Egg Carton block, rare loot, breeding features, advancements, and a 2-phase Chicken King boss with special attacks.
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About this Mod
More Chickens is a Minecraft Fabric mod that expands the normal chicken gameplay with new special chickens, powerful eggs, rare loot, breeding mechanics and extra survival features.
The mod adds multiple custom chicken variants, special egg items, new food items, crafting recipes and loot mechanics while still keeping the Minecraft style.
Features
- Special chicken variants
- OP Chicken
- Explosive Chicken
- Boost Chicken
- Custom chicken spawn eggs
- OP Egg
- Explosive Eggs
- Boost Eggs
- Fried Egg
- OP Eat Egg
- Rare loot drops
- Special breeding mechanics
- Egg upgrade recipes
- Chicken-themed survival progression
Special Chickens
OP Chicken
The OP Chicken is a rare special chicken that can drop valuable loot and lay OP Eggs.
Explosive Chicken
The Explosive Chicken is a Nether-themed chicken that lays Explosive Eggs and drops explosive items.
Boost Chicken
The Boost Chicken is an End-themed chicken that lays Boost Eggs and adds movement-based gameplay.
Eggs
More Chickens adds multiple new egg types:
- OP Egg
- Explosive Egg I
- Explosive Egg II
- Explosive Egg III
- Explosive Egg IV
- Explosive Egg V
- Explosive Egg VI
- Explosive Egg VII
- Explosive Egg VIII
- Explosive Egg C
- Boost Egg I
- Boost Egg II
- Boost Egg III
- Boost Egg IV
- Boost Egg V
- Boost Egg VI
- Boost Egg VII
- Boost Egg VIII
- Boost Egg C
- Fried Egg
- OP Eat Egg
Explosive Eggs and Boost Eggs can be upgraded by crafting two eggs of the same tier into the next tier.
Breeding
Special chickens have their own breeding items:
- OP Chicken: Wheat Seeds
- Explosive Chicken: Gunpowder
- Boost Chicken: Wind Charge
Food
Fried Egg can be used as a food item.
OP Eat Egg is a stronger food item crafted from Fried Eggs.
Installation
- Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 1.21.1
- Install Fabric API
- Download More Chickens
- Put the .jar file into your mods folder
- Start Minecraft with Fabric
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
- Java 21
Notes
This mod is still being improved. More chickens, items, textures, models and features may be added in future updates.
Available Versions
How to Install More Chickens on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "More Chickens". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
More Chickens server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is More Chickens compatible with fabric?
More Chickens officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with More Chickens – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if More Chickens consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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