
About this Mod
MORE CHICKENS
Chickens lay eggs. Sometimes drop feather. You can throw eggs. That's it. SO BOOORING! Minecraft is a magical place so why not to add a little bit of magic? Chicken laying gunpowder... bonemeal... snowballs... YEAH! And what if you try to crossbreed them? Iron? Gold? DIAMODS? Just try it!
Items
Dye chickens eggs:
With a dye and throw what you get to obtain a chicken laying dye: Lapis Lazuli Chicken, Cactus Green Chicken, Rose Red Chicken, Bone Meal Chicken... you can breed them for gray, pink, etc.Lava and Water eggs:
Get your renewable and stackable liquid source today!Resource chickens:
Chickens for different resources.Analyzer:
Use it on chickens to determine their stats.Chicken Catcher:
Craft a chicken catcher with an egg, a stick, and a feather. Use the catcher on a chicken to capture it and add it to your inventory.Roost:
When a chicken is in a roost, all the items they drop will stay in the roost. Up to 16 chickens can be held in a single roost.Chicken Breeder:
When there are 2 chickens in a breeder, they will close the privacy curtains and start to breed. The breeder can hold 64 seeds, and will use 2 seeds each time the chickens breed.Roost Collector:
The collector will pull all dropped item out of nearby Roosts. It will check a 9x9 area centered above the collector.(vanilla chicken only)
Futures
- Support JEI
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 forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.17.1).
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
1.17.1, 1.16.5
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 forge 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 (1.17.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is More Chickens compatible with forge?
More Chickens officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.17.1, 1.16.5. 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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