How to build a chicken farm (Simple)
This is a very simple chicken farm built in Java edition 1.21.5.
This farm produces chickens and eggs. The chickens automatically drop the eggs but you will need to kill them to get raw chicken. This farm is a basic pen for the chickens and relies on the player for feeding, breeding and killing.
The main product of this build is chicken and can be used for the following:
Food -chickens are a great source of food.
Spawning - chickens appear naturally in grassy biomes with sufficient space and light.
Hatching - chickens can hatch when players throw eggs.
Drops - chickens lay eggs every 5 - 10 mins.
Behaviour -peaceful and wander around aimlessly.
Breeding - chickens are bred using any seed i.e. wheat seeds or pumpkin seeds.
Eggs are the another product of this build and can be used for the following things:
Hatching - eggs can be thrown and there's a chance that they will hatch baby chickens.
Crafting - can be used to make cakes.
Crafting - can be used to make pumpkin pie.
Attacking - eggs can be thrown as a projectile, they deal no damage but push entities back slightly.
Trading - eggs can be traded in some villager trades.
Chickens can be found in any grassy biomes usually in groups of up to four. They will lay eggs randomly in the wild.
Fence
Gate
In this section we will discuss the materials and the ingredients that we need to make this build. This will give a concise list of the items and the recipe's to make them.
Here we will explain in detail how to build a simple chicken farm in Minecraft. Please follow the instructions carefully.
First lets build an enclosure using the fences. Ensure that you leave a gap for the gate.
Next add the gate so you can get into the enclosure.
Now lets get some chickens into the enclosure.
Lure the chickens through the gate with seeds.
After feeding the chickens seeds they will start to breed.
The hearts coming out of the chickens mean that they are breeding and you can expect to find a baby chick.
What can go wrong - chickens can escape:
Ensure that your gates are shut when you enter or leave the pen.
Additions to the build
One of the additions for this build is to put a carpet tile on top of one of the fences. This will enable you to enter the pen more easily as you can jump on to the carpet.
