Buckets and Chickens
Buckets and Chickens lets players tame chickens with sweet berries, make them sit, and carry them in buckets, much as axolotls are carried.
What it does
Chickens are tamed by offering sweet berries until hearts appear. A tamed chicken follows its owner, and holding Shift while right-clicking with an empty hand makes it sit and wait in place until it is told to stand again. A tamed chicken can be picked up with a standard bucket, the same way axolotls are collected.
Baby chickens caught in a bucket stay small in a stasis state inside it and grow up only once released, so a player can keep a chicken small until it is needed. Custom particles show when a chicken is happy, and the state of a chicken is visible at a glance, which helps when managing several birds on a trip.
Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 19 release versions, 1.20 – 1.21.11, and the code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Taming with sweet berries
Sweet berries earn a chicken's trust, and once tamed it follows its owner wherever they go.
Sitting mode
A tamed chicken can be made to sit and wait patiently in place until it is told to stand.
Chicken bucket
Tamed chickens are picked up with a standard bucket, as axolotls are, so they can be carried.
Stasis buckets
Baby chickens caught in a bucket stay small and grow up only after they are released.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Travel with a companion
Players who explore far from home can bring tamed chickens along and carry them in buckets between stops.
Who it’s for: Players who want chickens to act as companions in survival or adventure play, and server owners who want a light mob addition that both sides run.
How it compares
Lava Chicken mod is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 with the same client and server environment, and it is released under the MIT License. Feathered Friend is also Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and runs on client and server, but it uses a custom license and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckets and Chickens | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-25 |
| Lava Chicken mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-20 |
| Feathered Friend | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-25 |
Questions
Does Buckets and Chickens need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Buckets and Chickens support?
How are chickens tamed?
In the catalog
Buckets and Chickens is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Ever wanted to take your feathered friends on an adventure without the hassle of leads or seeds? Buckets and Chickens turns your ordinary Minecraft chickens into loyal companions!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/buckets-and-chickens
- Owner
- fridge_refridgeratore
- Published
- 2026-03-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15