Chicken Nerf
Chicken Nerf stops chickens from laying eggs at random, so eggs come only from breeding two chickens, as a server-side Fabric and Quilt mod.
What it does
Chickens no longer lay eggs on their own. When two chickens are bred with seeds, as in vanilla, the pair produces a random number of eggs instead. The change is meant to make chicken farms less trivial and to reduce item clutter from wild chickens, which can add lag. Some entities from related animal mods follow the same breeding rule, and Pheasants are named among the affected creatures.
The egg count is controlled by the loot table minecraft:gameplay/chicken lay, which the mod adjusts so the default range is one to three eggs per breeding. Older builds set the minimum and maximum in the config file instead. Fabric API is required. MidnightLib and Mod Menu are optional: MidnightLib supplies the configuration screen, and without it the options fall back to their defaults. Earlier builds used Cloth Config in place of MidnightLib.
Key features
Breeding produces eggs
Two chickens bred with seeds produce a random number of eggs, replacing the vanilla random laying.
Adjustable egg counts
The loot table minecraft:gameplay/chicken lay sets how many eggs chickens lay, with a default range of 1 to 3.
Wider animal changes
Some entities from related animal mods have their breeding behavior changed the same way as chickens.
Translation support
Translations are updated through SSS Translate, and the project accepts help on Crowdin.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
Use cases
Chicken farm servers
Server owners who want egg production to depend on breeding can run the mod without requiring it from players.
Who it’s for: Server owners and survival players who find chicken farms too simple, or who want fewer items spawned by wild chickens.
How it compares
Chicken Nerf is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for Fabric and Quilt. Create: No Entities is a client and server mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later. Immersive Animals is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, but it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Nerf | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-23 |
| Create: No Entities | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-08 |
| Immersive Animals | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-13 |
Questions
Does Chicken Nerf need Fabric API?
Must players install Chicken Nerf?
Is MidnightLib needed to change the egg counts?
In the catalog
Chicken Nerf is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
VioletMistCloudDrift has also created a Forge port. Ever think "Chicken farms are too easy...", or "Getting food in Minecraft isn't a challenge anymore..."? Chicken Nerf can help you with that.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chicken-nerf
- Owner
- supersaiyansubtlety
- Published
- 2021-06-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15