Chicken Nerf Reforged
Chicken Nerf Reforged stops chickens from laying eggs at random, so eggs come from breeding instead, as with other animals in vanilla Minecraft.
What it does
In vanilla play, a chicken can drop an egg at any moment, which means wild flocks scatter items across a world and add to the load on the server. Chicken Nerf Reforged removes that random laying. Eggs are produced only when a player breeds two chickens with seeds, and the number of eggs per breeding is random, as the original vanilla behavior intends.
The mod is a port of the Chicken Nerf behavior and is meant to keep the same behavior as the original, except for the changes the author lists. Because it only changes chicken behavior, it makes chicken farms require actual setup instead of running themselves. It is server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and only the server needs the mod. Files exist for Forge, with 9 release versions spanning 1.18.2 – 1.20.2, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
No random egg laying
Chickens no longer lay eggs on their own, so wild flocks stop producing items across the world.
Eggs from breeding
Breeding two chickens with seeds produces eggs in a random count, following the vanilla pattern.
Farms need setup
Egg output depends on breeding, which makes chicken farms take deliberate work to run.
Lower item load
Without random drops from wild chickens, fewer items appear over the world, which reduces lag.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival servers
Server owners who want egg production tied to player action rather than to wild chickens.
Chicken farm builds
Players who build farms that rely on breeding get output that depends on their setup.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players on Forge servers who want chicken behavior closer to other vanilla animals. Clients need nothing extra, since the mod runs on the server alone.
How it compares
Super Chicken is a client-side only Forge mod for 1.16.5, released under the Apache License 2.0 and not open source, so it targets a different version and environment. Too Many Chickens is a client and server Forge mod for 1.9.4 – 1.12.2 under All rights reserved, which is not open source. Chicken Nerf Reforged covers 1.18.2 – 1.20.2 and runs on the server alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Nerf Reforged | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.2 | Server-side only | 2023-10-15 |
| Super Chicken | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client-side only | 2025-02-07 |
| Too Many Chickens | Forge | 1.9.4 – 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2024-02-24 |
Questions
Does Chicken Nerf Reforged need to be installed on the client?
Which Forge versions does Chicken Nerf Reforged support?
Does Chicken Nerf Reforged change how breeding works?
In the catalog
Chicken Nerf Reforged is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,441 Optimization mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
An unofficial (permitted) forge port of Chicken Nerf. Chickens will no longer randomly lay eggs. Instead, when you breed two chicken (with seed like in vanilla), they will produce a random number of eggs.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chicken-nerf-reforged
- Owner
- VioletMistCloudDrift
- Published
- 2023-10-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15