Chickens Hatch Now
Owner not published
Chickens Hatch Now lets thrown eggs and placed chicken eggs hatch into baby chickens, and it can switch off egg-spawned chickens entirely.
What it does
Thrown eggs normally break without effect, and the mod changes that so they can hatch. A chicken egg set on a hay bale, up to four blocks high, hatches into a baby chicken after about nine minutes. Hatching progress is counted in seconds, and the default time can be changed in the config. A config option also stops chickens from spawning out of thrown eggs. Both client and server need the mod, and it is published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 26.2 as well as several versions in between, under All rights reserved; the code is not open source.
Key features
Thrown eggs hatch
A thrown egg can hatch into a chicken, so the egg stops being a harmless projectile.
Egg placement on hay
Chicken eggs placed on a hay bale, up to four blocks high, hatch into baby chickens.
Configurable hatching
The hatch timer in seconds and the option to disable egg-spawned chickens are set in the config.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Despawning Eggs Hatch is server-side only and covers 1.16.5 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, under All rights reserved. Hatchable is open source under the MIT License, with a server-required, client-optional environment, for 1.21 – 26.3 on the same four loaders.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens Hatch Now | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-24 |
| Despawning Eggs Hatch | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Hatchable | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-25 |
Questions
Does Chickens Hatch Now need to be on the server?
In the catalog
Chickens Hatch Now is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Ever thought throwing eggs to hatch chickens was stupid? Well hey, that's why this mod exists! How does it work? Plonk down a chicken egg (upto 4) on top of a hay block! In about 9 minutes, a baby chicken will hatch!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chickens-hatch-now
- Owner
- Not published
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15