Immersive Animals
by StarduskMods
Immersive Animals lets players catch chickens by hand, house them in craftable coops and collect their eggs and feathers without feeding them every time.
What it does
Chickens are captured by holding Shift and right-clicking with an empty hand, then placed inside wooden coops that can be crafted and placed in the world. Coops can be joined side by side to form a larger shared enclosure, and chickens walk freely between the connected coops. Feeding seeds to a chicken produces eggs and feathers over time, and once fed the chicken no longer produces resources without food.
The mod follows the language set in Minecraft and supports English and Spanish, falling back to English for any other language. It stays close to vanilla behavior and ships with full configuration support. Mod Menu and Cloth Config are only needed for the configuration screen, so the mod runs without them. Immersive Animals is a Fabric mod for client and server, released under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Files exist for 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.4 and 1.21.11, with 1.1.0 for 1.21.11 as the latest file.
Key features
Capturing chickens
Shift and right-click with an empty hand picks up a chicken so it can be moved into a coop.
Craftable coops
Wooden coops hold captured chickens and can be joined side by side into one shared enclosure.
Eggs and feathers
Seeds fed to a chicken yield eggs and feathers, which are collected from the coop or with shears.
Language support
Interface text follows the game language in English or Spanish and falls back to English otherwise.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Small farms without manual feeding
Chickens kept in coops produce eggs and feathers only while they are fed, which suits players building a steady supply.
Who it’s for: Players who want chicken husbandry added to survival play, and server owners who want the same chicken setup for every player.
How it compares
Chicken Coop is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and open source. Capture Egg is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, client and server, released under the MIT License and open source, so it is the closer match on license terms. Auto Feed Animals is client-side only and open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, and it covers 1.20 – 1.20.6 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immersive Animals | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-13 |
| Chicken Coop | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-04-14 |
| Capture Egg | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
| Auto Feed Animals | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2024-05-27 |
Questions
Does Immersive Animals need Fabric API?
Does the server need Immersive Animals?
Which game versions does Immersive Animals cover?
In the catalog
Immersive Animals is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Immersive Animals is a mod that adds simple, vanilla-friendly animal mechanics to Minecraft. No fantasy creatures, no cheats and no complicated dependencies, just more useful and immersive ways to care for animals.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/immersive-animals
- Owner
- StarduskMods
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15