Maple's Chicken Collection
by MapleMods
Maple's Chicken Collection changes chicken textures with the seasons, and players can keep a chosen texture all year.
What it does
Chickens in the world take on custom textures that change automatically with the season. Seasonal variants spawn at random across the world, and a chicken keeps its skin after the world is reopened. The seasons follow a set date schedule: spring from 01-03 to 31-05, summer from 01-06 to 31-08, autumn from 01-09 to 30-11 and winter from 01-12 to 28-02. A command selects the Northern or Southern hemisphere, and the Northern setting is chosen automatically.
The mod needs Sapling, which must be installed alongside it. Maple's Chicken Collection is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it, and both sides must load the same textures so that friends see the same chickens. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Files cover 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11 and 26.1 – 26.2, and the code is not open source, released with All rights reserved.
Key features
Seasonal chicken textures
Custom chicken skins switch to the current season on a fixed date schedule, while regular chickens still appear.
Keep a texture all year
A name tag can hold a chosen texture through a season change, if the server allows it, and that choice can be set per category or per texture.
Hemisphere selection
A command switches between Northern and Southern season dates, and the Northern setting is selected automatically.
Admin commands
Commands reload the config file, reset textures on loaded chickens, set config values and toggle holiday seasons or individual textures.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Shared server seasons
A server can apply one set of seasonal chicken textures, so every player sees the same skins.
Who it’s for: Players who want seasonal decoration in the chickens around their builds, and server owners who want to control which textures are active and when they change.
How it compares
Chickens Give Feathers is a client and server mod for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, published for 1.19 – 26.2 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so it is open source. Spring to Life Backport is also client and server and open source, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Ecliptic Seasons is client and server for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 26.3 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple's Chicken Collection | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-06 |
| Chickens Give Feathers | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-03 |
| Spring to Life Backport | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-23 |
| Ecliptic Seasons | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Maple's Chicken Collection need Sapling?
Does the server need the mod?
Can a chicken keep its texture through a season change?
In the catalog
Maple's Chicken Collection is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Custom designed chicken textures to bring a little something extra to your gameplay. The textures change automatically with the seasons! (can be turned off)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/maples-chicken-collection
- Owner
- MapleMods
- Published
- 2026-03-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15