More Chickens
by cnlimiter
More Chickens adds chicken variants that produce resources, dyed eggs and lava or water eggs, along with tools for catching and breeding them on Forge.
What it does
Each chicken type lays eggs or drops items of its own, so a coop can supply materials for crafting. Dyed chickens lay eggs in colors, and special chickens produce lava or water eggs that change what the eggs yield. The mod also includes a chicken catcher for picking up chickens and a breeder for producing new ones, and a roost collector gathers the eggs from a nest.
Installation needs Forge only, and the mod is published for 1.16.5 and 1.17.1. Both the server and every player need it, since the chickens and their drops are handled on both sides. Support for JEI is included, so recipes and item lookups show the new chickens and their outputs. The source code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the issue tracker is public.
Key features
Resource chickens
Chicken types that each produce a specific resource, so a coop yields materials over time.
Dyed chickens and eggs
Dyed chickens lay eggs in matching colors, which can be used for decorative or crafting purposes.
Lava and water eggs
Special eggs from lava and water chickens, which change the output of the chicken that lays them.
Catching and breeding tools
A chicken catcher picks up chickens, and a chicken breeder produces new ones from existing stock.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Farming resources
A coop of resource chickens gives a steady supply of materials without mining or hunting.
Building a chicken farm
The breeder and roost collector let a farm grow its flock and gather eggs automatically.
Who it’s for: Players who run a chicken farm on a Forge world or server, and server owners who want resource chickens and JEI support in a food-themed pack for 1.16.5 or 1.17.1.
How it compares
Chicken Nuggets-as they should be covers 1.19 – 1.20.4 on Forge, runs on client and server, and is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Chicken Salt is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server under the MIT License. Steves Lava Chicken runs on the client alone for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved. Cooked Eggs!!! is server-side only for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved. More Chickens targets the older 1.16.5 and 1.17.1 versions instead and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More Chickens | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.17.1 | Client and server | 2021-10-22 |
| Chicken Nuggets-as they should be | Forge | 1.19 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-02-11 |
| Chicken Salt | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-14 |
| Steves Lava Chicken | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2025-05-04 |
| Cooked Eggs!!! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-09-29 |
Questions
Does More Chickens need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does More Chickens support?
Does More Chickens add JEI recipes?
In the catalog
More Chickens is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 4,181 mods support Minecraft 1.17.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/morechickens
- Owner
- cnlimiter
- Published
- 2021-09-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2021-10-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15