Discover the Hidden Variety: Uncovering Minecraft's Chicken Spectrum

Minecraft Java Snapshot updates are always eagerly anticipated, offering glimpses into future additions. Snapshot 25w06a introduces three exciting chicken variants. This guide details their locations and how to acquire them.

Locating All Minecraft Chicken Variants

Warm Chickens:

These chickens boast yellow and orange plumage, a departure from the standard white. Their coloration provides excellent camouflage in warmer biomes. Look for them in:

• Badlands
• Bamboo Jungle
• Eroded Badlands
• Jungle
• Savanna
• Savanna Plateau
• Sparse Jungle
• Windswept Savanna
• Wooded Badlands

Cold Chickens:

Sporting blue feathers, Cold Chickens are found exclusively in colder biomes:

• Old Growth Pine Taiga
• Old Growth Spruce Taiga
• Snowy Taiga
• Taiga
• Windswept Forest
• Windswept Gravelly Hills
• Windswept Hills

Temperate Chickens:

Veteran players will recognize these as the classic chickens, now officially designated "Temperate Chickens." They inhabit all biomes not classified as warm or cold.

Taming Chickens in Minecraft

Collecting these diverse chickens requires a bit of patience. Unlike taming dogs, chickens aren't traditionally tamed. Instead, feed them seeds to entice them to follow you. Guide them into a secure enclosure, repeating the process until you've gathered your desired number. Remember that transporting chickens, especially over long distances in Survival mode, presents challenges due to potential dangers, particularly at night. Establishing checkpoints along the way is advisable.

Breeding Chicken Variants in Minecraft

Once you've gathered all three variants, breeding is straightforward. Feeding seeds to two chickens of the same type will result in an egg that hatches a chicken of that type. Breeding two chickens of different types produces an egg that hatches a random variant.

This guide covers finding and breeding all three Minecraft chicken variants. For more Minecraft tips, check out our guide on obtaining Armadillo Scutes.

Minecraft is available on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile devices.