Raw chicken is a food item that can be eaten by the player. It can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or a campfire to make cooked chicken.
Obtaining[]
Mob loot[]
Upon death, an adult chicken drops 1 raw chicken. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1-4 with Looting III. Chickens that die while on fire drop cooked chicken instead.
Cat gifts[]
Tamed cats have a 70% chance to give the player a gift as they wake up from a bed, and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be raw chicken.
Usage[]
Food[]
To eat raw chicken, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 (
) hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation, but has a 30% chance of inflicting food poisoning (the Hunger effect for 30 seconds).
*This has a similar effect as Rotten Flesh.
Smelting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Cooked Chicken | Raw Chicken + Any fuel |
Wolves[]
Raw chicken can be used to breed and heal tamed wolves, lead them around, and make baby tamed wolves grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.
Wolves are at no risk of food poisoning.
Trading[]
Novice-level Butcher villagers have a 1⁄3 chance to buy 14 raw chicken for an emerald.[Bedrock Edition only]
Novice-level Butcher villagers have a 50% chance of offering to buy 14 raw chicken for an emerald.[Java Edition only]
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Chicken | chicken | Item | item.minecraft.chicken |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Chicken | chicken | 275 | Item | item.chicken.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
Video[]
History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19, 2011 | A teaser image for cooked chicken is revealed by Jeb. | ||||
| July 19, 2011 |  Jens reveals raw chicken with changed texture based on feedback, saying "the chicken may be too smooth compared to other MC items."[1] | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release |  Added raw chicken.
| |||
| Raw chicken is a new drop, obtained by killing a chicken, usually along with a feather. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | Raw chicken can now be used to breed wolves. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Raw chicken can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–17 raw chicken for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w37a |  The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Trading has been changed: butcher villagers now buy 14–18 raw chicken for 1 emerald. | |||
| Farmer villagers no longer trade raw chicken. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Chickens can now drop several raw chickens, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 365. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of raw chicken has been changed. | |||
| 18w44a | Cats now offer raw chicken as gifts. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Added raw chicken. | ||||
| v0.5.0 | Raw chicken now restores 2 instead of 1 . | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline. | |||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Raw chicken now sometimes inflicts the hunger effect, despite the hunger bar not existing yet. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Raw chicken now restores hunger instead of health. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Butcher villagers now buy 14-18 raw chicken for one emerald. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? | Chickens can now drop several raw chicken, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon. | ||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.8 | Tamed cats can now give the player raw chicken as a gift. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of raw chicken has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Butcher villagers now have 1⁄3 of a chance to buy 14 raw chicken. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added raw chicken. | |
| TU12 | The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline. | ||||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of raw chicken has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added raw chicken. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Raw Chicken" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
First image of raw chicken.
