Raw Chicken

This article is about a food item. For other uses of the word "chicken", see Chicken (disambiguation).
Raw Chicken
Raw Chicken.png: Infobox image for Raw Chicken the item in Minecraft
Invicon Raw Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Raw Chicken
Rarity tier

Common

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Restores

2 (🍗)

Status effects

Hunger (0:30) (30% chance) 

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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

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1100.00%1.001–2100.00%1.501–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.50

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1111–213⁄21–3121–415⁄2

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]11 (100.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
201⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
3001⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
40001⁄6 (16.67%)
Average1 (1.00)3⁄2 (1.50)2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1.000.670.500.40

  1. ↑ Only when not on fire and not killed with a weapon enchanted with Fire Aspect.

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1100.00%1.001–2100.00%1.501–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.50

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1111–213⁄21–3121–415⁄2

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]11 (100.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
201⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
3001⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄3 (33.33%)
40001⁄6 (16.67%)
Average1 (1.00)3⁄2 (1.50)2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Chicken[A]1.000.670.500.40

  1. ↑ Only when not on fire.

Cat gifts

Main article: 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 to Rotten Flesh.

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Cooked Chicken  +
Any fuel
Invicon Raw Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Raw Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Raw Chicken
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Invicon Cooked Chicken.png: Inventory sprite for Cooked Chicken in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cooked Chicken with description: Cooked Chicken0.35

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

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receives
JEBE
Novice Butcher50%33%14 × Emerald

Sounds

Java Edition:

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Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​varies [sound 1]0.8-1.216
​EatingFriendly MobsWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​1.00.6-1.416
​BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp​0.50.9-1.016
  1. ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

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Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eat0.5-1.10.8-1.2
PlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burp0.50.9-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite raw-chicken.png: Sprite image for raw-chicken in Minecraft Raw ChickenchickenItemitem.minecraft.chicken

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite raw-chicken.png: Sprite image for raw-chicken in Minecraft Raw Chickenchicken275Itemitem.chicken.name

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
A Balanced DietEat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you
Eat each of these 40 foods:
Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.
HusbandryThe world is full of friends and foodConsume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

Video

History

Java Edition Beta
July 19, 2011A 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]
1.8Pre-release Added raw chicken.
Raw chicken is a new drop, obtained by killing a chicken, usually along with a feather.
Java Edition
1.2.112w03aRaw chicken can now be used to breed wolves.
1.3.112w21aRaw chicken can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–17 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
1.4.212w37a The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
1.814w02aTrading has been changed: butcher villagers now buy 14–18 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
Farmer villagers no longer trade raw chicken.
1.915w43aChickens can now drop several raw chicken, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon.
1.1418w43a The texture of raw chicken has been changed.
18w44aCats now offer raw chicken as gifts.
19w11aButcher villagers now buy 14 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0 Added raw chicken.
v0.5.0Raw chicken now restores 2HP♥ instead of 1HP♥.
v0.8.0build 1 The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
v0.11.0build 1Raw chicken now sometimes inflicts the hunger effect, despite the hunger bar not existing yet.
v0.12.1build 1Raw chicken now restores hunger instead of health.
Chickens can now drop several raw chicken, if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Butcher villagers now buy 14-18 raw chicken for one emerald.
Bedrock Edition
1.7.0beta 1.7.0.2Raw chicken can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.8Tamed cats can now give the player raw chicken as a gift.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of raw chicken has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Butcher villagers now have 1⁄3 of a chance to buy 14 raw chicken.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added raw chicken.
TU12 The texture of raw chicken has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.
TU141.04Raw chicken can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–17 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Trading has been changed: butcher villagers now buy 14–18 raw chicken for 1 emerald.
Farmer villagers no longer trade raw chicken.
1.83 Tamed cats can now give the player raw chicken as a gift.
1.90 The texture of raw chicken has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added raw chicken.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 365.

Issues

Issues relating to "Raw Chicken" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

  • First image of raw chicken.
    First image of raw chicken.

References

  1. ↑ "As you say, the chicken may be too smooth compared to other MC items. Thanks for the C&C!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), July 19, 2011

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