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'''Chickens''' can not be found in the wild; they must be bought from a merchant or join the colony in a self-taming event.  Males of the species are referred to as '''Roosters''' and can be distinguished by their ruddy brown coloration, while females are referred to as '''Hens''' and are white. Babies of either gender are bright yellow and referred to as '''Chicks'''.
 
'''Chickens''' can not be found in the wild; they must be bought from a merchant or join the colony in a self-taming event.  Males of the species are referred to as '''Roosters''' and can be distinguished by their ruddy brown coloration, while females are referred to as '''Hens''' and are white. Babies of either gender are bright yellow and referred to as '''Chicks'''.
  
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Hens will happily lay [[Chicken egg (unfert.)|unfertilized eggs]] without a rooster, or they can be bred to start chicken farming.
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== Summary ==
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{{Pen Animal Note|Chickens}}
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A female chicken produces {{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}} [[egg]] every {{P|Egg Laying Interval}} day. Chickens can lay both [[Chicken egg (unfert.)|unfertilized]] and [[Chicken egg (fert.)|fertilized]] eggs, depending on if it has mated with a rooster.
  
 
== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
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Chickens grow very quickly, taking only {{#expr:{{P|Maturity Age}}*60 round 1}} days to mature, placing them among the fastest-growing animals. Combined with their incredibly fast reproduction rate of {{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}}} offspring per day, a population of chickens can rapidly explode from a single rooster and hen, theoretically increasing to a population of 1200 adults within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 5.7 days.<!--simulated with clutch_size=1, egg_interval=1, maturity_age=12-->
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Chickens are the best animal for egg production, and one of the best animals for meat production.
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Chickens grow very quickly, taking only {{#expr:{{P|Maturity Age}}*60 round 1}} days to mature, placing them among the fastest-growing animals. Combined with their incredibly fast reproduction rate of {{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}}} offspring per day, a population of chickens can rapidly explode from a single rooster and hen, theoretically increasing to a population of 1200 adults within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 5.7 days.<!--simulated with clutch_size=1, egg_interval=1, maturity_age=12-->  
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Chickens are nearly identical to [[duck]]s. Ducks provide the same yield in both meat and eggs. But ducks consume 20% more nutrition, so they are inferior as livestock.
  
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When slaughtered, a chicken yields {{#vardefineecho:baby_meat|{{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.1*140}}}}}} meat as a chick; {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.5*140}}}} as a juvenile; or {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*140}}}} as an adult. No leather is yielded. By slaughtering the chicks rather than eating the unhatched [[Chicken egg (fert.)|fertilised egg]], more nutrition is gained ({{#expr:{{#var:baby_meat}}*0.05 round 2}} rather than {{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Nutrition}}).
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===Eggs===
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An adult hen consumes {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} nutrition per day, and produces {{#vardefineecho:egg_nutr_per_day|{{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}*{{Q|Chicken egg (unfert.)|Nutrition}}}}}} nutrition of eggs each day. This results in a nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{#var:egg_nutr_per_day}}/({{P|Base Hunger Rate}}*1.6) round 3}} when unfertilized eggs are eaten. [[Overeating]], and the existence of roosters, will lower nutrition efficiency in practice.
  
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An adult hen consumes {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} nutrition per day, and produces {{#vardefineecho:egg_nutr_per_day|{{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}*{{Q|Chicken egg (unfert.)|Nutrition}}}}}} nutrition of eggs each day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{#var:egg_nutr_per_day}}/({{P|Base Hunger Rate}}*1.6) round 3}} when unfertilised eggs are eaten.
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Note that slaughtering chicks gives more nutrition than eating unhatched eggs (0.6 from meat rather than {{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Nutrition}} from 1 egg). Note that a rooster has to fertilize each hen, that hens have to be slaughtered, and that a butcher's yields are multiplied by [[Butchery Efficiency]]. So if you don't have a skilled cook, eggs may be better for nutrition. Also, eggs are vegetarian.
  
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When chicks are slaughtered, an always-fertilised hen produces {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}}/({{P|Base Hunger Rate}}*1.6) round 3}} for the hen alone, or {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|{{#vardefineecho:femaleratio|{{#expr: 2/3*24*{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}/{{P|Mate Mtb Hours}} round 2}}}}}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|{{#var:femaleratio}}|1}} round 3}} when accounting for the {{#var:femaleratio}}:1 hen:rooster ratio needed to achieve a good [[Animals#Mating|fertilisation rate]].
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===Meat===
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When slaughtered, a chicken yields {{#vardefineecho:baby_meat|{{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.1*140}}}}}} meat as a chick; {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.5*140}}}} as a juvenile; or {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*140}}}} as an adult. No leather is yielded.
  
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As a chick grows into adulthood it will consume {{#expr:{{Consumption Upto Adulthood}} round 2}} nutrition in total, and will yield {{#expr:0.05*({{P|Meat Yield}} - {{#var:baby_meat}})}} more nutrition when slaughtered than it would as a baby. This means that the nutrition efficiency of a growing chick is {{#expr:0.05*({{P|Meat Yield}} - {{#var:baby_meat}})/{{Consumption Upto Adulthood}} round 3}}. As the nutrition efficiency of growing chicks is so close to that of a population of a {{#var:femaleratio}}:1 hen:rooster population of adult chickens, it is probably preferable to allow them to grow to adulthood in order to save on slaughtering and butchering labour.
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When chicks are slaughtered, an always-fertilized hen produces {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}}/({{P|Base Hunger Rate}}*1.6) round 3}} for the hen alone, or {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|{{#vardefineecho:femaleratio|{{#expr: 2/3*24*{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}/{{P|Mate Mtb Hours}} round 2}}}}}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|{{#var:femaleratio}}|1}} round 3}} when accounting for the {{#var:femaleratio}}:1 hen:rooster ratio needed to achieve a good [[Animals#Mating|fertilization rate]].
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As a chick grows into adulthood, it will consume {{#expr:{{Consumption Upto Adulthood}} round 2}} nutrition in total, and will yield {{#expr:0.05*({{P|Meat Yield}} - {{#var:baby_meat}})}} more nutrition when slaughtered than it would as a baby. Due to the effects of [[overeating]], letting chickens grow up is a slight malus to meat yield. Despite being slightly worse, you may prefer to let chicks grow up, as slaughtering adult chickens takes less work.
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Chickens are the best pen animal for nutritional efficiency. The main competitors are the [[ibex]] and [[tortoise]]. [[Ibex]] are less efficient, but take far less slaughtering work. [[Tortoise]]s aren't pen animals, meaning they must be re-tamed over time, but are even better for nutrition.
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=== Kill-focused ===
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Chicken's rapid reproduction makes them good fodder for the  [[Persona traits#Kill-focused|Kill-focused]] persona trait.{{RoyaltyIcon}} This persona trait grants +20% [[psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} whenever its wielder kills any pawn, even when slaughtering chickens or chicks. A coop can allow rapid use of psycasts, such as word of inspiration, which would otherwise be limited by psyfocus.
  
 
== Training ==
 
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
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Chicken east.png|Hen Facing east
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Chicken east.png|Hen facing east
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Chicken north.png|Hen Facing north
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Chicken north.png|Hen facing north
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Chicken south.png|Hen Facing south
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Chicken south.png|Hen facing south
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Dessicated chicken east.png|Chicken decaying
 
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== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==
 
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[[Category:Animals]]
 
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[[Category:Farm animal]]

Latest revision as of 22:52, 18 December 2023

Chicken

Chicken

The most traditional farm bird, the chicken is raised for its eggs and meat. It grows very quickly and lays eggs very often.

Base Stats

Type
Animal
Market Value
50 Silver
Flammability
70%

Pawn Stats

Combat Power
30
Move Speed
2.1 c/s
Health Scale
0.35
Body Size
0.3
Mass - Baby
1.8 kg
Mass - Juvenile
9 kg
Mass - Adult
18 kg
Carrying Capacity
23 kg
Filth Rate
4
Hunger Rate
0.22 Nutrition/Day
Diet
herbivorous
Life Expectancy
6 years
Manhunter Chance
0%
Manhunter Chance (Taming)
0%
Trainable Intelligence
None
Wildness
0%
Roam Interval
7 days
Mate Interval
8 hours
Maturity Age
0.2 years (12 days)
Juvenile Age
0.12 years (7.2 days)
Comfortable Temp Range
-10 °C – 40 °C (14 °F – 104 °F)

Production

Meat Yield
42 chicken meat
Eggs Per Clutch
1 to 1
Egg Laying Interval
1 days
Can Lay Unfertilized Eggs
true

Melee Combat

Attack 1
Feet
2 dmg (Scratch)
3 % AP
1.5 second cooldown
Attack 2
Beak
3 dmg (Bite)
4 % AP
2 second cooldown
Attack 3
Head
1 dmg (Blunt)
1 % AP
1.5 second cooldown
0.2 chance factor
Average DPS
0.72
Technical
tradeTags
AnimalFarm, AnimalCommon


Chickens can not be found in the wild; they must be bought from a merchant or join the colony in a self-taming event. Males of the species are referred to as Roosters and can be distinguished by their ruddy brown coloration, while females are referred to as Hens and are white. Babies of either gender are bright yellow and referred to as Chicks.

Summary[edit]

Chickens are pen animals. Once tamed, pen animals cannot and do not need to be trained any further. But if left outside of a pen or caravan hitching spot, pen animals will eventually roam outside your colony. Making a caravan is not required to tie animals to a caravan hitching spot.

A female chicken produces 1 egg every 1 day. Chickens can lay both unfertilized and fertilized eggs, depending on if it has mated with a rooster.

Analysis[edit]

Chickens are the best animal for egg production, and one of the best animals for meat production.

Chickens grow very quickly, taking only 12 days to mature, placing them among the fastest-growing animals. Combined with their incredibly fast reproduction rate of 1 offspring per day, a population of chickens can rapidly explode from a single rooster and hen, theoretically increasing to a population of 1200 adults within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 5.7 days.

Chickens are nearly identical to ducks. Ducks provide the same yield in both meat and eggs. But ducks consume 20% more nutrition, so they are inferior as livestock.

Eggs[edit]

An adult hen consumes 0.22 nutrition per day, and produces 0.25 nutrition of eggs each day. This results in a nutrition efficiency of 111.6% when unfertilized eggs are eaten. Overeating, and the existence of roosters, will lower nutrition efficiency in practice.

Note that slaughtering chicks gives more nutrition than eating unhatched eggs (0.6 from meat rather than 0.25 from 1 egg). Note that a rooster has to fertilize each hen, that hens have to be slaughtered, and that a butcher's yields are multiplied by Butchery Efficiency. So if you don't have a skilled cook, eggs may be better for nutrition. Also, eggs are vegetarian.

Meat[edit]

When slaughtered, a chicken yields 12 meat as a chick; 26 as a juvenile; or 42 as an adult. No leather is yielded.

When chicks are slaughtered, an always-fertilized hen produces 0.6 nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of 267.9% for the hen alone, or 178.6% when accounting for the 2:1 hen:rooster ratio needed to achieve a good fertilization rate.

As a chick grows into adulthood, it will consume 1.45 nutrition in total, and will yield 1.5 more nutrition when slaughtered than it would as a baby. Due to the effects of overeating, letting chickens grow up is a slight malus to meat yield. Despite being slightly worse, you may prefer to let chicks grow up, as slaughtering adult chickens takes less work.

Chickens are the best pen animal for nutritional efficiency. The main competitors are the ibex and tortoise. Ibex are less efficient, but take far less slaughtering work. Tortoises aren't pen animals, meaning they must be re-tamed over time, but are even better for nutrition.

Kill-focused[edit]

Chicken's rapid reproduction makes them good fodder for the Kill-focused persona trait.Content added by the Royalty DLC This persona trait grants +20% psyfocusContent added by the Royalty DLC whenever its wielder kills any pawn, even when slaughtering chickens or chicks. A coop can allow rapid use of psycasts, such as word of inspiration, which would otherwise be limited by psyfocus.

Training[edit]

Chickens lack the intelligence for training.

This animal can be trained as follows:

Guard:  Ex.png
Attack:  Ex.png
Rescue:  Ex.png
Haul:  Ex.png

*As of version 1.1.2610, all animals can be tamed. The percentage of likelihood of success depends on factors such as the Animals Wildness Percentage, Pawn Handling Skill, and others. More information can be found on the animals page.

Health[edit]


Body part Health
Head 9
Skull 9
Brain 4
Nose 4
Neck 9
Jaw 7
Eye [1]
(left, right)		 4
Ear
(left, right)		 4
Body 14
Kidney[2]
(left, right)		 5
Lung[2]
(left, right)		 5
Liver[2] 7
Heart[2] 5
Spine[2] 9
Stomach[2] 7
Limbs
(left, right, fore, hind)		 11
Appendage
(left, right, fore, hind)		 7
  1. ↑ Located inside of Head.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Located inside of Body.

Gallery[edit]

  • Hen facing east

  • Hen facing north

  • Hen facing south

  • Chicken decaying

  • Rooster facing east

  • Rooster facing north

  • Rooster facing south

  • Chick facing east

  • Chick facing north

  • Chick facing south

Version history[edit]

  • 0.12.906 - Added
  • Alpha 17 - Prior to Alpha 17, chickens were one of the fastest reproducing animals in the game. However, they were nerfed in Alpha 17 in both body size and breeding rate, making them significantly less efficient than they used to be. In fact, after Alpha 17, it was much more nutrition-efficient to farm snowhares for meat and cows for milk.
  • 1.3:
    • Egg interval: 2 -> 1
    • Base hunger rate: 0.35 -> 0.14
    • Maturity age: 0.3 -> 0.2
Animals
Herbivorous
Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope Content added by the Biotech DLC
Dendrovorous
Alphabeaver • Thrumbo
Omnivorous
Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat Content added by the Biotech DLC
Carnivorous
Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg
DryadsContent added by the Ideology DLC
BarkskinContent added by the Ideology DLC • BerrymakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • CarrierContent added by the Ideology DLC • ClawerContent added by the Ideology DLC • GaumakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • Immature dryadContent added by the Ideology DLC • MedicinemakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • WoodmakerContent added by the Ideology DLC

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