Chicken Ores
Resource grinding is one of the most time-consuming parts of Minecraft, and that is exactly the problem Chicken Ores sets out to solve. This add-on introduces a lineup of ore-producing chickens alongside two processing machines, turning the humble egg into a renewable source of diamonds, emeralds, blaze rods, and more. If you enjoy automation mods but want something lighter than a full tech overhaul, this one is worth a closer look.
What Is Chicken Ores?
Chicken Ores is a simple mod inspired by the Hatchery and Chickens mods. Instead of mining for hours, you raise special chickens that lay eggs tied to specific materials. Each egg can then be incubated into a live chicken or parsed into a usable ingot. The mod is compact, easy to learn, and fits neatly into both vanilla-plus worlds and larger modpacks.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Chicken Ores for Minecraft is built for the Forge mod loader, which means you will need a Forge profile installed before adding it to your game. The mod targets older 1.12.2-era versions of the game, so players running modern setups should check compatibility carefully before installing. Because it depends on Forge, it will not work with Fabric or Quilt without a separate port.
Every Chicken and Its Egg Timer
Each chicken produces one egg on a fixed cycle, and rarer materials take longer. Here is the full breakdown:
- Coal Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 30 seconds
- Lapis Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 50 seconds
- Iron Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 70 seconds
- Gold Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 90 seconds
- Slime Chicken: spawns only in swamps, one egg every 110 seconds
- Quartz Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 130 seconds
- Diamond Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 150 seconds
- Ender Chicken: spawns only in the End, one egg every 170 seconds
- Blaze Chicken: spawns only in the Nether, one egg every 190 seconds
- Glowstone Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 210 seconds
- Emerald Chicken: spawns anywhere in the Overworld, one egg every 230 seconds
By default, the only way to find these chickens is to explore and get lucky. A laid egg cannot hatch into a new chicken on its own, so you will need the Incubator to grow your flock.
The Machines: Incubator and Parser
Incubator
The Incubator turns an ore egg into an incubated egg, which is the only way to spawn a new chicken. It runs on fuel: Coal lasts 720 seconds, a Coal Block lasts 1440 seconds, and Blaze Powder lasts 2160 seconds. The conversion itself takes 180 seconds per egg.
Parser
The Parser is the moneymaker. Feed it an ore egg and it returns the corresponding ingot or material in just 10 seconds. It accepts the same fuels as the Incubator, so a single fuel supply can keep both machines running side by side.
How to Install Chicken Ores
Getting started is straightforward. First, install the Forge loader for your game version. Next, download Chicken Ores from a trusted mod repository and drop the jar file into your mods folder. Launch the game once to confirm the mod loads, then create or load a world and start hunting for chickens. If you use the foxygame.net launcher, you can add Chicken Ores straight from its built-in add-on catalog and let the launcher handle version matching for you, which removes most of the guesswork.
For players who want a faster path to eggs, the mod supports CraftTweaker scripts. You can add shaped recipes that combine a vanilla egg with a diamond, blaze rod, ender pearl, slime ball, iron ingot, quartz, lapis lazuli, coal, emerald, glowstone dust, or gold ingot to produce the matching ore egg. This is especially useful in technical modpacks where exploration is not the focus.
Tips for Building Your Farm
- Start with Coal and Iron Chickens since their eggs come fastest
- Keep a Parser next to your chicken pen to convert eggs into ingots automatically
- Stockpile Blaze Powder as fuel if you plan to run both machines constantly
- Use CraftTweaker recipes in modpacks to skip the exploration grind
- Remember that Ender and Blaze Chickens only spawn in the End and Nether
Final Thoughts
Chicken Ores is a charming, low-maintenance mod that rewards patience and setup. The egg timers create a natural progression from common coal to rare emeralds, while the Incubator and Parser give you real automation once your farm is running. Whether you are building a self-sustaining base or adding flavor to a modpack, this add-on delivers a fun twist on resource gathering that vanilla Minecraft simply cannot match.