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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. Chickens grow very quickly, taking just over one quadrum from being laid to full maturity - only being surpassed by the [[iguana]] in this aspect.
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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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==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, increasing to a population of 600 within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 6 days.<!--simulated with clutch_size=1, egg_interval=1, maturity_age=12-->
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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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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 each day in eggs, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{#var:egg_nutr_per_day}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}} when eggs are eaten. When chicks are slaughtered, a hen produces {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}}. If the chicks are allowed to grow to adulthood before slaughter, the meat production per hen rises to {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} round 2}} nutrition per day, and the chicks consume an additional {{#expr:{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} - {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} round 3}}. Note, however, that neither of these nutrition efficiency calculations account for the consumption of the rooster(s) needed to fertilise the eggs - for a population of equal numbers of roosters and hens, the overall nutrition efficiency with baby slaughter would only be {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|1|1}} round 3}} if chicks are slaughtered, or {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult|1|1}} round 3}} if adult chickens are slaughtered.
  
 
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==Livestock==
 
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A chicken takes 7.2 days to become a juvenile, and a total of 18 days to reach adulthood.
 
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Chickens will regularly lay eggs if female, even if unfertilized, unlike other egg-laying livestock. Each egg has enough nutrition to replace the meat component in a fine meal. If you also have a rooster, he may fertilize eggs before a hen lays them. These eggs will then hatch into a chick, so long as it is left alone and does not experience extreme temperatures (Less than 0C, greater than 50C). Unfertilized eggs will never hatch. There is no difference between a fertilized and an unfertilized egg for the purpose of cooking.
 
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When slaughtered, a chicken yields 5 meat as a chick; 16 as a juvenile; or 22 as an adult. No leather is yielded. It's worth noting that allowing an egg to hatch and immediately slaughtering it for meat provides the exact same amount of nutrition as simply eating the egg. As a general rule this would mean that its still better to eat the egg as you don't need to wait until its hatched, the egg will last slightly longer in storage (important if you live somewhere with regular heat waves) and you don't need to generate a butchering job, ''unless'' you plan on making [[pemmican]] which requires meat exclusively.
 
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===Feeding===
 
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A chicken consumes 0.56 nutrition per day, or roughly 12 [[hay]].
 
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The following is a list of how much [[haygrass]] it takes to sustain a mature chicken. Bracketed values are actual values rounded up to 2 decimal places:
 
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* '''Gravel:''' 8 (7.18)
 
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* '''Soil:''' 6 (5.89)
 
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* '''Rich Soil:''' 5 (4.75)
 
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Therefore, when slaughtered as juveniles, chickens have a nutrition efficiency (nutrition out for nutrition in) of 28.1%. This makes them the 10th most efficient animal to farm for meat; more efficient than [[capybara]]s, but less efficient than [[pig]]s and [[wild boar]]s.
 
  
 
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== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==
 
* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Added
 
* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Added
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* 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 [[snowhare]]s for meat and [[cow]]s for [[milk]].
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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, it's much more nutrition-efficient to farm [[snowhare]]s for meat and [[cow]]s for [[milk]].
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* [[Version/1.3|1.3]]:
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**Egg interval: 2 -> 1
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**Base hunger rate: 0.35 -> 0.14
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**Maturity age: 0.3 -> 0.2
  
 
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Revision as of 16:04, 26 September 2021

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
Animals – Farm
Market Value
50 Silver

Pawn Stats

Move Speed
2.10 c/s
Health Scale
35% HP
Body Size
0.3
Mass - Baby
3.6 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
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

Eggs Per Clutch
1 to 1
Egg Laying Interval
1 days
Can Lay Unfertilized Eggs
true
Gestation Period
1 day

Melee Combat

Attack 1
Claws
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

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.

Hens will happily lay unfertilized eggs without a rooster, or they can be bred to start chicken farming.

Analysis

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, increasing to a population of 600 within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 6 days.

When slaughtered, a chicken yields 12 meat as a chick; 26 as a juvenile; or 42 as an adult. No leather is yielded. By slaughtering the chicks rather than eating the unhatched fertilised egg more nutrition is gained (0.6 rather than 0.25).

An adult hen consumes 0.22 nutrition per day, and produces 0.25 nutrition each day in eggs, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of 1.136 when eggs are eaten. When chicks are slaughtered, a hen produces 0.6 nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of 2.727. If the chicks are allowed to grow to adulthood before slaughter, the meat production per hen rises to 2.1 nutrition per day, and the chicks consume an additional 1.46 nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of 1.253. Note, however, that neither of these nutrition efficiency calculations account for the consumption of the rooster(s) needed to fertilise the eggs - for a population of equal numbers of roosters and hens, the overall nutrition efficiency with baby slaughter would only be 1.339 if chicks are slaughtered, or 1.106 if adult chickens are slaughtered.

Training

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


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.

Version history

  • 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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