Chicken Ores: Automatic Resource Production with Chickens

This mod adds special chickens to Minecraft, each producing eggs containing various valuable resources. Inspired by popular Hatchery and Chickens modifications, Chicken Ores offers an alternative method for material acquisition through a chicken breeding system.

Variety of Resource Chickens

The mod features several types of birds, each with unique characteristics:

• Coal Chicken – found throughout the Overworld, lays 1 egg every 30 seconds • Lapis Chicken – inhabits all Overworld biomes, produces eggs every 50 seconds • Iron Chicken – widespread in the Overworld, lays eggs every 70 seconds • Gold Chicken – lives in the Overworld, produces eggs every 90 seconds • Slime Chicken – found only in swamps, lays eggs every 110 seconds • Quartz Chicken – inhabits the Overworld, produces eggs every 130 seconds • Diamond Chicken – found throughout the Overworld, lays eggs every 150 seconds • Ender Chicken – lives exclusively in The End, produces eggs every 170 seconds • Blaze Chicken – found only in the Nether, lays eggs every 190 seconds • Glowstone Chicken – inhabits the Overworld, produces eggs every 210 seconds • Emerald Chicken – lives in the Overworld, lays eggs every 230 seconds

Special Machines

Two special devices are used for egg processing:

Incubator – transforms regular eggs into incubated eggs for breeding chicks. Can operate on coal (720 seconds), coal blocks (1440 seconds), or blaze powder (2160 seconds). Process takes 180 seconds.

Parser – converts eggs into finished ingots within 10 seconds. Uses the same fuel types: coal (720 sec), coal blocks (1440 sec), or blaze powder (2160 sec).

Important Information

• Regular eggs don't automatically hatch – you need to use incubated eggs for chicken reproduction • By default, birds can only be found by exploring the world • The mod works great in technical modpacks and is compatible with CraftTweaker

Example CraftTweaker script (if you want to make eggs easier to obtain):

craftingTable.addShaped("diamond_egg", <item:chicken_ores:diamond_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:diamond>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("blaze_egg", <item:chicken_ores:blaze_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:blaze_rod>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("ender_egg", <item:chicken_ores:ender_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:ender_pearl>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("slime_egg", <item:chicken_ores:slime_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:slime_ball>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("iron_egg", <item:chicken_ores:iron_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:iron_ingot>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("quartz_egg", <item:chicken_ores:quartz_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:quartz>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("lapis_egg", <item:chicken_ores:lapis_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:lapis_lazuli>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("coal_egg", <item:chicken_ores:coal_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:coal>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("emerald_egg", <item:chicken_ores:emerald_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:emerald>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("glowstone_egg", <item:chicken_ores:glowstone_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:glowstone_dust>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

craftingTable.addShaped("gold_egg", <item:chicken_ores:gold_egg>, [
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:gold_ingot>, <item:minecraft:egg>],
 [<item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>, <item:minecraft:egg>]
]);

Screenshots

Crafting Recipes

Incubator

Parser