My friend trapped one in his house once, waiting for it to lay an egg.
Not more than a minute after it did, it committed suicide by jumping into his fireplace.
Once we can keep them trapped in a farm it will be real easy to get eggs. Right now following them is the easiest way.
I guess you could make a small temporary farm, but once you leave the area the chickens will despawn.
In my opinion, finding an egg then duplicating it is the easiest way, but a lot of people aren't too fond of that method
There's really not that much use for chickens or eggs right now. Feathers you can get from zombies; eggs are only useful for cakes, which are kinda lame for health restoration IMHO. Nice decoration, tho.
Once the next update hits, with the hunger bar, chickens become much more important. Zombies will no longer drop feathers, plus you can cook and eat chickens like you do porkchops or fish now.
But yeah, if you build a 2-deep pit, mobs can't get out of it. Just shove the chickens in & wait 5 minutes (they lay about once every 5 min.). Trapping them underground is better, since you can "harvest" all night without worrying about hostiles.
Edit: Not until the update AFTER the next one... bummer.
I know its anoying but all u can do is just follow theyre lame ass.. I mean ive been fcking following them for like 24 hours now ive gotten like 5 eggs from em only thats why i no have cake =;( i like cakes
There's really not that much use for chickens or eggs right now. Feathers you can get from zombies; eggs are only useful for cakes, which are kinda lame for health restoration IMHO. Nice decoration, tho.
Once the next update hits, with the hunger bar, chickens become much more important. Zombies will no longer drop feathers, plus you can cook and eat chickens like you do porkchops or fish now.
But yeah, if you build a 2-deep pit, mobs can't get out of it. Just shove the chickens in & wait 5 minutes (they lay about once every 5 min.). Trapping them underground is better, since you can "harvest" all night without worrying about hostiles.
Edit: Not until the update AFTER the next one... bummer.
well i guess i could follow chickens around long enough to get a few eggs then fence in an area, throw an egg and hope for a chicken to spawn. afterwards, leave my game on and surf the internet while the chicken lays a lot of eggs. chickens do sometimes spawn from eggs thrown right?
Isn't the version history such that there will be a period of time where zombies don't drop feathers and we can't farm? I thought I read that the zombie change happens in 1.8 while farming comes in the one after that...
Bascially, I'm really kicking myself for letting my zombie spawner get blown up by a creeper. I'll never need all those feathers, (I said to myself then....)
chickens do sometimes spawn from eggs thrown right?
Yep, there's a 1/8 chance for a chicken to spawn, and a 1/256 chance the egg spawns four chickens at once.
I suggest you dig a 3 x 5 pit, 4 block high, emtpy a bucket of water in one corner, build an exit in the opposite corner, save the game and start throwing eggs. Reload if you don't get at least three chickens. Then have fun watching whatever you like while the water flushes all the laid eggs into your inventory. After an hour or so you might want to save again and throw the eggs you collected so far to accelerate things. That way I got around 700 (yes, seven hundred) eggs in a few hours.
Edit: The pit should be at least four blocks high because the water allows the chickens to get onto your head, and they can then jump out of the pit if it's lower than four blocks. Unless you cover the pit up, of course.
Yep, there's a 1/8 chance for a chicken to spawn, and a 1/256 chance the egg spawns four chickens at once.
I suggest you dig a 3 x 5 pit, 4 block high, emtpy a bucket of water in one corner, build an exit in the opposite corner, save the game and start throwing eggs. Reload if you don't get at least three chickens. Then have fun watching whatever you like while the water flushes all the laid eggs into your inventory. After an hour or so you might want to save again and throw the eggs you collected so far to accelerate things. That way I got around 700 (yes, seven hundred) eggs in a few hours.
Edit: The pit should be at least four blocks high because the water allows the chickens to get onto your head, and they can then jump out of the pit if it's lower than four blocks. Unless you cover the pit up, of course.
Only if you travel more than 124 blocks from them. It's kinda something you do when you're going to be "puttering around the house" for a while.
Also, remember that items will despawn after about 5 minutes... so if you've got captive chickens, check every once in a while. No point in having the hens lay if the eggs despawn before they get picked up. With the flushing-pit mentioned above, if you go off to watch a movie, you want to be standing at the exit point, or the eggs will despawn instead of going into your inventory. Might want to do it on "peaceful", too.
If you have some sort of settlement already established, every once in a while just go walk around. This seems pretty obvious but i find tons of eggs just laying around. I already have 2 16 stacks of them and if i find more i just throw them at friends lol
Once we get breeding, it'll be he easiest thing in the world to obtain.
Not more than a minute after it did, it committed suicide by jumping into his fireplace.
really? thats the easiest way? ....
Once we can keep them trapped in a farm it will be real easy to get eggs. Right now following them is the easiest way.
I guess you could make a small temporary farm, but once you leave the area the chickens will despawn.
In my opinion, finding an egg then duplicating it is the easiest way, but a lot of people aren't too fond of that method
Once the next update hits, with the hunger bar, chickens become much more important. Zombies will no longer drop feathers, plus you can cook and eat chickens like you do porkchops or fish now.
But yeah, if you build a 2-deep pit, mobs can't get out of it. Just shove the chickens in & wait 5 minutes (they lay about once every 5 min.). Trapping them underground is better, since you can "harvest" all night without worrying about hostiles.
Edit: Not until the update AFTER the next one... bummer.
and i like making cake okay.
Bascially, I'm really kicking myself for letting my zombie spawner get blown up by a creeper. I'll never need all those feathers, (I said to myself then....)
I suggest you dig a 3 x 5 pit, 4 block high, emtpy a bucket of water in one corner, build an exit in the opposite corner, save the game and start throwing eggs. Reload if you don't get at least three chickens. Then have fun watching whatever you like while the water flushes all the laid eggs into your inventory. After an hour or so you might want to save again and throw the eggs you collected so far to accelerate things. That way I got around 700 (yes, seven hundred) eggs in a few hours.
Edit: The pit should be at least four blocks high because the water allows the chickens to get onto your head, and they can then jump out of the pit if it's lower than four blocks. Unless you cover the pit up, of course.
wow, 700? intense. i'll try that. thanks.
Only if you travel more than 124 blocks from them. It's kinda something you do when you're going to be "puttering around the house" for a while.
Also, remember that items will despawn after about 5 minutes... so if you've got captive chickens, check every once in a while. No point in having the hens lay if the eggs despawn before they get picked up. With the flushing-pit mentioned above, if you go off to watch a movie, you want to be standing at the exit point, or the eggs will despawn instead of going into your inventory. Might want to do it on "peaceful", too.
i got so pissed yesterday trying to trap a chicken. i finally gave up because it kept moving.
pigs are difficult... but i think chickens are even harder. they just move so damn fast!