Feathers. We all need 'em, for all sorts of things. But, unless we have a huge chicken farm, we usually don't have enough. Chickens drop 0/2 feathers upon death, and when you need ten to fifteen to fund your mob hunting expedition (Read: Shooting arrows at anything that moves,) that is NOT enough. Once you kill the chicken, that's it, no more feathers for you. But, we can shear sheep right? We can milk cows right? Why can't we pluck chickens without killing them?
So, here's my idea. If you right click on a chicken with nothing in your hand (Has to be a empty hand,) you'll pluck the chicken, and get 3 feathers. The chicken will switch to a "Naked," skin, and will no longer be able to fly and avoid fall damage. The feathers WILL grow back. You can feed the chicken seeds (By right clicking on them with seeds in your hand,) to help speed this along, but it'll take a minute. When the feathers grow back, then hey presto! You can pluck them again, and get more feathers.Now, the chicken won't like being plucked, and it'll run away from you if you do so, same as if you'd hit it.
I think this is a simple, easy addition to Minecraft, and it will help in several ways. It uses images and mobs that are already in place, and it would be fairly simple to add in. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the idea though, and if someone could make up a skin for the plucked chicken, I'd love that.
Thing is, I own chickens. When you scare them, they DO run away, and flap their wings, and so on and so forth. But, here's the thing: They DON'T drop the good, large feathers from their chest. They drop down, which you can't use for anything short of making a pillow.
I was thinking it should be possible to enchant shears with the Silk Touch enchantment, and be able to get feathers that way. Balancing factor? I'm not sure if one is needed by the time you already have Silk Touch, plus the fact that shears aren't particularly durable to begin with, so your Silk Touch shears aren't going to last very long anyways.
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So, here's my idea. If you right click on a chicken with nothing in your hand (Has to be a empty hand,) you'll pluck the chicken, and get 3 feathers. The chicken will switch to a "Naked," skin, and will no longer be able to fly and avoid fall damage. The feathers WILL grow back. You can feed the chicken seeds (By right clicking on them with seeds in your hand,) to help speed this along, but it'll take a minute. When the feathers grow back, then hey presto! You can pluck them again, and get more feathers.Now, the chicken won't like being plucked, and it'll run away from you if you do so, same as if you'd hit it.
I think this is a simple, easy addition to Minecraft, and it will help in several ways. It uses images and mobs that are already in place, and it would be fairly simple to add in. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the idea though, and if someone could make up a skin for the plucked chicken, I'd love that.
why not make chicken "drop" feathers when you scare them, when they try and flap away from you some feathers are bound to drop
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