How to find all Minecraft 1.21 Chicken Variants

Get ready to meet some fresh feathered friends in Minecraft’s 1.21.5 update! Alongside new pig and cow variants, Mojang’s sprucing up the wildlife with two new chicken types in the Spring To Life update, adding more flavor to the game’s biomes. If you’re pumped to track them down and see what they’re all about, grab some wheat, beetroot, or pumpkin seeds to lure and breed these cluckers, and keep reading to find out where they spawn!

Chicken Egg — Chicken eggs can be used to make different food items in Minecraft such as cake or pumpkin pie.

Warm Chicken

These new guys are rocking a toasty brown look and hang out in warm, sandy biomes. They lay earthy-colored eggs and roam in groups, looking a bit clueless but probably up to no good. You’ll find them in:

Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Jungle
Sparse Jungle
Bamboo Jungle
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Badlands

Cold Chicken

These chilly birds have bluish-gray feathers, blending right into the frosty Taiga vibes. Spend some time with them, and you’ll see they drop blue eggs. Don’t let their cool look fool you—they’re just as sneaky as the warm ones. Check them out in:

Old Growth Pine Taiga
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga
Snowy Taiga
Windswept Hills
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest

Temperate Chicken

These are the OGs, now called Temperate Chickens in the Spring To Life update. You know them by their white feathers, yellow beaks, and red wattles. They’re everywhere except the warm and cold biomes, chilling in milder spots. They drop white eggs, raw chicken, and feathers when you harvest them. Look for them in:

Forest
Flower Forest
Birch Forest
Old Growth Birch Forest
Dark Forest
Swamp

How to Breed Minecraft Chickens

Breeding chickens in Minecraft is super straightforward and a fun way to grow your feathered crew. First, grab some wheat, beetroot, or pumpkin seeds—any of these will do the trick. Find two chickens (they can be any variant: Warm, Cold, or Temperate), and right-click each one with the seeds in hand.

Chicken Farm — A farm full of chicken after players breed them.

You’ll see hearts pop up, and the chickens will get cozy. Soon after, a baby chick will appear, inheriting the traits of one of its parents at random. Keep feeding them seeds to breed more, but give them a short break between sessions, as chickens need a few minutes to recharge before they can breed again.

Pro tip: set up a fenced area to keep your chickens from wandering off while you build your poultry empire!