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hens will lay between 4 and 14 eggs and require a nest box to lay the eggs in.  A nest box is created at a craftsdwarf's workshop or metalsmith's forge and can be placed with the [B]uild menu using [N].  A nest box will be claimed by one hen and it will regularly lay eggs.  A rooster is required to fertilize the eggs however fertilization is not guaranteed. Once hatched chicks will grow into adults in 1 year.
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Male chickens are known as roosters, and female chickens are known as hens. Young chickens are known as chicks.
  
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as far as economy goes eggs are a very good source of food 1 egg = 1 meal. with a low cost to start with, starting out with 5 hens and rooster on embark is an easy way to feed a fortress just starting out.  However turkeys seems to be a better option, they have larger bodies (and there for more butcher-able meat) and have a larger average clutch sizes (10-14)(a 4 egg difference compared to 10 egg difference in chickens) so with the same number of turkeys you should average a larger number of eggs.  Chickens however do live longer.  Given that if you do not collect the eggs you can end up with a lot more birds every year, life span should not be a problem.  The alligator farm has never looked so tantalizing either, with clutch sizes from 10-30, max ages of 100, fast growth rates, and large butcher-able bodies would make for an ideal farming animal.
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Hens will lay between 4 and 15 eggs and require a [[nest box]] to lay the eggs in. A rooster is required to fertilize the eggs however fertilization is not guaranteed.  Once hatched, chicks will grow into adults in 1 year.
  
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Please be warned that keeping of chickens will cause the combat log to fill up with lots of fights between chickens though the mortality of these fights is almost nonexistent (has not happened once in a fortress of mine) not collecting eggs is a good way to also kill your frame rate and max out on 200 pets in just a few years.
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Economically speaking, eggs are a very good source of food (1 egg = 1 meal) - starting out with 5 hens and rooster on embark is an easy way to keep a new fortress fed until larger scale food production can be established. [[Turkey]]s are more effective in the long run, as they have larger bodies (and therefore more butcherable meat) and lay larger clutches of eggs (10-14) at once; while chickens have a longer lifespan, permitting a number of turkey eggs to hatch will make this largely moot.
  
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Be warned that large groups of chickens will require a significant amount of space for them to roam, otherwise they will quickly get into fights; additionally, failing to collect eggs may rapidly lead to a [[catsplosion#Birdsplosion|chickensplosion]].
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For some reason, roosters give a skull more often than anything else. This may be because the butcher holds it by the throat when cut. It's a well known fact that chickens can run even after being beheaded. For more info see [[Domestic_animal|domestic animals' page]]
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 8 December 2011

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Chicken

c

Biome

Pet Attributes
Pet value 10

Cannot be trained 

Size
Birth: 60 cm3
Mid: 1,500 cm3
Max: 3,000 cm3

Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 7-15
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 6
Fat 6
Intestines 1

Raw materials

Bones 4
Skull 1
Skin Raw hide

There is too little information about this creature.
Please contribute if you can!

Wikipedia article

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This article is about an older version of DF.
A small domestic bird capable of flying short distances. It is prized for its tasty eggs.

Male chickens are known as roosters, and female chickens are known as hens. Young chickens are known as chicks.

Hens will lay between 4 and 15 eggs and require a nest box to lay the eggs in. A rooster is required to fertilize the eggs however fertilization is not guaranteed. Once hatched, chicks will grow into adults in 1 year.

Economically speaking, eggs are a very good source of food (1 egg = 1 meal) - starting out with 5 hens and rooster on embark is an easy way to keep a new fortress fed until larger scale food production can be established. Turkeys are more effective in the long run, as they have larger bodies (and therefore more butcherable meat) and lay larger clutches of eggs (10-14) at once; while chickens have a longer lifespan, permitting a number of turkey eggs to hatch will make this largely moot.

Be warned that large groups of chickens will require a significant amount of space for them to roam, otherwise they will quickly get into fights; additionally, failing to collect eggs may rapidly lead to a chickensplosion.


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For some reason, roosters give a skull more often than anything else. This may be because the butcher holds it by the throat when cut. It's a well known fact that chickens can run even after being beheaded. For more info see domestic animals' page

See also[edit]

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Subterranean Animals
Aquatic
Humanoids
Semi-Megabeasts
Megabeasts
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