Editing Chicken

{{infobox main|animal|
|page verified for version = 1.3.3101
|name = Chicken
|image = Chicken.png
|description = The most traditional farm bird, the chicken is raised for its eggs and meat. It grows very quickly and lays eggs very often.
|type = Animal
|type2 = Farm
|movespeed = 2.1
|baseleatheramount = 0
|min comfortable temperature = -10
|max comfortable temperature = 40
|marketvalue = 50
|filth rate = 4
|eggsmin = 1
|eggsmax = 1
|eggs_avg = 1
|eggtime = 1
|eggs_unfertilized = true
|bodysize = 0.3
|healthscale = 0.35
|hungerrate = 0.14
|diet = herbivorous
|wildness = 0
|manhuntertame = 0
|manhunter = 0
|roamMtb = 7
|trainable = none
|babyscale = 0.1
|lifespan = 6
|juvenileage = 0.12
|maturityage = 0.2
|attack1dmg = 2
|attack1type = Scratch
|attack1cool = 1.5
|attack1part = claws
|attack2dmg = 3
|attack2type = Bite
|attack2cool = 2
|attack2part = beak
|attack3dmg = 1
|attack3type = Blunt
|attack3cool = 1.5
|attack3part = head
|attack3chancefactor = 0.2
}}'''Chickens''' can not be found in the wild; they must be bought from a merchant or join the colony in a self-taming event.  Males of the species are referred to as '''Roosters''' and can be distinguished by their ruddy brown coloration, while females are referred to as '''Hens''' and are white. Babies of either gender are bright yellow and referred to as '''Chicks'''.

Hens will happily lay [[Chicken egg (unfert.)|unfertilized eggs]] without a rooster, or they can be bred to start chicken farming.

==Analysis==
Chickens grow very quickly, taking only {{#expr:{{P|Maturity Age}}*60 round 1}} days to mature, placing them among the fastest-growing animals. Combined with their incredibly fast reproduction rate of {{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}}} offspring per day, a population of chickens can rapidly explode from a single rooster and hen, theoretically increasing to a population of 1200 adults within the span of just a year. Once the population explosion gets going, the population will double every approximately 5.7 days.<!--simulated with clutch_size=1, egg_interval=1, maturity_age=12-->

When slaughtered, a chicken yields {{#vardefineecho:baby_meat|{{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.1*140}}}}}} meat as a chick; {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.5*140}}}} as a juvenile; or {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*140}}}} as an adult. No leather is yielded. By slaughtering the chicks rather than eating the unhatched [[Chicken egg (fert.)|fertilised egg]], more nutrition is gained ({{#expr:{{#var:baby_meat}}*0.05 round 2}} rather than {{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Nutrition}}).

An adult hen consumes {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} nutrition per day, and produces {{#vardefineecho:egg_nutr_per_day|{{#expr:{{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}*{{Q|Chicken egg (unfert.)|Nutrition}}}}}} nutrition each day in eggs, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{#var:egg_nutr_per_day}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}} when eggs are eaten. When chicks are slaughtered, a hen produces {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}}. If the chicks are allowed to grow to adulthood before slaughter, the meat production per hen rises to {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} round 2}} nutrition per day, and the chicks consume an additional {{#expr:{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} - {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 2}} nutrition per day, resulting in a nutrition efficiency of {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult}} round 3}}. Note, however, that neither of these nutrition efficiency calculations account for the consumption of the rooster(s) needed to fertilise the eggs - for a population of equal numbers of roosters and hens, the overall nutrition efficiency would only be {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Baby|1|1}} round 3}} if chicks are slaughtered, or {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|Adult|1|1}} round 3}} if adult chickens are slaughtered.

==Training==
Chickens lack the intelligence for training.

{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table}}

== Version history ==
* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Added
* Alpha 17 - Prior to Alpha 17, chickens were one of the fastest reproducing animals in the game. However, they were nerfed in Alpha 17 in both body size and breeding rate, making them significantly less efficient than they used to be. In fact, after Alpha 17, it was much more nutrition-efficient to farm [[snowhare]]s for meat and [[cow]]s for [[milk]].
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3]]:
**Egg interval: 2 -> 1
**Base hunger rate: 0.35 -> 0.14
**Maturity age: 0.3 -> 0.2

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