Flaming Chicken
The 
flaming chicken is a 
chicken that has been set on 
fire. This makes it hostile, and cause fire to spread to nearby flammable blocks.
This mob has 4 (
) Health and will drop cooked chicken and feathers when killed.
Contents
Spawning
The flaming chicken can appear when a normal chicken runs over a fire block or when the player uses the 
flint and steel on the chicken. They can also do it by throwing a 
fire egg.
Drops
The flaming chicken drops 1 
cooked chicken, and 0-2 
feathers.
Crafting
Crafting with the flaming chicken drop:
Behavior
The flaming chicken bounces continuously and squawks repeatedly. Attempts to follow the 
player to damage them, dealing 1 heart damage per second 2 (). It has a red glow around it and emits red particles.
The flaming chicken lays a fire egg from time to time, which can be used to spawn more flaming chickens.
The flaming chicken has higher health, speed, and jump than a normal chicken; however, it can revert back to a normal chicken if it comes into contact with 
water or spends a certain amount of time.
Immunities
The flaming chicken takes no damage from fire and does not take damage from 
lava
Like normal chickens, flaming chickens are immune to fall damage.
Tasks
| Number | Icon[ng] | Name | Newgrounds name | Description [ng] | Objective | Points[ng] | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Slay a flaming chicken | Kill a Flaming Chicken | Nothing's worse than a chicken with attitude. | Kill a flaming chicken | 5 |
History
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.21 | May 17, 2012 |
|
| 1.30.3b | Nov 21, 2021 |
|
Bugs
- 1.28: Fire eggs seem to spawn regular chickens more often than flaming chickens.
Trivia
- The main reason a player may want to summon a flaming chicken is in order to get the achievement.
- Thunder can periodically be heard when around the flaming chicken.
- The flaming chicken can jump 8 blocks.
Gallery
A flaming chicken, before chickens were retextured.
A flaming chicken, before chickens were retextured, with particles turned off
Flaming Chicken (old texture) in "hot" pursuit!
