About this data pack
This data pack allows for the customization of the items laid by chickens using loot tables. It also provides the possibility of automatically running functions as and at a chicken whenever it lays an egg.
Check out the "Chickens Drop Feathers" add-on pack I've made here!
Demonstration video, using minecraft:chests/pillager_outpost as the loot table:
How does it work? How do I create add-on content for this?
Check out the wiki to learn more!
README, Modrinth version
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 24w37a
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as chickens-lay-anything-1.21.2_1.1.zip
- Download size: 9 KB
- Download link checked 19 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.