LayingBox
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.16–1.16.1 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
This mod adds resource chicken breeding, laying boxes, and more.
For vanilla resources, get the Expansion pack here LayingBox Vanilla Expansion
Animal Nets:
You can capture an animal using an animal net. You can then set it free or, if it is a chicken, shove it into a laying box.
Laying Boxes:
Allows up to <Cramming entity limit> chickens. Collect drops using a hopper. Internally this can hold up to 9 slots of items (but you need a hopper or Egg Collector to pull them out).
Egg Collector:
Collects eggs from all laying boxes within 8x8x8 blocks of it.
Love Wand:
A development tool that will autogrow your chicken to adult hood and put it "in the mood". This can also force an animal to be "in the mood" even directly after having babies.
Production Wand:
A development tool that will increase production value of chickens by 1 for each use.
Inspector:
Allows a player to view the current production stat any type of a chicken.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.1, 1.16
- 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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as layingbox-1.1.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 271 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.