Reade Pringle Posted January 30, 2025 Report Posted January 30, 2025 I have farmed chickens a few times before this, but never before in 1.20.3. I bred my rooster and chicken, and they produced 3 chicks from the eggs as is standard, but they grew into a cockerel and 2 pullets. Is the cockerel just another re-skinned rooster, and are the pullets just like hens? I want to know so I can slaughter the first generation because I want to keep their numbers low. Are there similar changes for pigs and bighorn sheep? Because I am farming them too and don't want to be surprised. I couldn't find anything through Google or the wiki btw. Pics related below.
Solution gilt-kutabe Posted January 30, 2025 Solution Report Posted January 30, 2025 @Reade Pringle ‘Cockerel’ refers to a rooster under a year old, pullet refers to a hen under a year. I’d imagine it’ll change to rooster and hen when they get older. I don’t believe there are other animals that have the teenage stage, they just go from baby to adult. If I had to guess, this is a thing because roosters will kill each other - I don’t know if cockerels will do the same thing, but if not, it’s likely so players can cull or separate them before they fully mature and kill each other. 1
Reade Pringle Posted January 30, 2025 Author Report Posted January 30, 2025 6 minutes ago, gilt-kutabe said: @Reade Pringle ‘Cockerel’ refers to a rooster under a year old, pullet refers to a hen under a year. I’d imagine it’ll change to rooster and hen when they get older. I don’t believe there are other animals that have the teenage stage, they just go from baby to adult. If I had to guess, this is a thing because roosters will kill each other - I don’t know if cockerels will do the same thing, but if not, it’s likely so players can cull or separate them before they fully mature and kill each other. Can they still be bred then? Or do I now have to wait until they age for me to breed them?
gilt-kutabe Posted January 30, 2025 Report Posted January 30, 2025 @Reade Pringle I have no clue, the wiki doesn’t say anything about it. They should grow up completely within the next few ingame days (3-4), but it wouldn’t hurt to put down a henbox and more food in the troughs to try.
LadyWYT Posted January 30, 2025 Report Posted January 30, 2025 30 minutes ago, Reade Pringle said: Can they still be bred then? Or do I now have to wait until they age for me to breed them? I believe you need to wait for them to fully mature before they can be bred.
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