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Chicken Jockeys are an extremely rare mob. They consist of a Baby Zombie riding a Chicken.

Behavior

  • Chicken Jockeys run around like Baby Zombies, instead of using the chicken AI.
    • Even though the Zombie AI is used, the chicken still randomly lays eggs.
    • Chicken Jockeys will not avoid bumping into walls that would potentially suffocate the Baby Zombie.
  • Chicken Jockeys do not take fall damage, as the chicken flaps his wings quickly, slowing the falling speed.
  • The chicken moves at the speed of the Baby Zombie, which is much faster than a normal chicken.
  • Chicken Jockeys can track the player over a very large distance.
  • Like zombies, the Chicken Jockey will also track villagers.
  • They can fit through a 1-high space, but the Baby Zombie will take suffocation damage if the block above is solid.

Spawn

Zombies have a 0.05% chance (1 in 2000) of being a chicken jockey.[citation needed] Baby zombie pigmen can also rarely spawn riding a chicken.

History

November 29, 2013A two-image gallery was uploaded to Imgur, and showed a Baby Zombie 'inside' a Chicken. It was also posted to Reddit.
November 30, 2013Dinnerbone tweeted the link to an image of Chicken Jockeys, after seeing the image on Reddit.
Upcoming
1.7.313w49aChicken Jockeys were added.

Issues

Issues relating to "Chicken Jockey" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • If the player goes far enough away, the baby zombie despawns but the chicken does not, leaving a regular chicken behind.
  • The command to spawn a Chicken Jockey is /summon Zombie ~ ~ ~ {IsBaby:1,Riding:{id:Chicken}}
    • This is not exactly the same mob, but it is close, the real Chicken Jockey is positioned lower on the Chicken's back, which you can get by spawning a large number of zombies
  • The baby zombie's hitbox is larger than the chicken's.
    • Attacking the chicken may harm the zombie instead, unless the player carefully attacks its feet.
    • If the chicken moves too close to a wall two blocks high, the zombie half will take suffocation damage unless the upper block is transparent.
  • Since they can spawn in the Nether,[citation needed] eggs, feathers and raw chicken are renewable, without having to bring eggs from the Overworld.

Gallery

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