Automation · Food Farm · Java & Bedrock
How to Make an Auto Chicken Cooker
An auto chicken cooker breeds chickens from their own eggs and lets lava cook the grown ones into cooked chickenhands-free.
EGGS → CHICKENS → COOKED
eggs breed more
lava drops cooked meatChickens in a one-block pen lay eggs that re-breed the flock, while lava above kills the grown ones so their drops fall out already cooked, straight into a chest.
What you need
Eggs to breed the flock
Hoppers to collect drops
Lava to cook the grown ones
Storage for cooked chickenThe egg loop does the work
Chickens drop eggs onto a hopper, a dispenser throws them back to hatch new chicks, and those chicks grow up to lay more, so the flock refills itself. A thin sheet of lava above kills the grown ones with fire, which makes their meat drop come out already cookedfalling through to your chest. No furnace, no clicking.
Quick answers
What is an auto chicken cooker in Minecraft?
It is a self-running food farm. Chickens sit in a one-block pen that collects their eggs to breed new chicks, and lava above kills the grown chickens so their drops come out as cooked chicken, falling straight into a chest. You just collect the meat.
How does an auto chicken cooker work?
Chickens lay eggs onto a hopper, which feeds a dispenser that throws the eggs to hatch new chicks. The chicks grow into adults, and a thin sheet of lava above the pen kills the adults with fire, so the chicken they drop is already cooked and lands in the collection hopper.
How do you make the chicken come out cooked?
Kill the chickens with fire. A layer of lava one block above the pen burns each grown chicken as it dies, and Minecraft turns a fire kill's meat drop into the cooked version, so you get cooked chicken instead of raw without a furnace.
How does it keep itself stocked?
The egg loop. A hopper under the pen catches every egg and a dispenser flings them back in; about one in eight eggs spawns a chick, the chicks grow up, and the lava trims the adults. The flock holds steady and the meat keeps coming with no input from you.
Will the lava burn the dropped meat?
Set up right, no. The pen is built so the cooked drops fall through to a hopper the instant the chicken dies, out of the fire, so the items are collected before they can burn. Test it and adjust the gap if any drops are lost.
Does an auto chicken cooker work on Bedrock?
Yes. Egg laying, breeding and fire-cooked drops all behave the same, though hopper timing and lava spread differ a little, so build the layout to the Bedrock spacing if you play there.