[MC-974] Thrown Chicken Egg Spawns Created: 28/Oct/12  Updated: 07/Sep/15  Resolved: 27/Jan/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Lecrayen Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Votes: 1
Labels: animal, item, multiplayer, server
Environment:

Vanilla Minecraft Server

  • Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
  • 4 GB Ram
  • AMD Phenom(tm) II x6 1055t processor (6 CPUs), ~2.8 GHz
  • Java 1.7.0_06

Attachments: PNG File 2012-10-27_21.17.59.png     File Chicken Egg Spawn Bug.wmv    
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

1. I threw one egg into a pen and it gave birth to nothing
2. I threw a second egg into the pen and it gave birth to a single chicken
3. I threw a third egg, which hit the baby chicken I previously hatched, and that egg gave birth to 7 more baby chickens

I was able to duplicate the issue and made a 10 second clip of it in creative mode as well. So it's not just a survival issue.



 Comments   
Comment by Kumasasa [ 27/Jan/13 ]

The described issue is impossible as of the vanilla source code.
Either 1 or 4 chicks are spawned.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 16/Jan/13 ]

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by [Mojang] Nathan Adams [ 31/Oct/12 ]

Please keep privacy set to public unless there is a good reason otherwise (confidential information, exploit, security issue, etc). The less people who can look at the issue, the slower it'll be until anyone can deal with it.

Comment by Lecrayen [ 28/Oct/12 ]

I read the wiki on chicken eggs and it says part of this feature is intended. The video shows 4 chickens being hatched which actually is possible, but the first case in which I witnessed it hatched 7 chickens, not 4 (which the wiki says is the maximum).

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