Chicken

A Chicken is a level 1 monster found in many areas, most notably the chicken coops near Lumbridge and the shack next to the sheep fields.

Chickens drop raw chicken for Cooking and Summoning, bones for Prayer, and 5 to 15 feathers for Fishing or Fletching. Feathers are often bought for these purposes, so it is possible to make profit by selling chickens' feathers. Chickens count as birds for a Slayer assignment.

Many low-level players also kill chickens for combat experience, as they have very low defence and rarely do any damage (and even when they do, they cannot hit over one damage). Even high-level players may find chickens useful for food if they find themselves low on health near a chicken coop, as eating a cooked chicken provides 3 Hitpoints. Chickens will sometimes try to retreat when they have 1 hitpoint left.

In most populated free-to-play worlds, chicken coops are often full of bones and raw chicken left by players training on the chickens. If one chooses to bury the bones and cook the chicken, they will gain a decent amount of Prayer and Cooking experience. Raw chicken can be bought from Canifis and Port Sarim food stores and is required in several quests.

Drops



 * Bones || 1 || || 162 || Yes
 * Raw chicken || 1 || || 160 || Yes
 * Feathers || 5, 10 or 15 || || 15 || No
 * Egg || 1 || Occasionally at Fred's farm in Lumbridge and respawn in chicken coops near cow farm. || 67 || No
 * Cornucopia || 1 || Very Rare || N/A || No |
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 * Egg || 1 || Occasionally at Fred's farm in Lumbridge and respawn in chicken coops near cow farm. || 67 || No
 * Cornucopia || 1 || Very Rare || N/A || No |
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 * Cornucopia || 1 || Very Rare || N/A || No |
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Trivia

 * In the chicken pen at Fred's farm, one chicken will always respawn 2 squares west of the gate, inside the wall.


 * Getting one's Attack, Strength or Defence level from 1 to 99 would require 1,086,203 chickens to be killed.


 * Players are required to carry a chicken in Recruitment Drive.


 * In the Dream Mentor quest, Cyrisus claims to have killed 300 chickens a day for 30 years, due to his fear of combat.
 * There is no way to die from a chicken, as they will always hit 0's when the player's hitpoint is 1.
 * When a chicken drops a Cornucopia, it automatically appears in the player's inventory after the chicken dies.
 * As of 15 December 2009, chickens will randomly lay eggs when not under attack. These can be picked up.