Chicken

Chickens spawn in Plains, Forest, Sunflower Plains, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, and Taiga.

Because it appears across 6 different biome types, it is one of the easier mobs to track down — heading to any of them should turn one up before long.

Spawns on grass blocks with light level 9+, in groups of 4.

Pay attention to lighting — a light level of 9+ is required, which is exactly what makes torch placement such an effective way to suppress or encourage these spawns.

They tend to arrive in clusters of 4 rather than alone, so expect to meet more than one at a time.

Naturally spawned chickens will despawn over time when no player is nearby; naming one with a name tag or leading it away on a lead keeps it permanent.

With no attack to worry about, the Chicken is something you gather or farm rather than fight.

The Chicken drop table breaks down like this:

Every kill yields 1 Raw Chicken (always, 100% chance) and 0–2 Feathers (always, 100% chance).

You also collect 1–3 experience for every Chicken you defeat.

Raw Chicken from chickens is renewable, so a small breeding setup keeps you supplied indefinitely.

Since every item here is guaranteed, the only variable is quantity, which makes this mob a dependable, low-variance source of what it carries.

Because the Chicken is harmless and breeds, the efficient long-term approach is a small enclosed pen where a breeding pair keeps replacing what you harvest, rather than hunting wild ones down one by one.