So, Minecraft.

[DeeBye]

So I finished the cave spider spawner XP grinder. I don't have any pictures right now, but it's laid out the same way as this.

I figured I needed to add some meat to my diet. I've been relying purely on bread as a form of sustenance, and us guys gotta eat meat once in awhile. I had a few eggs stashed away from my forays into the woods to chop down trees, so I started on a chicken farm.

The first thing I did was extend my "farm hallway" as long as I could. Chickens make a lot of noise and I wanted them to be as far away from the main part of my house as possible. The chicken farm will be at the end of this hallway.


The farm design itself is pretty neat. I copied this one from the Minecraft wiki. It's very compact and as far as I can tell it's idiot-proof. It's a 8x8 room, with flowing water all along the bottom part to funnel eggs/chicken meat to the entrance. Signs support an entire "floor" of water, where the chickens reside. The eggs fall through the water/signs and the flowing water on the bottom funnels them to a pickup area.


I was a bit concerned about stocking my new chicken farm with actual chickens, because I only had 4 eggs to throw against the wall. Each egg only has a 1/8 chance to spawn a chicken. I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.


Yay! I got 2 chickens! From up above I can kill any excess chickens for meat. The raw chicken drops will funnel down the same way eggs do and I can collect them below.