Animals despawning

[Avo1]

I recently wandered a long distance in search of live chickens to breed. After a extended period of time i managed to find a heard so i crated them up and hauled them home to dump them in my new chicken coop. Will they despawn if i don't tame them? Do they require food or can they forage off the grass?

[cobaltjones]

You can't tame chickens. Left alone on the map, they will despawn when that section of the map is unloaded. Left alone in a container (crate/cupboard) they will slowly starve to death and eventually die. Left alone in a chicken coop with food, they will live normally (and breed if you've got both sexes present).

[MagicManICT]

Left alone in a chicken coop with food, they will live normally (and breed if you've got both sexes present).

Chickens will still lay eggs without a rooster, but they won't ever hatch.

[Skorm]

Avo

Heretic!