How to Get Eggs in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Every adult chicken lays an egg every 5-10 minutes, about one every 7.5 minutes on average. Temperate chickens lay normal eggs, warm chickens brown eggs and cold chickens blue eggs. Eggs stack to 16, are used for cake and can be thrown for a chance to spawn baby chickens.

What you need

Chickens

Step by step

Find or breed chickens. Only adult chickens lay eggs, apart from those that are or were part of chicken jockeys.
Wait: each adult lays one egg every 5-10 minutes (average 7.5 minutes, 9000 ticks).
Pick the eggs up. The kind depends on the chicken variant: normal, brown or blue.
Some foxes (3% chance) spawn with a normal egg in their mouth, which drops on death. Drop a food item to make the fox drop it.
Use eggs for cake and other food, or throw them for a chance to spawn baby chickens.

Java vs Bedrock

Eggs come in three kinds, matching the chicken variant.

Versions: Eggs stack to 16.

Frequently asked questions

How often do chickens lay eggs?

Every 5-10 minutes, averaging 7.5.

What do eggs do?

They craft food like cake and can be thrown for a chance of baby chickens.

Do all chickens lay eggs?

Adult chickens do, except those that are or were part of chicken jockeys.