3x3x1 pond with a vanilla hopper in place of the centre block one or two lower than the pond, the chickens float but eggs fall into hopper from there add to your system as you like, with the water flow the chickens are forced to the centre & cant escape. just came up with this one add conveyor belts under the pond to move eggs to a collection point, not tested but should work.
Auto Egg Collection.
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I don't know about others, but a chicken farm + water always causes huge sound lagg for me, so much that that chunk would lagg the hell out of me.
yep valid point I have a pretty good gaming rig & liquids still bring down my fps, scratch all above
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Well, here's a new one about transposers...if a chicken walks on it, they fall in and die. I have a floored area where chickens are bred, the babies are supposed to be moved underneath and get killed when they grow. The main floor has transposers to funnel eggs and one sewage collector. Unfortunately, all my chickens died because they walked onto a transposer and fell in.
And the problem with using Obsidian Pipes is that chickens will go between then if pushed. I've seen it.
And the problem with using Obsidian Pipes is that chickens will go between then if pushed. I've seen it.
This is why you need the sign. It keeps the chickens on the surface of the water so the eggs fall in.
How do I kill them with a grinder? Want to be able to have a control group of 12 or 14 to breed and lay eggs and the babies are allowed to grow until killed.
Do you have MFR installed? It has a block called the chronotyper. It allows you to sort mobs based on age.. So you can move babies out of the breeding pen automatically. To let grow into adults then another chronotyper pulls those adults into a third pen to either be grinded by the mob grinder or w/e method u want to use to kill them...
It's installed, but I'm back to square one as to how to collect the eggs. Does the breeder ignore signs in the way?
If you are using MFR and the breeder/chrono type method you dont need the eggs at all. The breeder automatically feeds them seeds (got to put them in their of course) and makes baby chicks that way. So the eggs just get laid and do nothing.
The chickens make eggs naturally.. So if you line their floor with obsidian pipes they shouldnt die and shouldnt fall through.. This way you dont need water or anything either. You will need to make sure you iron pipes underneath are setup correctly...
Just tested that in my test work and they DO go between the pipes. I placed down 16 obsidian pipes connected to a grid of cobblestone transport pipes. The rig was enclosed on stone and I spawned 16 chickens...they went between the pipes upon landing.
Had that same trouble when I built mine.
Just drop the Transposer down one and place a block on top. I used glass.
Do the chickens ever escape their confinement? Wondering if I can enclose them in glass.
BTW, testing your idea.