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{{Infobox entity
| image = Chicken Jockey.png
| extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
| spawn = Randomly spawns instead of a baby zombie, baby husk, baby drowned or baby zombified piglin<br>
'''Chicken Jockey:'''<br>Light level of 0<br>
'''Chicken Husk Jockey:'''<br>Desert, Desert Hills, Desert Lakes<br>
'''Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey:'''<br>Any 2 block high space in any light level in {{EnvLink|The Nether}}
}}
'''Chicken jockeys'''<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|406775245765619712|I saw this on reddit and had to make it a real thing: Chicken Jockeys.|November 30, 2013}}</ref> are the rare appearance of a baby [[zombie]], baby [[zombified piglin]], baby [[zombie villager]], baby [[husk]], or baby [[drowned]] riding a [[chicken]].

== Spawning ==
{{exclusive|java|section=1}}
Each baby zombie, baby husk, baby zombie villager, baby zombified piglin, or baby drowned that spawns has a 5% chance to check for an existing chicken within a 10×6×10 box centered on the baby's spawn location and spawn riding one of those chickens if there are any. If it fails that 5% chance, there is an additional 5% chance of the baby zombie spawning mounted on a new chicken. Each spawned zombie has a 5% chance of becoming a baby. In a chicken-free environment, each baby has a 4.75% chance to become a chicken jockey for a total 0.2375% chance of each spawned zombie becoming a chicken jockey; if chickens are present, the chance increases to 0.4875%.

Chicken jockeys may spawn with items equipped. Baby zombified piglin versions of the chicken jockey always have a [[golden sword]] equipped, while baby drowned versions may have a [[trident]]. Although chickens take damage from magma blocks, baby zombified piglin jockeys still spawn on them, killing the chicken and leaving just the baby zombified piglin. Provoking the zombified piglin chicken jockey causes it to attack, like a normal zombified piglin.

=== Mounting ===
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}
{{IN|bedrock}}, 15% of naturally spawned baby zombies, baby husks, and baby zombie villagers that are not jockeys already can mount other mobs when trying to attack a [[player]], [[villager]], [[wandering trader]], [[iron golem]], or [[snow golem]]. The following mobs can be mounted:
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* {{EntitySprite|Chicken}} Adult [[chicken]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Ocelot}} Untamed [[ocelot]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Cat}} Untamed [[cat]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Angry Wolf}} Untamed [[Wolf|wolves]]
* {{EntitySprite|Zombie}} Adult [[zombie]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Husk}} Adult [[husk]]s
* {{EntitySprite|zombie villager}} Adult [[zombie villager]]s
* {{EntitySprite|zombified piglin}} Adult [[zombified piglin]]s
* {{EntityLink|Cow|text=Cows}}
* {{EntitySprite|Pig}} Adult unsaddled [[pig]]s
* {{EntityLink|Sheep}}
* {{EntitySprite|Horse}} Adult untamed [[horse]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Donkey}} Adult untamed [[donkey]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Mule}} Adult untamed [[mule]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Skeleton Horse}} Adult [[skeleton horse]]s
* {{EntitySprite|Zombie Horse}} Adult [[zombie horse]]s
* {{EntityLink|Mooshroom|text=Mooshrooms}}
* {{EntitySprite|Spider}} [[Spider]]s that were not spawned as a jockey mount
* {{EntitySprite|Cave spider}} [[Cave spider]]s
* {{EntityLink|Panda|text=Pandas}}
}}

== Behavior ==
* Chicken jockeys fall slowly and do not take fall damage, like normal chickens.
* The chicken can run through 1 block high gaps. The baby zombie suffocates unless the above block is transparent.
* The baby zombie can pick up/equip items.
* The chicken (unless spawned with commands without the {{cd|IsChickenJockey}} tag) does not lay [[egg]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-165545|||WAI}}</ref> However, they can still breed with other chickens, and the offspring do lay eggs.
* Chicken jockeys (both the zombies and chickens<ref>{{bug|MC-48965|resolution=Works as intended}}</ref>) [[despawn]] like zombies.
* The chicken acts like a regular [[passive mob]] again if the rider is killed, but still does not lay eggs and may despawn.
* Only the chicken needs a [[name tag]] to prevent both the chicken and rider from despawning.

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||November 29, 2013|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008212237/https://imgur.com/a/PbRh1|A two-image gallery was uploaded to [[wikipedia:Imgur|Imgur]], and showed a baby [[zombie]] ''inside'' a [[chicken]]. It was also posted to [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||November 30, 2013|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|406775245765619712}}|[[Dinnerbone]] tweeted the link to an image of chicken jockeys, after seeing the image on Reddit.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.4|dev=13w49a|[[File:Chicken Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Villager Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] Added chicken jockeys.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.5|Chickens that are part of chicken jockeys can now despawn when no longer ridden.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Chicken jockeys no longer lay eggs. <!-- January 9, 2014 -->}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w35a|[[File:Chicken Zombie Farmer Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Librarian Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Priest Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Smith Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Butcher Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Nitwit Jockey.png|32px]] [[Zombie villager]]s now retain their professions and clothes, which have a tattered appearance. This has caused [[zombie villager]] chicken jockeys to have a changed appearance, as well.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|[[File:Chicken Husk Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] Added a baby [[husk]] jockey variant.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w11a|[[File:Chicken Drowned Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] Added a baby [[drowned]] jockey variant.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Chicken Jockey.png|32px]] The texture of chicken jockeys has been changed.
|[[File:Chicken Husk Jockey.png|32px]] The texture baby husk jockeys has been changed.
|[[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey.png|32px]] The texture of baby [[zombie pigman]] jockeys has been changed.
|[[File:Chicken Drowned Jockey.png|32px]] The texture of baby drowned jockeys has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w50a|[[File:Chicken Desert Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Jungle Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Plains Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Savanna Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Snowy Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Swamp Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Taiga Zombie Jockey.png|32px]] Zombie villager jockeys now have different clothes in [[desert]], [[jungle]], [[plains]], [[savanna]], snowy, [[swamp]] and [[taiga]] biomes.
|Zombie villager jockeys no longer have a profession.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w09a|"Zombie pigman jockey" has been renamed to "zombified piglin jockey".
|[[File:Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey JE1.png|32px]] The [[model]] and texture of zombified piglin jockeys have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w22a|[[File:Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey JE2.png|32px]] The model of the zombified piglin jockey has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre4|[[File:Baby Zombified Piglin Jockey MC-188880.png|32px]] The model of the zombified piglin jockey wasn't positioned properly due to a bug.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.2|dev=20w30a|[[File:Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey JE2.png|32px]] The model of the zombified piglin jockey got fixed.<ref>{{bug|MC-188880||Baby zombified piglins riding on chickens aren't positioned properly|Fixed}}</ref>}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Chicken Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] Added baby zombies and chicken jockeys.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 2|[[File:Baby_Zombified_Piglin_JE2_BE1.png|32px]]Added baby zombie pigmen and their chicken jockeys.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|[[File:Chicken Zombie Farmer Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Librarian Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Priest Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Smith Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Butcher Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Nitwit Jockey.png|32px]] Added baby zombie villagers and their chicken jockey.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Removed chicken jockeys. Now baby zombie, baby zombie villager, and baby zombie pigmen now have 15% chance of becoming a jockey when angering, rather than spawning as a chicken jockey.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.0|dev=?|Baby zombie pigmen can no longer mount [[mob]]s.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=none|[[File:Chicken Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Villager Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey LCE Revision 1.png|32px]] Added chicken jockeys.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps3=1.64|psvita=1.64|ps4=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|Baby zombies can now ride most mobs, that match as bedrock edition's. However, normal chicken jockeys are still spawned.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Chicken Jockey.png|32px]] The texture of chicken jockeys has been changed.
|[[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey LCE.png|32px]] The texture of baby zombie pigman jockeys has been changed.}}

|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Chicken Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Villager Jockey.png|32px]] [[File:Chicken Zombie Pigman Jockey Revision 1.png|32px]] Added chicken jockeys.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* {{IN|java}}, the chance for a baby zombie villager to spawn wearing full enchanted diamond armor holding an enchanted iron sword in its left hand while riding a chicken is about 1 in 2.91082×10<sup>22</sup>, however it is still not the rarest jockey.
* {{IN|java}}, the rarest mob is the zombie villager chicken jockey from abandoned jungle village with fully enchanted diamond armor, maxed trades, jack-o'-lantern, leader attributes, and an enchanted iron sword in its left hand.
* Zombified piglin chicken jockeys can spawn from portals in the [[Overworld]]. Also, a normal chicken jockey may spawn in the Nether if a [[zombified piglin]] calls a normal zombie as reinforcement.
* The [[wither]] attempts to attack the chicken being ridden by the zombie and the zombie also takes damage.
* A zombified piglin chicken jockey does not become hostile if the chicken is killed or attacked.
* {{IN|java}}, if a zombie villager chicken jockey is cured, then the villager continues riding the chicken even after it grows up.<ref>{{bug|MC-200418}}</ref>
* The chicken jockey is the main protagonist of the [[MINECON Live 2019|MINECON]]/[[Minecraft Live 2020|Minecraft Live]]’s intro in the 2019 and 2020 editions, but also appearing for a short time in the [[Minecraft Live 2022]]’s intro.

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
==== Unarmed ====
<gallery>
Chicken Jockey.png|
Chicken Husk Jockey.png|
Chicken Drowned Jockey.png|
Chicken Plains Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Desert Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Savanna Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Taiga Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Jungle Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Snowy Zombie Jockey.png|
Chicken Swamp Zombie Jockey.png|
</gallery>

==== Armed ====
<gallery>
Chicken Zombified Piglin Jockey JE2.png|Baby zombified piglin jockey.
Over power zombie villager jockey.png|A [[zombie villager]] jockey, wearing full enchanted diamond [[armor]] and an enchanted iron [[sword]] in its left hand.
ChickenJockeyWithArmor.png|Chicken jockey with diamond armor and a sword.
</gallery>

==== Mounts ====
{{exclusive|Bedrock|section=2}}
<gallery>
File:Baby Zombie Riding Zombie.png|Adult zombie jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Husk.png|Adult husk jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Zombified Piglin.png|Adult zombified piglin jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Pig.png|Pig jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Cow.png|Cow jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Mooshroom.png|Mooshroom jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Sheep.png|Sheep jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Wolf.png|Wolf jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Ocelot.png|Ocelot jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Tuxedo Cat.png|Stray cat jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Horse.png|Horse jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Panda.png|Panda jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Spider.png|Baby zombie spider jockey.
File:Baby Zombie Riding Cave Spider.png|Baby zombie cave spider jockey.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
30 14-23-02 S95BY9PNc.png|The first image of chicken jockeys.
A baby zombie inside a chicken in 14w25b.png|A baby zombie inside a chicken in before [[Java Edition 1.7.4|1.7.4]] and [[Java Edition 14w25b|14w25b]].
ChickenJockeyAndChickens.png|A chicken jockey with some other [[chicken]]s walking around.
Chicken Egg.png|Chickens can still lay [[Egg|eggs]] while being ridden when spawned with commands without the {{cd|IsChickenJockey}} tag.
Upside down chicken jockey.png|A chicken jockey named "[[Easter eggs#Upside-down mobs|Dinnerbone]]".
A villager chicken jockey.png|A baby [[zombie villager]] chicken jockey.
Zombie pigman chicken jockey before 1.16.png|A [[zombie pigman]] chicken jockey before 1.16.
Chicken Jockey Hitbox.png|The chicken hitbox below the [[zombie]].
Dead Chicken Jockey Hitbox.png|Hitting from below leaves the zombie unharmed.
4 Variations.png|The four variations of chicken jockeys using "Grumm" or "Dinnerbone" [[name tag]]s.
Chicken Jockey Egg.png|The [[zombie]] on the chicken jockey (pre-1.8) has picked up an [[egg]] that the [[chicken]] laid.
Bedrock Edition zombie jockey.png|A chicken jockey from {{el|be}}.
Chicken Jockey in Player's House.png|A chicken jockey that broke into the [[player]]'s house.
HuskChickenJockey.png|A [[husk]] chicken jockey.
DrownedChickenJockey.png|A [[drowned]] chicken jockey holding a [[trident]].
ZombiePigmanChicken.png|A [[zombified piglin]] chicken jockey in [[the Nether]].
DetachedChickenJockey.png|A detached chicken jockey.
Zombie Riding Chicken.png|A jockey in the [[rain]].
Husk-chicken-desert.png|A husk chicken jockey in a [[desert]] biome in the early morning.
BurningChickenJockey.png|A chicken jockey's [[zombie]] burning up in the [[sun]].
AZombifiedPiglinJockeyspawnedbytheSpawner.png|A baby [[zombified piglin]] chicken jockey spawned by a [[monster spawner]].
Chicken jockey in cave.png|Chicken jockey found in a cave.
ThreeJockeys.png|Three chicken jockeys spawned at night.
Zombified Piglin Chicken Jockey.png|A zombified piglin chicken jockey.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Chicken Jockey Artwork.png|Chicken jockey artwork.
File:Chicken Jockeys Art.png|Chicken jockeys artwork.
File:Chicken Jockey Animated Pixel Artwork.gif|Chicken jockey animated artwork.
File:Wait up, lets go.gif|A chicken jockey trying to keep up with an array of [[minecart]]s.
File:Chicken Jockey Mobestiary.jpg|Chicken jockey from the [[Minecraft: Mobestiary|Mobestiary]].
File:LEGO Chicken Jockey.png|[[Lego Minecraft]] chicken jockey.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/meet-chicken-jockey Meet the Chicken Jockey] – Minecraft.net on October 10, 2017

== Navigation ==
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[[Category:Jockeys]]

[[cs:Slepice žokej]]
[[de:Hühnerreiter]]
[[es:Jinete avícola]]
[[it:Cavalcatore di gallina]]
[[ja:チキンジョッキー]]
[[ko:치킨 조키]]
[[nl:Kipberijder]]
[[pl:Kurzy jeździec]]
[[pt:Jockey de galinha]]
[[ru:Зомби-наездник]]
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