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Chicken at a glance
Fresh Food & water
Meat from chickens.
No published stats for this item yet.
Chicken (Whole)
Also known as Chicken.
Meat from chickens. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Where to find it
Fridges, groceries and your own flock.
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How to use it
Cook before eating.
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Where to look, town by town
The Chicken turns up in fridges, groceries and your own flock. These named places from our town guides fit that description; loot is random, so none is guaranteed.
| Place | Town | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Spiffo’s | Muldraugh | 10612,9644 |
| GigaMart | West Point | 12023,6858 |
| GigaMart Edge of the suburbs | Riverside | 6136,5368 |
| GigaMart North end | Rosewood | 8003,11255 |
| Grand Ohio Mall | Louisville | 13577,1332 |
| Crossroads Mall | Valley Station | 13936,5832 |
| Nourish Food Mart Supermarket | March Ridge | 10142,12786 |
| GigaMart Shopping plaza | Brandenburg | 1869,6362 |
Every town and store type: loot locations and the map.
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In our guides
Where the Chicken comes up in our guides, with the line that mentions it:
- Animals: “Chickens also take wheat seeds and insects.”
- Farming & food: “Build 42 added livestock and wildlife: chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, deer, rabbits, rats, turkeys and raccoons.”
- Butchering and leather: “Build 42's animals include chickens, cows, pigs, sheep, rabbits, deer and rats.”
- Build 42: everything new: “Sheep, chickens, pigs and cows, with meat, leather, eggs, manure and milk.”
- Project Zomboid FAQ: “Cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, deer, raccoons, rats and mice.”
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Chicken (Whole) is on 1 loot table in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freezer Farm Storage | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 4.3% | 2 |
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
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Crafting and loot tables
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Freezer Farm Storage (weight 8)
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Related items
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Quick answers
Where do you find the Chicken in Project Zomboid?
Fridges, groceries and your own flock.
What is the Chicken used for?
Meat from chickens. Cook before eating.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.