Golden Chicken
| Golden Chicken | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Animal |
| Building | Big Coop |
| Produce | Golden Egg |
The Golden Chicken is the final reward of animal farming and one of the last things the valley unlocks. It only becomes available after the farm reaches full Perfection. Each bird hatches from a Golden Egg, and a fed adult lays another Golden Egg every day. A Golden Egg sells for ten times a normal Egg, which makes this the richest egg layer in the Coop. It also turns into three jars of gold-quality Mayonnaise at once. Once the first egg hatches, the flock can keep growing from its own eggs.
Care
A Golden Chicken needs a Big Coop or Deluxe Coop, since only those have an Incubator for its egg. After hatching, it lives just like an ordinary chicken. It eats one portion of grass or Hay a day, roams outside on sunny days and sleeps in the Coop at night. Grazing on fresh grass gives it the best mood. On rainy days and all through Winter, it stays in the Coop and eats from the feeding bench.
Daily petting builds friendship towards five hearts and keeps the bird cheerful. As with any Coop animal, better friendship and mood raise the chance of higher-quality eggs. A Heater helps in Winter, and closing the door only after the flock is home keeps the birds safe overnight. The Coopmaster profession speeds up friendship with golden chickens just as it does with other Coop birds.
Produce
A grown Golden Chicken lays one Golden Egg each day as long as it has eaten. The egg is the most valuable chicken egg by a wide margin.
Putting a Golden Egg into a Mayonnaise Machine makes three jars of gold-quality Mayonnaise. The quality of the egg makes no difference to the result. Three gold jars sell for well over the price of a normal Golden Egg. An iridium-quality Golden Egg, however, is worth more raw than its Mayonnaise unless the Artisan profession is taken. With Artisan, the Mayonnaise is the better sale at every egg quality.
A Golden Egg counts as an egg in every cooking recipe that calls for one. It also counts towards Gus' Famous Omelet on the Special Orders board. As a gift, Alex, Demetrius, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Marnie, Pierre, Sam and Shane like it. Sebastian hates it.
Buying
Every Golden Chicken starts life as a Golden Egg. After Perfection, the first egg can come from four places. Marnie's Ranch sells one at a very high price, and Qi's Walnut Room sells one for Qi Gems. A golden witch may also fly over a Coop at night and leave one behind. Very rarely, a fishing Treasure Chest holds one.
Placing the egg in the Incubator hatches a golden chick in about six days. The Coopmaster profession halves that wait. From then on, every Golden Egg can hatch another bird, so one egg is enough to start a whole flock.
A Golden Chicken sells for the same price as an ordinary chicken at the same friendship. Selling one gives up a daily egg worth far more than that, so it rarely makes sense.
Giving a Golden Chicken a Golden Animal Cracker doubles its Golden Eggs for good.
All Animals
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Building | Price | Produce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 
|
Coop | 800g | Egg; Brown Egg; Large Egg; Large Brown Egg |
| Cow | 
|
Barn | 1500g | Milk; Large Milk |
| Dinosaur | 
|
Big Coop | - | Dinosaur Egg |
| Duck | 
|
Big Coop | 1200g | Duck Egg; Duck Feather |
| Dusty | - | - | - | - |
| Goat | 
|
Big Barn | 4000g | Goat Milk; Large Goat Milk |
| Golden Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Golden Egg |
| Ostrich | 
|
Barn | - | Ostrich Egg |
| Pig | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 16000g | Truffle |
| Rabbit | 
|
Deluxe Coop | 8000g | Rabbit's Foot; Wool |
| Sheep | 
|
Deluxe Barn | 8000g | Wool |
| Void Chicken | 
|
Big Coop | - | Void Egg |