Blue Egg

This page is about the egg version that cold chicken lays. For the full page, visit the "Egg" page.

Blue Egg

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (16)
Size	Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks

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A blue egg is a type of egg that can be used to craft food items, or thrown for a chance to spawn baby cold chickens on impact. Blue eggs are exclusively laid by cold chickens, a variant of the chicken that spawns naturally in cold biomes.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Adult cold chickens lay a blue egg item every 5–10 minutes. The theoretical average would be expected at 1 egg every 7.5 minutes (9000 game ticks).

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Cake	Milk Bucket + Sugar + Blue Egg + Wheat		Empty buckets remain in the crafting grid after crafting the cake.
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin + Sugar + Blue Egg

Spawning chickens

Blue eggs spawn chickens in the same manner as other eggs.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Blue Egg	blue_egg	Item	item.minecraft.blue_egg

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	[hide]Translation key
Thrown Egg	egg	impact_projectiles	entity.minecraft.egg

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Blue Egg	blue_egg	749	Item	item.blue_egg.name

Entity data

Thrown eggs have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template[show]
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Item: The item to render as, may be absent.
    • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template[show]

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.21.5			25w06a				Added blue eggs.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.22				Added blue eggs.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Egg" or "Blue Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.