How to get blue chickens in Stardew Valley?

There is nothing better than a farming simulator with a wide variety of animals for you to raise. From cows, pigs, and rabbits to dinosaurs, there’s a fun twist to what kind of animals you can breed in Stardew Valley. Strange animals include the blue chicken, a sky-colored denizen of your coop that is rare and hard to come by. But where do you get this bizarre bird and what role does it play on your farm?

Where to find blue chickens in Stardew Valley

The Blue Chicken is available after the Eight Hearts event with villager Shane, where you’ll see his own personal chicken coop full of blue chickens and his favorite white chicken, Charlie. If you’re having trouble strengthening your friendship with Shane, give him a beer as a gift. He regularly stays at the Stardrop Saloon, where you can buy beer anyway. After purchasing it, take a few steps to the right and give it to him. They become friends quickly.

After that, blue chickens will unlock, and you have a 25% chance of getting one when you buy a chicken from Marnie or hatch an egg in your incubator. Blue chickens can hatch from both white and brown eggs.

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The weird thing about blue chickens is that they don’t do anything different than regular chickens. They don’t lay blue eggs, only white eggs, which is strange since blue eggs occur in nature (not laid by chickens, but still). It comes across as weird since void chickens lay different types of eggs that can also be turned into void mayonnaise. As with regular chickens, the more friendship you have with that animal, the value of their eggs will increase. If you want chickens to make friends with you faster, consider changing farming professions.

While blue chickens don’t provide you with any unique products, they do add visual variety to your coop. They’re also easy to find in the grass if you let your chickens roam free.