RAW CHICKEN

1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.

Last checked: 11 August 2026
Java Edition: 26.2, 1 of 1 row found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.30.5, 1 of 1 matching
Edition differences: none, both editions match

Raw Chicken in villager trading

Raw Chicken is a raw-material trade: villagers pay emeralds for it, which makes it a candidate for an automated emerald farm rather than something you purchase back.

Raw Chicken is uncooked meat, normally dropped by farm animals. Selling it to a Butcher turns surplus animal-farm output straight into emeralds. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it: it drops from chickens.

Villagers that buy Raw Chicken(you give Raw Chicken, get emeralds)

Profession	Level	You Give	You Get	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Butcher	Novice	Raw Chicken		2same in Bedrock	verified	verified

The 1 trade on this item was read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.2 ships in its own data, checked on 11 August 2026 against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.30.5 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.

Your odds of finding Raw Chicken

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades raw chicken is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the butcher (novice): 50% of them carry it, so it takes about 2 of them on average before one does.

Chance and daily throughput per villager for Raw Chicken
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Butcher	Novice	50% (2 in 4)Bedrock 33% (1 in 3)	about 2	32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	8 raw chickenwas 14, 6 off

The chance is the draw size over the pool size in the game's own trade set file for that tier. The Bedrock line under it is the same sum on Bedrock's own table, which splits a tier into groups and draws out of each one separately, so the two editions often disagree. The day figure is the trade's use limit times the 2 restocks a villager is allowed per in-game day (Villager.allowedToRestock), so it is a ceiling and not an average: it assumes you are there for every restock. The cure column is 125 reputation times the trade's own multiplier, floored, and never takes a cost below one. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.

Who trades Raw Chicken, and at what price

To sell Raw Chicken for emeralds, bring it to a Butcher at the Novice tier (14 units per 1 emerald).

Is trading Raw Chicken worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 14 raw chicken, from the Butcher, and 6 of the other 7 pay out faster. No villager sells raw chicken back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Butcher pays for, best rate first
	Raw RabbitNovice		4
	Raw MuttonJourneyman		7
	Raw PorkchopNovice		7
	Dried Kelp BlockExpert		10
	Raw BeefJourneyman		10
	Sweet BerriesMaster		10
	Raw ChickenNovice		14
	CoalApprentice		15

Units you hand over per emerald, so a shorter bar is a better deal. Every other row links to that item.

Raw Chicken against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Butcher takes 14 raw chicken a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Raw Chicken
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Worth in Raw Chicken
12 acacia boats	master Fisherman	12	168 raw chicken
48 iron ingots	apprentice Toolsmith	12	168 raw chicken
96 leather	novice Leatherworker	16	224 raw chicken
108 rabbit hides	journeyman Leatherworker	12	168 raw chicken
240 beetroot	novice Farmer	16	224 raw chicken
288 black wool	novice Shepherd	16	224 raw chicken
320 string	novice Fisherman	16	224 raw chicken
360 flint	journeyman Toolsmith	12	168 raw chicken

16 acacia boats against 480 flint for the same 16 emeralds, 30 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Leatherworker at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Raw Chicken itself pays 14 an emerald, so 42 of the 72 ask less and 28 ask more.

How Raw Chicken trading works

Every raw chicken offer here locks after 16 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 32 of these trades a day and no more.

The earliest raw chicken shows up is the Butcher's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.

How long Raw Chicken takes in real time

224 raw chicken empty one slot at the Butcher, 2400 ticks (Villager.allowedToRestock) at 20 a second (TickRateManager) refill it 2 real minutes later, and the 24000-tick villager day (Timelines) holds 2 of those fills in 20 real minutes.

So one butcher moves 448 raw chicken against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 14 raw chicken every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 raw chicken fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.

Tips for trading Raw Chicken

One villager, one restock: the Butcher pays an emerald per 14 raw chicken and that slot runs 16 trades, so 224 raw chicken (3.5 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
Where they go back: that Butcher also sells rabbit stew at 1 emerald each, its cheapest offer.
Also on the Butcher's list: raw porkchop, raw rabbit, coal, cooked porkchop, cooked chicken, raw mutton.

Raw Chicken trading FAQ

How many raw chicken make an emerald?

14 raw chicken at the best rate any villager offers, from the Butcher at the Novice tier. That slot runs 16 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 224 of them per restock.

Which villager sells Raw Chicken?

None. Raw Chicken is bought from you rather than sold to you, so trading is a way to turn it into emeralds and not a way to obtain it.

Same trader, other items

The Butcher works at a smoker and also trades: