Greetings.
I am a man in a suit who has fallen into the world of Minecraft.
An automatic egg collector picks up eggs laid naturally by chickens with floor hoppers and sends them to a chest.
This article uses a coop I built in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11 to show a 3×3 hopper floor and its collection chest.
Only the collection after an egg is laid is automatic. Putting chickens in the coop, feeding them, and breeding them are manual jobs.
Materials and the Collection Flow
I build this coop on an open part of the slope. A 3×3 collection floor sits beneath the space where the chickens live.
The main materials are:
- Hopper: 9 for the 3×3 floor
- Chest: 1 as the egg destination
- Building blocks: Enough for the walls and roof
- Door: For the entrance
- Light sources: For the inside and surroundings
- Seeds: To call chickens closer
The official Minecraft working chicken coop article also introduces the idea of moving eggs from hoppers into a chest.
That official example and the 3×3 layout in this article are separate designs. The steps below are the arrangement I built and tested in Java Edition.
Connect a 3×3 Hopper Floor to a Chest
I dig a 3×3 area and fill the floor with nine hoppers. I point the outer hoppers toward the middle and route the middle line toward the collection chest.
I place the chest where it can be opened from outside and connect the final hopper to it. In the photo, the route runs from the rear hoppers to the chest at the front.
When placing each hopper, I crouch, aim at its destination, and check that every outlet faces the next hopper or the chest.
I build walls and a roof around the hopper floor. The walls are high enough to keep the chickens inside, and I add a door and lighting.
Add Chickens and Check the Eggs
Once the coop is ready, I put two adult chickens inside. They can walk over the hoppers and stay in the coop normally.
Seeds help call them closer, but moving chickens into the coop is not automatic.
The official Minecraft egg article describes waiting near chickens as a way to obtain eggs.
I begin with an empty collection chest. After waiting 15 minutes with two adult chickens, the chest contains five eggs. Natural laying and collection continue, and there are seven eggs when I take this photo.
Five and seven are results from different moments. I treat them only as observations from this test, not as a fixed production rate.
From the front, the finished building barely looks like a machine. I can collect the eggs simply by opening the chest from outside.
The compact coop fits neatly among the town buildings. The full building story appears in OjiCra Season 3 Episode 58.
What to Check When Eggs Do Not Reach the Chest
- Check that every hopper faces the next hopper or the chest.
- Check that there are no gaps in the collection floor.
- Check that the chest is not full.
- Check that the chickens are standing over the hopper floor.
- Stay near the machine while waiting and observing it.
Dropping one item onto the hopper floor first is a simple way to test whether the route reaches the chest.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What part of the egg collector is automatic?
- The hoppers automatically move naturally laid eggs into the chest. Moving, feeding, and breeding chickens remain manual.
- How many hoppers does this design use?
- This 3×3 model uses nine hoppers. If you change the size, avoid gaps where eggs cannot be collected.
- Which way should the hoppers point?
- Route them from the outside toward the middle and then toward the collection chest. The final hopper must face the chest.
- How many eggs collect in 15 minutes?
- In this test, two adults produced five collected eggs after 15 minutes and the chest held seven at the later photo. This is an observation, not a fixed rate.
- What should I check if eggs do not reach the chest?
- Check hopper directions, floor gaps, chest space, and the chickens’ position. Drop one item onto the floor to test the route.
Once the hopper directions are aligned, naturally laid eggs arrive in the chest. Starting with an empty chest and watching the first egg arrive makes the setup easier to trust.
That is all for this time.
Greetings.