I was building an AFK chicken farm in a test world and noticed when a chicken grows up and then dies from lava instantly, it doesn't drop chicken (sometimes). However, they continue to drop feathers. The farm had a slab above a hopper, but I don't know if that affected it or not
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Not a mod, but as far as I know, it is because the second item gets burned by the lava. When two items are dropped, one is collected instantly while the other is laying for a short amount of time on the ground, enough for it to be burned by the lava. I remember ilmango explaining this occurrence in his videos once (panda slime farm in the peaceful series, iirc).