[MC-231732] Chickens spawning in caves.

In my multiplayer server there are chickens spawning in caves and in the nether.

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After some time this can become an issue as zombies and zombie villagers spawn and pick up the eggs causing performance issues.

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Duplicate of MC-229490.

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I executed "/kill @e[type=zombie,nbt={HandItems:[{},
{id:"minecraft:egg"}]}]" killing 92 entities in my zone only.

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