Although it was listed as "resolved" in other bug reports, this is still occurring. Chickens get stuck in corners of fences. They cannot move or breed, but they can lay eggs.
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Although it was listed as "resolved" in other bug reports, this is still occurring. Chickens get stuck in corners of fences. They cannot move or breed, but they can lay eggs.
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Minecraft 1.7.9
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This should be working as intended shouldn't it be? Because of the small hitboxes that chickens have, they often get caught in the corners. You cannot move them because your coordinates never can surpass that of the chickens, because of the bigger hitboxes of the player. You cannot breed them because the hitbox (note: not the physical barrier hitbox, but the outline hitbox) of a fence corner is in the way, so every time you try to right click the chicken, you end up rightclicking the fence corner. Hope this helps.