How do I get a chicken egg?
A Prime account gets a weekly care package for ranking up once a week, and the egg is one of its items. One pet per account: while your chicken is alive, no second egg appears.
CS2 pet chicken guide
The chicken arrived in CS2 on 22 September 2026. A Prime account gets one egg a week, one pet per account. Below are answers from registry data; where the game has its own text, it is quoted as is.
When does the egg hatch?
About a week after you get it; the exact date is printed in the game. The registry shows little spread: almost every egg hatches on day 6 or 7.
«Something will hatch from it about a week after you receive it.»
Where does the pet live?
In the nest beside your agent in the main menu. The chicken is not in your Steam inventory, so it has no inspect link either.
How do I feed it and when is the reset?
Feed comes with the same weekly care package. The reset is on Tuesday at 17:00 Pacific. Feed before the next reset, or the chicken leaves the nest for good.
«Feed your pet to keep it with you.»
How long does each stage last?
The egg takes about a week: the only period the game names. From the registry, a chick becomes a pullet 22-28 days after hatching, and a pullet becomes a hen on day 50-61 after hatching. The adult period is around 90 days according to the datamine.
Which coat will I get?
One of 34 coats across three breeds: Catalana 13, Silkie 9, Polish 12. The coat is decided when the chick becomes a pullet; the game publishes no odds. We count each coat's share across every pullet and hen on record: breeds roll evenly, and coats within a breed are spread almost evenly too.
Why do identical coats look different?
Every item has its own seed. It sets hue, saturation, brightness and plumage detail, plus body shape: fatness, tail, legs, wings, neck, head and comb. The coat is the pattern, the seed is its variant.
When can I name it?
From the chick stage, up to 20 characters. You can rename once per stage.
Does the chicken go to matches?
From the pullet stage the pet can visit maps with the player. Visited maps become the chicken's achievements: the registry shows where it has been.
«Older pets can visit this map with you.»
Can the chicken die in a round?
No. Fire, the bomb, a grenade, a knife or a gun grant "Brave" achievements, but the chicken stays with you.
Can I sell or trade the chicken?
No. Eggs, feed and pets are not tradable and are not sold on the market.
How does a chicken get on record?
When we first see it in the game. Every later sighting updates stage, coat, name, feed and achievements, and the difference between sightings becomes a history event on the chicken's page.