# CS2 pet chicken guide

The CS2 pet chicken registry: coats, rarity, growth and history. Fan project, not affiliated with Valve.

Source: https://cs2chicken.net/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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.