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Every farm needs chickens, and that is especially true inStardew Valley. The chicken coop is cheaper than a barn, and players will definitely want eggs to make money and use in cooking.Stardew Valleycoops do not only house chickens, but also ducks, rabbits, and even dinosaurs depending on how much the coop is upgraded by the player.
Due to being cheaper than a barn and a way to house animals, a chicken coop is a good first farm building to save up for. Once built, there are plenty of methods for making total bank off of your chickens. With that money, players can upgrade the coop and make even more money in a nice circle of profit.
Updated July 16, 2025, by Artur Novichenko:Chickens not only add life to your farm but can also bring in good money. To do this, you will have to build more than one Coop and take care of your animals. Fortunately, now you can get your first animals from the very first minutes of the game.
How To Get A Coop
Early on in the game, this wood can be gathered by hitting wood and branches with an ax.Stone can be gathered by mining with a pickaxe. The first chicken coop can house only four chickens. Don’t worry, though, there are upgraded chicken coops that they can get later.
The second way is to choose Meadowlands Farm. This map is best suited for breeding animals and, accordingly, earning money from it. The best thing about this Farm is that you initially get a Chicken Coop and even two Chickens inStardew Valley.
Using The Regular Coop
The next thing to do is to purchase four chickens.Chickens can be bought at Marnie’s Ranch for 800 gold each. They will require care, so be sure tostock up on hay and/or give them an outdoor area where they can eat grass(though grass will not be availablein winter). Hay can either be bought fromMarnieor harvested using aScytheon grass (players will need to build a silo to harvest hay).
EachChickenwill make one brown or white egg every morning.They will sell for 50 gold each. Be sure to pet the chickens to raise their friendship, as that will eventually make them produce large eggs, which sell for nearly double at 95 gold each.
If able,get aMayonnaise Machine.With this, players, can turn eggs into mayonnaise and sell it for 190 gold — nearly four times as much coin as a regular old egg can get. As for cooking, it is best to just sell the eggs or sell them as mayonnaise rather than turn them into a meal to sell. Making a meal will actually make less money than selling the raw ingredients for the meal. For example, an omelette sells for 125 gold and requires a milk and egg, but milk alone sells for 125 gold already.
Requirements For A Deluxe Coop:
Getting Animals Other Than Regular Chickens
With the coop upgraded, there is the freedom to get new animals outside of just chickens. Some are bought while others come from less obvious methods.
Void Chicken
A Void Chicken is a black chicken that produces Void Eggs. They can only be obtained by incubating a Void Egg. There are three ways to get a Void Egg without a Void Chicken:
Ducks
Ducks are easy to obtain once the coop is upgraded. Once upgraded, they become available for purchase at Marnie’s ranch for 4,000 gold.
Rabbits
Rabbits specifically need to the Deluxe Coop upgrade. Once that upgrade is done, they become available for purchase at Marnie’s Ranch for 8,000 gold.
Dinosaurs
Like Void Chickens, a Dinosaur will need to be obtained via hatching a Dinosaur Egg. It is both an artifact and animal product. The egg can be obtained by digging up artifact spots in the mountains, fishing treasure chests, foraging on prehistoric floors of Skull Caverns, winning the Crane Came in the Movie Theater, or as a drop from a Pepper Rex. Once dropped, just incubate, and then a dinosaur will hatch.
How To Profit With Gold
To make the greatest profit with a coop, playersneed to take the Tiller farming skillat level five. Onceat level 10, choose the Artisan skill. This skill will make all artisan goods (such as the mayo you make from eggs) sell for 40 percent more.
With the assumption that you max out all the affection of the coop animals and have the Artisan perk, here are the profitseach type of animalcan net for farmers:
Feather: 250 gold
Max friendship: Iridium rabbit foot
Rabbit Foot: 1,130 gold
Every Seven Days
Turned into mayo, sells for 1,120 gold.
Based on this information,chickens are the best animals for the coop to make a profit.While other products sell for more, they do not produce every single day like a chicken does. With all this in mind, the most profitable coop is one that is full of chickens with an artisan farmer.
How To Profit With Gifts
Some characters love products that come from coop animals. Here are some to keep in mind.
Duck Eggs and Duck Feathers
Void Eggs and Void Mayo
