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

After some time this can become an issue as zombies and zombie villagers spawn and pick up the eggs causing performance issues.
Environment
Windows 10 21H1, Server hosted on Java 16 "jdk-16.0.1"
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Chickens spawning in caves.
In my multiplayer server there are chickens spawning in caves and in the nether.
After some time this can become an issue as zombies spawn and pick up the eggs causing lag.
Environment
Windows 10 21H1, Server hosted on Java 16 "jdk-16.0.1"
In my multiplayer server there are chickens spawning in caves and in the nether.
After some time this can become an issue as zombies spawn and pick up the eggs causing lag.
I executed "/kill @e[type=zombie,nbt={HandItems:[{},\{id:"minecraft:egg"}]}]" killing 92 entities in my zone only.
duplicates
In my multiplayer server there are chickens spawning in caves and in the nether.
After some time this can become an issue as zombies spawn and pick up the eggs causing lag.
I executed "/kill @e[type=zombie,nbt={HandItems:[{},\{id:"minecraft:egg"}]}]" killing 92 entities in my zone only.
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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I executed "/kill @e[type=zombie,nbt={HandItems:[{},
{id:"minecraft:egg"}]}]" killing 92 entities in my zone only.