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Chicken Coop

An enclosure to keep some chickens around. Chickens with plenty of food, water and sunlight produce more eggs.

The Chicken Coop is a farming deployable in Rust with 250 health. It has 4 storage slots. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 20 scrap to research.

About the Chicken Coop

On the tech tree it sits behind 2 other unlocks: Large Planter Box and Water Bucket. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.

Chicken Coop health and decay

Outside a tool cupboard's range it holds for 5 hours, then decays from full health to nothing in 8 hours.

250HEALTH
4 slotsSTORAGE
5hDECAY DELAY
8hDECAYS IN
100%DROPS LOOT

How to craft the Chicken Coop

Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 300 × Wood, 1 × Rope and 75 × Metal Fragments.

Wood 300
Rope 1
Metal Fragments 75
Chicken Coop
Output ×1
Workbench Level 1
Craft time
WB1 15s
WB2 −50% 7.5s
WB3 −75% 3.8s

How to get the Chicken Coop blueprint

Research it for 20 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 3 Blueprint Fragments in total.

Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint
Item 1 Item
+
Scrap 20 Scrap
→
Blueprint Blueprint
Research cost 20
Tech tree In the level 1 workbench tree
Node Node
+
Blueprint Fragment 1 Blueprint Fragment
→
Unlocked Unlocked
Total to reach 3

Repair when placed

A damaged Chicken Coop can be repaired where it stands with a hammer. Repairing it from nothing to full costs:

Hammer Placed repair
×150 ×38 ×15

How to repair the Chicken Coop

A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 61 × Wood, 16 × Metal Fragments and 7 × Cloth, and you need its blueprint.

Repair bench Blueprint required
×61 ×16 ×7
Condition lost —

Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.