[Top 7] Stardew Valley Best Animals For Coop (Ranked)

Updated:

28 Apr 2022

One of the first buildings a farmer is prompted to build is a coop, and for good reason. Coops can be filled with all kinds of wonderful animals who will bring you food, money, wool, companionship, and a sense of accomplishment. (Side note: Is anyone else glad we don’t have to muck out the coop?) Here are the top seven:

7. White Chicken

Chickens are the game’s starter animal, again for good reason. They are reliable producers, easy to care for, and inexpensive.

Chickens share common ancestry with the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and are its closest living relative

Why White Chickens are Great:

Low maintenance; no special tools needed, just give them love every day and make sure they have food or access to outside
High reward, they produce eggs or Large Eggs every day
How to get White Chicken
Buy at Marnie’s for 800G
Put an egg in an Incubator

Details: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Chicken

6. Brown Chicken

Brown Chickens give Brown Eggs and Large Brown Eggs.

This Brown Chicken has left a Large Egg for the farmer

Why Brown Chickens are great

They’re cuter than white chickens
The Animal Bundle at the Community Center will accept a Large Egg as well as a Large Brown Egg.

How to get Brown Chicken

Buy at Marnie’s for 800G
Hit ESC and try again if the game prompts you to “select a Coop for your new White Chicken”

5. Void Chicken

It’s a chicken with a goth aesthetic and a cursed past.

These chickens listen to death metal, enjoy fowl weather, and cluck at the moon

Why Void Chickens rock

They look cool, which is obviously the most important reason
Their eggs can be turned in to Void Mayonnaise, which is critical to a late game sidequest

How to get Void Chicken

A Witch will curse one of your eggs and turn it into a Void Egg
Place the Void Egg in the incubator

Details: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Void_Chicken

4. Duck

They give eggs every 2 days, occasionally drop beautiful duck feathers, and they swim in the pond. Lucrative and adorable.

The 1.5 update introduced the Beach Farm, and these ducks are taking full advantage

Why Ducks are awesome

Duck Eggs and Duck Mayonnaise are valuable
Duck Feathers are the way to Elliott’s heart and are necessary for the Dye Bundle
It’s super cute when the ducks swim in the water

How to get Duck