Chicken Egg
EggThe starting point, and not yet a pet you can show off. An egg has to hatch before it becomes anything.
Inspect in CS2CS2 Pets
Chickens are live in Counter-Strike 2. Raise one from an egg, feed it, and it grows into a full hen. The models and growth stages come from the game files; availability reflects the live game.
From egg to chick
Illustrated transition using game art; the in-game hatch uses a separate 3D scene
The chicken roster
Five entries sit in the pet_definitions table. One is the egg, one is the chick, and three are adult hens: Catalana, Silkie and Polish. Each carries a pedestal display model, which is the model the game renders when the pet stands on its base.
Pet Chick
ChickFreshly hatched and small. A chick is too young to deploy with you, so it stays in the menu while it grows.
Inspect in CS2Catalana
HenAn adult hen of the Catalana breed, a Mediterranean chicken with a single comb and light plumage.
Inspect in CS2Silkie
HenAn adult hen of the Silkie breed, the fluffy one. Silkies are known for plumage that looks and feels like fur.
Inspect in CS2Polish
HenAn adult hen of the Polish breed, recognisable by the crest of feathers on its head.
Inspect in CS2The four birds are rendered from the game's own models, and the egg and feed bag are the game's inventory icons. Each chicken is unique to the account that raises it: the game stores a pet seed per bird and derives its colour variant from that seed, so yours may not look exactly like the one pictured.
Every colour variant
Chickens come in dozens of colour variants, and a pet's seed decides which one it grows into. These are all the variants the game ships, rendered from its own models and textures. The breed and variant names below are the game's own.
Catalana 15
Silkie 13
Polish 13
Chick 1
YellowInspect
The extracted game files list these coats but give no chance for each one. The counts above show designs found, not their odds.
Inspect links open the exact model material group shown. Seven additional textures in the game files are not assigned to a material group, so those images have no in-game inspect link.
Chicken accessories
Ten accessories appear in CS2's Photo Booth files. Each model is shown on its own and on an adult Catalana chicken. Their use during matches has not been confirmed.
Helmet
Armor Helmet
Alien
Banana
Glasses
Nose Glasses
Party Hat
Sprout
Top Hat
Wizard Hat
Growth stages
A pet moves through four stages, named in the game's own locale files. Each stage changes the model and unlocks more of what the pet can do.
- 1
Egg
The starting stage. Nothing happens until the egg hatches, and the files track a date for when it will.
- 2
Chick
The first live stage. Chicks are too young to deploy with you, so map locations and poses stay locked.
- 3
Pullet
A young hen whose colours are coming in. The game's text says it is cleared to deploy with you, but how that works in live matches has not been confirmed.
- 4
Hen
A fully grown bird and the final stage. The photo booth poses that need maturity unlock here.
How you get an egg
Chicken Eggs can appear in your Weekly Care Package. They are not guaranteed in every weekly drop.
- If an egg appears in your Weekly Care Package, choosing it uses both of that week's reward picks.
- An egg hatches about a week after you get it. The item carries a hatch date and the HatchBook counts down to it.
- The pet item carries a cannot trade attribute in the game files. Claimed eggs are also currently shown as untradable in-game.
- Hatching is staged like a case opening, with its own animation and sound cues.
- An egg that is never hatched can expire on its own, and it gets its own notification when it does.
Feed and lifespan
A pet is not permanent. It eats, it gets hungry, and it eventually retires. The game runs all of that off a food expiration date that every pet carries.
Feed comes in three bag sizes
These are the game's own feed bag icons. The label gives the net weight of each size.
Where feed comes from
- Feed comes from Weekly Care Packages, the same free weekly drop you already claim.
- When a pet is hungry the in-game hint points there directly, so a Care Package is the reliable source rather than the market.
Keeping a pet fed
- Feeding is what keeps a pet around. The feed item says it plainly: feed your pet to keep it around.
- The game warns you twice before the food runs out, once when it is running low and once when the pet needs food.
- Every pet carries a food expiration date and a next upgrade date together: the first drives the feeding countdown, the second schedules its growth.
When the food runs out
- Stop feeding and the pet retires. It leaves your active slot rather than sitting there hungry.
- The game has separate messages for a pet that lived out its full life and one that ran out of food, so the two endings are tracked apart.
- An egg that never hatches can expire the same way, and it gets its own message when it does.
CS2 pets: frequently asked questions
Are CS2 pets released yet?
Yes, the system is live in the game. Valve has not published a detailed guide, so this page combines current game files with observed live features such as the Weekly Care Package egg drop.
How many CS2 pets are there?
Five pet definitions are in the game files: the chicken egg, the pet chick and three adult hens called Catalana, Silkie and Polish. The three hens share a single in-game name, so the breed is only visible in the model and the internal name.
Can you trade or sell CS2 pets?
No. The pet item is flagged cannot trade in the game files, and claimed eggs are currently untradable in-game.
How do CS2 pets grow?
A pet passes through four stages: egg, chick, pullet and hen. Each stage is tracked against a next upgrade date, and the pet unlocks more interaction as it grows.