CS2 Pets

Chickens are live in Counter-Strike 2. Raise one from an egg, feed it, and it grows into a full hen. The pictures and growth stages on this page come straight from the game.

Every colour variantHow you get an egg

From egg to chick

Illustrated transition using game art; the in-game hatch uses a separate 3D scene

The chicken roster

There are five chicken pets in the game: the egg, the chick and three adult hens, called Catalana, Silkie and Polish.

Chicken Egg

Egg

The starting point, and not yet a pet you can show off. An egg has to hatch before it becomes anything.

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Pet Chick

Chick

Freshly hatched and small. A chick is too young to deploy with you, so it stays in the menu while it grows.

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Catalana

Hen

An adult hen of the Catalana breed, a Mediterranean chicken with a single comb and light plumage.

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Silkie

Hen

An adult hen of the Silkie breed, the fluffy one. Silkies are known for plumage that looks and feels like fur.

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Polish

Hen

An adult hen of the Polish breed, recognisable by the crest of feathers on its head.

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The four birds are rendered from the game's own models, and the egg and feed bag are the game's own item icons. Every chicken is unique to the account that raises it: the game gives each bird its own colour variant, so yours may not look exactly like the one pictured.

Every colour variant

Chickens come in dozens of colour variants, and each pet grows into one of them. These are all the variants in the game, rendered from its own models. The breed and variant names below are the game's own.

Catalana 15

Blue And Light OrangeInspect
Red Yellow Gradient
White Tan Head

Silkie 13

Black
Brown With Black Head
Brown
Tiger

Polish 13

Black With White HeadInspect
Brown With Black Wing TipsInspect
Orange With Black StripesInspect
Red
White With Black Wing TipsInspect

Chick 1

The game does not say how likely each colour is. The counts above show how many designs exist, not their odds.

Inspect opens the exact colour shown in CS2. Seven designs cannot be picked in the game, so they have no 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 grows through four stages. Each stage changes how it looks and unlocks more of what it can do.

  1. 1

    Egg

    The starting stage. Nothing happens until the egg hatches on its hatch date.

  2. 2

    Chick

    The first live stage. Chicks are too young to deploy with you, so map locations and poses stay locked.

  3. 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. 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, and the game counts down to its hatch date.
  • Pets cannot be traded, and claimed eggs are 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. Every pet has a countdown until its food runs out, and feeding it keeps it going.

Feed comes in three bag sizes

These are the game's own feed bag icons. The label gives the net weight of each size.

4 lb bag
8 lb bag
Two 8 lb bags

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.
  • Each pet has two timers: one for when its food runs out and one for when it grows to the next stage.

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?

There are five pets: the chicken egg, the pet chick and three adult hens called Catalana, Silkie and Polish. The three hens share one in-game name, so you can only tell the breed apart by how it looks.

Can you trade or sell CS2 pets?

No. Pets cannot be traded, 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.