Skins Hub

Rush Hour · September 2026

Chickens & Eggs

Your next weekly reward might hatch. Get to know CS2’s new chicken pets, from the first egg to a book full of memories.

Research reviewed

Everything we know

A little company. A whole lifecycle.

Egg Chick Pullet Hen

Illustrative symbols, not in-game renders

The essentials

Start with a Prime account: Weekly Care Packages require Prime Status. Check the reward offer at your next eligible profile rank-up. Steam’s eligibility guide .

Game files

Playing together

The pullet milestone describes map access. The lobby check allows your pet when you are alone or hosting the party; joining somebody else’s lobby can change what appears.

Valve lobby eligibility check (SteamDB mirror)

Not yet verified

Prices and trading

We have not verified a tradable pet listing or a supported way to buy one from another player. This reference page does not assign prices, rarity odds, or marketplace links to pets.

Valve pet definitions (SteamDB mirror)

Game files

From shell to full-grown hen

  1. STAGE 1

    Egg

    The in-game tooltip estimates roughly a week from collection to hatching. That is an estimate, not an exact seven-day promise.

  2. STAGE 2

    Chick

    The controls enable naming after hatching. The game text introduces photos and a HatchBook to record this stage.

  3. STAGE 3

    Pullet

    The adolescent stage is when the game text says colours arrive and your pet can accompany you onto maps.

  4. STAGE 4

    Hen

    The final growth stage. The game includes end-of-life messages and a way to revisit the pet’s book from your profile.

Chicken Feed is its own item. Watch the in-game food warning and check your care-package offer; exact feeding intervals and later growth timings have not been verified. Read the game text .

Game files

Meet the breed definitions

The current schema contains three adult chicken definitions. These are a reference to the files, not a guarantee of availability or rarity. Breed odds and the relationship between shell colour and adult appearance remain unverified.

Catalana

Uses the chicken model in the pet definitions.

Silkie

Has its own Silkie model in the pet definitions.

Polish

Has its own Polish model in the pet definitions.

Source: Valve’s pet definitions

Game files

A HatchBook full of memories

The photo booth includes agent poses, headwear, filters, effects and sticker controls. Some options depend on age or achievements. The HatchBook follows your pet’s growth, and the game text describes revisiting it from your profile after an age-related departure.

Explore photos, naming and the HatchBook

Read the chicken guides

Everything we know about the new CS2 chickens and pets

Chicken Eggs are appearing after Rush Hour. Here is what players have found, what Valve’s game files describe, and what we still cannot confirm.

4 min read

CS2 Chicken Eggs: how to get one, hatching and feeding

What to check before choosing an egg, how long hatching may take, and what the game says about keeping your chicken fed.

3 min read

CS2 chicken breeds, photos and the HatchBook explained

Catalana, Silkie and Polish definitions, naming controls, photo booth features and the limits of what game files tell us about rarity.

3 min read

What we still need to verify

  • Exact egg drop rates and whether every eligible weekly package offers an egg.
  • Exact durations of the chick, pullet and hen stages, feed quantity and full lifespan.
  • Breed and colour probabilities, and whether egg colour predicts the adult chicken.
  • Which model variants are obtainable, as opposed to merely present in the files.
  • The full behaviour of pets in each game mode and after combat incidents.
  • Any future pets, trading support or paid cosmetics beyond the current chicken system.

Sources & review notes

Checked on 2026-09-23. Game-file links point to a fixed snapshot so you can see the evidence behind this review. This is an editorial reference, not a live view of your pet or an item marketplace.