These Hatch Spawners are the root of the Chicken Cycle.

Meteorites with spores can drop on a planet and they will quickly grow into a ''Roost"

You can reasonably easy destroy Roosts, which will also reduce the amount of Chickens that can grow out of each Roost. However the Chicken Queens Anger will rise faster, so you destroying many will make her appear earlier.

Often there are extra defending Tubes around Roosts, which can do quite some damage to both land and air units. Esspecially on the harder difficulties.

These spires, also called ''Tubes'', can be found around Roosts.

Over time more Tubes will grow around Roosts, making them harder to attack and kill

Beware of these deadly spires, since they can do quite some damage to both land and air units.

These rare ''Lobbers'' are often not detected at first, but their magnetized EMP plasma acid is. The Lobber is the only Chicken that can produce the blue-ish glowing substance and spit it at a very high trajectory and long range.

They do both damage and can instant paralyse units when the acidic plasma hits.

When you see blue plasma in the sky, prepare and build shields as soon as possible!

Beware!

When these are angered / wounded, they can turn into an enraged flame chicken. Don't let their small size fool you, they pack a punch and can do a lot of damage.

One of the most dangerous chickens is the Bombardier.

It has massive evolved jaws filled with flammable fluids, and can throw very deadly flames in a large range around it.

TIP:

They usually will start appearing when the Queen is angered around 50%. Be ready to defend against these when the time comes!