Zombie Chicken

The Zombie Chicken is seen in the Wild West. It is released from a damaged Chicken Wrangler Zombie. They quickly rush toward your plants doing considerable amounts of damage. Lightning Reeds are the best way to deal with them.

Almanac Entry
Once released onto the lawn chickens run full speed to peck at your brains.

Ba-qwack!

Overview
Zombie Chicken absorbs one quarter of a normal damage shot. Because of its low health, Zombie Chickens only degrade upon death.

Appearances
Zombie Chicken appears in Wild West only.

Day 6, 8, 10, Save Our Seeds II, Locked and Loaded II and III, Last Stand II, Big Bad Butte

Strategies
While Zombie Chickens are weak individually, they have strength in numbers and can easily overwhelm defenses without any Area-of-Effect plants. Using plants that can attack multiple zombies at once, such as Bloomerang and Lightning Reed will allow multiple Zombie Chickens to die with each attack. Snapdragon are fairly good because it can kill all chickens in one shot. The Ligntning Reed's fast, continuous attacks will also easily take out a flock of Zombie Chickens. Using a Cherry Bomb can also work, but it has to be planted far enough ahead that the Zombie Chickens do not run past it and are unaffected. Jalapenos can also be used to quickly deal with them, along with any other zombies in a lane. Alternatively, if area-of-effect plants are not available, using multiple fast plants like Pea Pod or Repeater can compensate for a lack of area-of-effect plants. Spikeweeds are good as well, as they can kill Zombie Chickens when they go above them. Bonk Choy does not do an upcut when it kills a Zombie Chicken, making it a good plant to use as well.

Note: Cabbage-pult and Kernel-pults are very bad choices (unless fed Plant Food) against Zombie Chickens because they fire half as fast as a Peashooter and can only kill one Zombie Chicken at once. In addition, Butter is ineffective to Zombie Chickens because the hit is enough to kill them.

Trivia

 * It is the fastest zombie out of all the zombies in Plants vs. Zombies series, as it can move approximately two spaces in one second.
 * This shows that in just 4.5 seconds it can get to the Player's House.
 * The Rocket Zombie and Dolphin Rider Zombie while still on it's dolphin move approximately one space every second.
 * When it dies its feathers come out. The same happens with Zombie Parrot.
 * Sometimes, defeated Zombie Chickens turn into buckets of fried chicken.
 * This also is achievement Fried Chicken's icon.
 * The Zombie Chicken is the weakest zombie with one quarter of a health point.
 * Zombie Chicken has the shortest almanac entry of all zombies.
 * If a Chicken Wrangler Zombie is frozen or buttered, it's Zombie Chickens won't be released.