Chicken Drop

The Chicken Drop is a 5-reel, 3-row online video slot developed by Microgaming, a renowned software provider in the gaming industry. This game revolves around an entertaining theme of farm animals, incorporating colorful graphics and engaging sound effects to create a lively atmosphere for players.

Theme and Design

As mentioned earlier, the Chicken Drop is set on a farm with various animal-themed symbols. The backdrop depicts a sunny countryside scene with rolling hills, green pastures, and towering trees in the distance. At night, when triggered by specific combinations of scatters, this idyllic setting transforms Chicken Drop into an enchanting twilight atmosphere, accompanied by gentle chimes.

The reels themselves are made up of stone blocks with wooden trimmings, reminiscent of old-fashioned farmhouses. The game’s overall design exudes a sense of rural simplicity and charm, which will appeal to those who enjoy nature-based themes.

Symbols

On the reels, you’ll find various animal symbols, including chickens in different colors, pigs, cows, horses, ducks, sheep, goats, frogs, dogs, and cats. Additionally, there are four high-value card suit symbols – Ace, King, Queen, and Jack. The remaining low-value symbols consist of blue stars.

Each symbol is well-drawn with vibrant colors that add to the overall atmosphere of the game. There’s a striking contrast between the primary animal designs against their plain stone backgrounds on the reels, giving them an enticing presence in play.

Payouts

When it comes to rewards, players will receive payouts for combinations made from left-to-right and right-to-left directions with any symbols adjacent to each other (horizontal or vertical). The payout values vary between 1.5x to 200x bet per winning combination.

Some notable combinations worth mentioning include:

• Cows: up to 50 times total stake
• Horses: up to 100 times total stake
• Chickens of different colors:
  • Red chicken: 20-40 coins (depending on the specific chicken color)
  • Blue chicken: 15-30 coins
  • Purple chicken: 10-25 coins

The maximum payout potential is triggered by collecting a combination of four bonus scatter icons anywhere in view during an active bet, earning 1,000 times total stake.

Wilds

A Golden Rooster serves as the Wild symbol in this game. When it appears on any reel, it substitutes for all other symbols (including Scatters), giving players the opportunity to create winning combinations or complete Scatter sets more easily.

There is no information about a sticky or expanding wild behavior; each appearance replaces the triggering icon with identical value and no additional action occurs.

Scatters

Four bonus scatter icons are shown as bright green stars, arranged across various farm animals’ silhouettes in different rows. If four of these symbols appear anywhere on reels 2-5 while playing a max bet or at least two more active paylines than the lowest betting option (25), they initiate the ‘Bonus Pick Me Up’ feature.

Bonus Features

The Chicken Drop incorporates several bonus features that provide enjoyable experiences and lucrative payouts:

• Chicken Bonus : Triggered by five or six chickens appearing on any combination of reels during a regular game, which awards 20-40 times total stake. Each chicken counts towards triggering the bonus; combinations with fewer than five can still occur within this set.
• Farm Frenzy Free Spins Feature : Achieved through three scatters (one appears randomly before them), allowing players to select from various animals on a grid, each holding specific rewards. Participants choose animals first by row and then continue doing so for subsequent rows until they reach the last animal.

Each selected animal grants points that accumulate at different rates:

• Scoring Points :
  • 1st row: Chicken (20-40x), Duck (10-25x)
  • 2nd Row: Sheep (15-30x), Cat (5-12.5x)
  • 3rd Row: Pig (50x), Horse (100x)
• Rewards : Total points gathered across all row selections determine the number of free spins awarded and how often they occur; for example, ’10’ animals can trigger up to ’25’ Free Spins. The higher-scoring rewards come from picking at least two different species per column.
• Free Spin Mode :
  • A total accumulated score translates into a series of game modes, such as Bonus Rounds with set features activated during the rounds or no feature being present but more free games rewarded in place of any other elements (explained above).
  • Free spin results from completing this selection process determine subsequent outcomes.
• Random Reels : An invisible Wild is added to one random reel for a turn, potentially activating various additional bonuses and increasing payouts within the rounds.