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v0.34:Egg
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Eggs are laid by creatures with the LAYS_EGGS token. This includes ordinary fowl and reptiles, and also some more exotic creatures such as giant eagles, dragons, kobolds, and many others. Eggs can be used by dwarves as food, or they can be hatched. Eggs can only be eaten raw if one of their component materials (yolk, white, or shell) is edible raw; otherwise, they have to be cooked into prepared meals first.
Egg laying animals will claim an empty Nest box if one is available.
Males can also be modded to lay eggs successfully, although these may not hatch.Needs clarification
Hatching Conditions
Hatching eggs requires that a male of the species be present (though this does not appear to guarantee fertilization) and that the dwarves are prevented from removing the egg from the nest box before it is hatched.
If the creature is part of an actual civilization, then the egg-laying female must also be married in order for her eggs to be fertilized. Eggs may be fertilized when lain, or they may not. depending on the animal, fertilization chances seem to differ?[Verify]
All fertilized eggs hatch (if left undisturbed in the nest box) after exactly 3 months, unlike in real life.
In short, egg fertilization has the same conditions as normal impregnation in the game.
Egg Composition
It appears from tests that the material an egg is made out of is actually the shell; this includes meals made from the eggs.
Egg Production
Fortresses can set up egg production as a source of food. This requires at least one adult, tame, female egg-laying animal, a built unclaimed nest box, food hauling, and cooking.