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− | '''Eggs''' are laid by creatures with the [[creature token#L|LAYS_EGGS]] token. This includes ordinary fowl and reptiles, and also some more exotic creatures such as [[giant eagle]]s, [[dragon]]s, [[kobold]]s, and many others. Eggs can be used by dwarves as [[food]], or they can be hatched. Eggs can only be eaten raw if | + | '''Eggs''' are laid by creatures with the [[creature token#L|LAYS_EGGS]] token. This includes ordinary fowl and reptiles, and also some more exotic creatures such as [[giant eagle]]s, [[dragon]]s, [[kobold]]s, 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. | Egg laying animals will claim an empty [[Nest box]] if one is available. | ||
− | Males can also be | + | Males can also be modded to lay eggs successfully, although these may not hatch.<sup>Needs clarification</sup> |
</onlyinclude> | </onlyinclude> | ||
== Hatching Conditions == | == Hatching Conditions == | ||
− | Hatching eggs requires that the dwarves are prevented from removing the | + | 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. | |
− | All fertilized eggs left undisturbed in | + | 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. | |
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== Egg Composition == | == Egg Composition == | ||
− | It appears from tests that the | + | It appears from tests that the material an egg is made out of is actually the shell; this includes meals made from the eggs. |
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+ | == 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 [[cook]]ing. | ||
{{Category|Food}} | {{Category|Food}} | ||
{{Category|Creature attributes}} | {{Category|Creature attributes}} |