v0.34 Talk:Egg production

Vermin birds as egg producers?

So far, I've assumed that vermin birds and other egg laying vermin can't be used for egg production. Has anyone done any !!SCIENCE!! that might prove or disprove this hypothesis? Gentgeen 00:06, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Egg size?

I notice a lot of comparisons on the wiki mention the size of the eggs, but I thought that was irrelevant - each in the stack just adds one to the final meal count of the prepared meal stack. Am I wrong? 184.174.156.214 10:49, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Pasture requirements

Nothing in here mentions the need to feed any of these animals. Given that it talks about a range from real-world traditioanlly domestic poultry, to fantasy birdlife, to carnivorous reptiles this is badly missing.

I would guess the ideal for dwarves is to be able to have a bunch of battery style poultry rooms deep underground, the question is do the egg layers need to be free ranging in a pasture, or not? If they need to be in a pasture:

• does that pasture have to be an above ground vegetation producing biome
• if underground
  • does it need to be flooded
  • do you need to have discovered underground water

ImaWestie 03:45, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Only critters with the [GRAZER:<x>] need to be in a pasture to eat, and none of the domestic egg layers (or non-domestics as far as I remember) are grazers. They can be pastured for convenience, tidiness, and sanity, but it's not necessary. Gentgeen (talk) 01:43, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Elk birds cause problems. Death during child birth is common. - 146.90.12.1 02:29, 31 July 2013 (UTC)