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[Daris]

So I was breeding buzzards (don't judge me) and when I had 10 hatchlings I put the hatchlings and the adult buzzards into a cage.  The adults had, of course, immediately laid a new set of eggs, but who needs more than 10 buzzards?

My dwarves didn't get around to picking up the eggs before I locked the door again, and I didn't think it was a big deal because the eggs won't hatch without incubation and they'll keep indefinitely in the nest box.

Except that they did hatch.



Is this normal?  I had been led to believe nonstop incubation is required to hatch eggs, and the mother stepping away from the nest for even a moment would interrupt incubation.  These eggs were alone in the nest boxes for about 3 months.