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Randy Gnoman

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Gigantic Tortoise eggs not hatching.
« on: April 12, 2012, 09:48:02 am »

I captured a bunch of gigantic tortoises, and trained 'em up- I was looking forward to breeding them, but the eggs (which I had forbidden to prevent them being eaten) failed to hatch.

Giant tortoises, from which they inherit tags, have the [child:1] tag- which I though was enough to make their eggs hatch.  What am I missing here?
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Re: Gigantic Tortoise eggs not hatching.
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 09:48:49 am »

Giant eggs have insanely long incubation times, as I recall.
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Re: Gigantic Tortoise eggs not hatching.
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 09:54:38 am »

Giant eggs have insanely long incubation times, as I recall.

Actually, all eggs seem to have the same incubation time at the moment - about 3 months.  However, eggs sometimes simply fail to hatch at all.  If the mother has been sitting on her eggs for more than about half a year, try removing the eggs and letting them lay a new batch.
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Re: Gigantic Tortoise eggs not hatching.
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 10:40:13 am »

Actually, this was a case of user error:  while I was claiming some weapons and clothing, I accidentally claimed the eggs as well, and they were added to the food stockpile.  Another clutch of eggs hatched successfully, and I'm now the proud owner of a swarm of giant tortoise hatchlings.
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Re: Gigantic Tortoise eggs not hatching.
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 10:43:59 am »

Battle tactic: withdraw into shell

great arrow depleters probably
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