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[Hamek McEisenfaust]

I have a small issue that my forum search foo has failed to remedy. Is there a way to see if the eggs a female lays are viable IE, will hatch? thanks.

[Oneir]

As I understand it, if you have a male of the same species and nothing kicks the female off of the nest box your eggs should hatch eventually. Be sure to forbid them from 't', or find some other way to keep dwarves from walking off with them.

[CodexDraco]

So, in other words, no.

[HiEv]

According to the wiki:

There may be no way of telling whether or not eggs have been fertilized, but if they sit in a nest box for more than two seasons, they are unlikely to ever hatch.

[keyreper]

Thanks! i didn't know hens actually used the eggs to have baby's! ill be using this knowledge in my lp!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Episode 1 : season 2

http://youtu.be/f_E6uhcMB8k

(how do you show the vid on the forums?

[Grinly]

I've been putting my turkeys into their own individual rooms with locked doors. If new turkeys pop out, I unlock the door and have them pastured while they wait to mature. If I see miasma, I know the eggs weren't fertilized and I send in a dwarf to clean them up. Seem to work pretty well

[Minority]

Thanks! i didn't know hens actually used the eggs to have baby's! ill be using this knowledge in my lp!

I hope you mean in dwarf fortress and not real life! :-P

[Eric Blank]

Thanks! i didn't know hens actually used the eggs to have baby's! ill be using this knowledge in my lp!

I hope you mean in dwarf fortress and not real life! :-P

If he legitimately thought chickens didn't use eggs to reproduce, he would likely also be incapable of playing DF.

[i2amroy]

Episode 1 : season 2

http://youtu.be/f_E6uhcMB8k

(how do you show the vid on the forums?)

You can't afaik. We can do links, images, and emails apparently, but we can't embed videos.