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[UnexpectedSalad]

Hello.

One of my previous fortresses had like 100 levels I could dig down into I think, my current one... it's like 50 or 60? no ores to make iron too.

The one before this on the same world had about the same.

If I generate a new world might it have more?

I've been embarking with a few hens and a rooster with some laying boxes. They went to the boxes and laid some eggs when I placed them, but they don't seem to be going near them at the moment. Just hanging around my meeting hall, how can I get them to lay?

[i2amroy]

50-60 tends to be about the average number of z-levels on flatter fortresses. If you want more then that you probably will need to embark somewhere a little more mountainous, or edit the world gen to have more empty layers in-between the cavern layers.

Exactly how long has it been since the last eggs were laid? IIRC, most egg-layers will only lay about once every 6 months to a year, so if you stole all of their eggs right off the bat it might be a while until they lay eggs again.

[ayoriceball]

I've been embarking with a few hens and a rooster with some laying boxes. They went to the boxes and laid some eggs when I placed them, but they don't seem to be going near them at the moment. Just hanging around my meeting hall, how can I get them to lay?

Put the hens in a pasture on top of the nest boxes. Turkeys lay more eggs and grow larger, meaning, they're much better than chickens.

[UnexpectedSalad]

Thanks.

It's been a month. I thought I read somewhere they lay one every day but I just noticed like 10-18 in each nest before they got hauled off.

So, next boxes in a pasture and use turkeys?

Sweet.