Eggs

Eggs are a type of animal product and raw food. They are carried inside a female of an egg-laying species until they are ready to be laid, at which point they become a workable item and the female's egg-laying timer resets to zero. When there are two or more eggs in a stack, the image will change to represent a pile of eggs.

Egg producers

Animal	Unfert. Egg	Nutrition per Egg	Avg Eggs per Clutch	Laying Interval	Avg Eggs per Day	Egg Nutrition per Day	Needed Males / Female	Daily Hunger Rate	Daily Egg Nutrition per Hunger
Cassowary	N/A	0.5	1	3.33 days	0.3	0.15	0.33	0.6	0.25
Chicken		0.25	1	1 days	1	0.25	0	0.22	1.14
Cobra	N/A	0.25	1.5	10 days	0.15	0.04	0.11	0.12	0.31
Duck		0.25	1	1 days	1	0.25	0	0.28	0.89
Emu	N/A	0.5	1	3.33 days	0.3	0.15	0.33	0.6	0.25
Goose		0.5	1	2 days	0.5	0.25	0	0.45	0.56
Iguana	N/A	0.25	1.5	5.661 days	0.26	0.07	0.19	0.38	0.17
Ostrich	N/A	0.6	1	3.33 days	0.3	0.18	0.33	0.89	0.2
Tortoise	N/A	0.25	2	6.66 days	0.3	0.08	0.17	0.15	0.49
Turkey	N/A	0.5	1	1.333 days	0.75	0.38	0.83	0.82	0.46

Fertilization

If a male of the same species is not present or fails to copulate with the female before she finishes laying the egg, the female is described as "Unfertilized" in her inspect pane. Once the female lays the egg, it will be spawned as a new item and show (unfert.) after the egg name. Many types of animals do not lay unfertilized eggs. For example, a female ostrich's egg-laying timer stops at 50% until fertilization occurs..

If a male of the same species is present and copulates with the female before she finishes laying the egg, the female will show "Fertilized" on her inspect pane. Once the female lays the egg, it will be spawned as a new item and show (fert.) after the egg name.

Both fertilized and unfertilized eggs are edible. If eaten raw, both generate the "Ate raw food" thought. Eggs can be used as a substitute for meat when cooking meals. Each can substitute for 5 meat, e.g. a fine meal requires only one egg and 5 vegetables.

Unfertilized eggs

All unfertilized eggs rot in 15 days unless refrigerated or frozen.

Fertilized eggs

When protected from ovivorous animals, bad temperatures, and outdoors deterioration, fertilized eggs will hatch into a baby animal, even if both parents die. The progress to hatching time is displayed on the inspect pane when the egg is selected. Fertilized eggs do not rot like most food, but they can deteriorate if left outside and unroofed or get ruined by bad temperatures. Extreme temperatures will kill the animal within the egg, rendering fertilized eggs unable to hatch. Eggs are safe between 0 °C – 50 °C (32 °F – 122 °F).

An Egg box can be used to direct egg laying animals where to lay both fertilized and unfertilized eggs.

Consumption

Fertilized and unfertilized eggs can be eaten for their base nutrition. They can also be used as a cooking ingredient, where they can also be substituted for an amount of meat of equivalent nutrition in meals that require meat, and used in place of any nutrition in vegetarian meals.

Letting fertilized eggs hatch and butchering the hatchling for meat often results in more total nutrition than using the fertilized eggs for cooking, but this is species dependent and more time is spent at the butcher's table.

Version history

0.12.906 - Added

Food

Meals: Chocolate • Fine meal (Carnivore, Vegetarian) • Kibble • Lavish meal (Carnivore, Vegetarian) • Nutrient paste meal • Packaged survival meal • Pemmican • Simple meal • Baby food
Raw food - Animal: Meat (Human, Insect, Twisted) • Insect jelly • Milk • Hemogen pack
Raw food - Eggs: Cassowary egg (fert.) • Chicken egg (fert., unfert.) • Cobra egg (fert.) • Duck egg (fert., unfert.) • Emu egg (fert.) • Goose egg (fert., unfert.) • Iguana egg (fert.) • Ostrich egg (fert.) • Tortoise egg (fert.) • Turkey egg (fert.)
Raw food - Vegetarian: Agave fruit • Berries • Corn • Hay • Potatoes • Raw fungus • Rice • Toxipotatoes