Incubation Research (AKA How Long to Hatch Eggs)

[squeegood]

Okay so doing a bit of math but I need some accurate numbers. Can anyone test how long it takes for eggs to hatch?

Here's the eggs we need to test:
Regular Chicken Egg
Large Chicken Egg
Duck Egg
Void Chicken Egg
Dinosaur Egg

[MassConnect]

Large eggs don't produce any difference in chicken than regular eggs. Unless they hatch substantially faster (which I highly doubt given that I tried it once), it'd be unwise to waste large eggs on that.

Even with profession boosts, the time it takes to grow and max hearts (and max revenue from selling them) makes animals a very poor source of revenue/day. Animal products are decent enough revenue, but if you're goal is to keep the animal, then the time it takes to fill the coop is irrelevant. A full coop won't be incubating anything.

I'm not sure what your goal is in determining this information. If you want another animal without paying a lot to get one, hatch an egg. It takes as long as it takes, and it'll take even longer because babies don't grow to a productive age for a while.

The break even point for buying a chicken is 20 eggs, assuming no large eggs/mayo, however eggs are not guaranteed each day. The break even is only 6 eggs if all are made into mayo (probably near impossible to get a large egg within 1 week). It takes too long to hatch and grow chickens to a productive age. If you want revenue, just buy chickens.

The break even point for buying a duck is 54 eggs, assuming no mayo, with no guarantee of an egg every second day (over 108 days to break even). But with duck mayo, it's only 14 eggs (still takes at least 28 days).

[squeegood]

My goal is to run a multi-product analysis of selling Duck Chicks at min value/selling Ducks at max value/Selling Duck Eggs/Selling Duck Mayonnaise with no perk/Rancher Perk/Artisan Perk. To do that, I'm looking for the incubation times for ducks, their min value at time of hatching, and whether the Rancher Perk influences the sell price of animals.

Interesting note: someone with a Rancher Perk actually loses out in terms of money when they making Artisan goods than an unperked player. A Rancher will make 4 less G on mayonnaise and 7 less G on gold star mayonnaise and duck mayonnaise. This is due to the Rancher's Animal Products being more valuable as a raw good.

[squeegood]

The ultimate goal is to see if selling chicks as Coopmaster is "sustainable" due to incubation time being cut in half. This involves multiple coops of course and that will be part of the analysis. I'm also checking to see what selling max value poultry at reduced frienship accrual rates looks like from a numbers perspective.

[LingLong551]

引用自 Tweak：

Large eggs don't produce any difference in chicken than regular eggs. Unless they hatch substantially faster (which I highly doubt given that I tried it once), it'd be unwise to waste large eggs on that.

Even with profession boosts, the time it takes to grow and max hearts (and max revenue from selling them) makes animals a very poor source of revenue/day. Animal products are decent enough revenue, but if you're goal is to keep the animal, then the time it takes to fill the coop is irrelevant. A full coop won't be incubating anything.

I'm not sure what your goal is in determining this information. If you want another animal without paying a lot to get one, hatch an egg. It takes as long as it takes, and it'll take even longer because babies don't grow to a productive age for a while.

The break even point for buying a chicken is 20 eggs, assuming no large eggs/mayo, however eggs are not guaranteed each day. The break even is only 6 eggs if all are made into mayo (probably near impossible to get a large egg within 1 week). It takes too long to hatch and grow chickens to a productive age. If you want revenue, just buy chickens.

The break even point for buying a duck is 54 eggs, assuming no mayo, with no guarantee of an egg every second day (over 108 days to break even). But with duck mayo, it's only 14 eggs (still takes at least 28 days).

♥♥♥♥♥, he asked how long it takes for incubators to hatch each egg. When did he ask about selling eggs? Youre so extra.

[I Kinda Fail]

引用自 PotatoGuy551：

引用自 Tweak：

Large eggs don't produce any difference in chicken than regular eggs. Unless they hatch substantially faster (which I highly doubt given that I tried it once), it'd be unwise to waste large eggs on that.

Even with profession boosts, the time it takes to grow and max hearts (and max revenue from selling them) makes animals a very poor source of revenue/day. Animal products are decent enough revenue, but if you're goal is to keep the animal, then the time it takes to fill the coop is irrelevant. A full coop won't be incubating anything.

I'm not sure what your goal is in determining this information. If you want another animal without paying a lot to get one, hatch an egg. It takes as long as it takes, and it'll take even longer because babies don't grow to a productive age for a while.

The break even point for buying a chicken is 20 eggs, assuming no large eggs/mayo, however eggs are not guaranteed each day. The break even is only 6 eggs if all are made into mayo (probably near impossible to get a large egg within 1 week). It takes too long to hatch and grow chickens to a productive age. If you want revenue, just buy chickens.

The break even point for buying a duck is 54 eggs, assuming no mayo, with no guarantee of an egg every second day (over 108 days to break even). But with duck mayo, it's only 14 eggs (still takes at least 28 days).

♥♥♥♥♥, he asked how long it takes for incubators to hatch each egg. When did he ask about selling eggs? Youre so extra.

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[Steven]

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