Chicken Quality

[Vengent]

So went through the forums and the wiki, and only found this one reference.

When a new chick hatches, it's quality is based on the average of it's parents' quality +/-5. When chick grows into cock/hen, it's quality seems to be hardcapped by fodder quality (needs verification).

So is that the only quality check point?

Or is it at each time the item changes;When the egg is laid, when the egg is hatched, and when the chick grows up?

Can anyone confirm that?

Plan was to snag the low quality eggs for food instead of letting them hatch, but sounds like the final result might be a lot better than the initial egg.

[Snk]

Eggs never change in quality, chicks that hatch from them are initially same level and never grow in quality but can drop if fodder is of lower QL then they are.

[Vengent]

So when the egg hatched, quality is determined (parents+ (5+-5)), and it never goes up after that? (but can go down based on fodder).

[Snk]

Not exactly, i haven't specified. The egg, when it's laid, get a quality dependant on parents average +-5. There is no change during the hatching or at the end of it. Only once a chick is already hatched it will go down in Q if fodder is of lesser Q than chick. So if you got egg of Q 5 then best possible chicken/cock you can get out of it will be Q 5.

[MagicManICT]

Not exactly, i haven't specified. The egg, when it's laid, get a quality dependant on parents average +-5. There is no change during the hatching or at the end of it. Only once a chick is already hatched it will go down in Q if fodder is of lesser Q than chick. So if you got egg of Q 5 then best possible chicken/cock you can get out of it will be Q 5.

Could load your coop with q1 fodder and eventually get down to q1 chickens, you know. Just thought I'd point that out. Of course, if you have q6 or lower hen and cock, then you're going to end up with q1 chickens, anyway, no matter what q fodder you give.

[Potjeh]

Also, they only drop in q while they're growing, full grown chickens can safely be fed low q fodder and it won't even affect their egg q. Don't do it if you want to hatch the eggs, though, cause chicks will hatch and drop in q before you move them. Use it for cockless coops.

[Snk]

Could load your coop with q1 fodder and eventually get down to q1 chickens, you know. Just thought I'd point that out. Of course, if you have q6 or lower hen and cock, then you're going to end up with q1 chickens, anyway, no matter what q fodder you give.

I don't quite get what you're saying. As Potjeh already pointed out, fully grown chickens dont change Q so loading a coop with Q1 fodder will not affect them. Also if you have Q6 pair then the egg will be anywhere between 1 and 11 so fodder will matter once they start hatching.

[Vengent]

In my case the fodder isn't an issue, its 60+, the chickens are around 10-18.

I'm trying to see if an egg is the final quality valuation, or if the chick hatching is.

I know they can go down when the chick feeds, but can they go up?

[Snk]

No, they can't.

[Potjeh]

Basically, chicks are like silkworms.