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[Roxana]

A question about chicken eggs: i know that a fertilized egg must be under a chicken but, how far it can be from that chicken ?...today i saw one of my fertilized egg dead under a chicken 4 tiles below.

also...if you're looking for a golden egg, does egg fertilization interruputs this process ?, i mean i have 28 coops full of chickens and every one has a cock and no golden eggs in a WHOLE MONTH. WTF ? or either golden eggs have a awfully low rate of spawning or fertilization is screwing with the process !!!

[mvgulik]

A question about chicken eggs: i know that a fertilized egg must be under a chicken but, how far it can be from that chicken ?...today i saw one of my fertilized egg dead under a chicken 4 tiles below.

it must be in the 2x2 area directly under a chicken to stay fertilized.
(exception: if the egg is already set to hatch. But hasn't yet.)

also...if you're looking for a golden egg, does egg fertilization interruputs this process ?, i mean i have 28 coops full of chickens and every one has a cock and no golden eggs in a WHOLE MONTH. WTF ? or either golden eggs have a awfully low rate of spawning or fertilization is screwing with the process !!!

Golden eggs have a awfully low rate.
(Don't know if rooster has any affect in this. Lacking useful user reports on them.)

[MagicManICT]

Estimated number I've seen tossed about is around 1:1000 or worse. I think Dis had 50+ coops last world for egg production for testing this if I recall the statement right. jordancoles has a screenshot floating around somewhere from w6. They are rare for this reason. It's just too damn easy to mass produce as chickens don't eat much. At 1:1000, 10 chickens per coop and 10 coops gives you a 1:10 chance per day of getting an egg.

There was a period of time I didn't follow the forums closely, so I can't say with complete certainty about whether or not the hypothesis of a rooster fertilizing the eggs interfering was even tested, but I don't see why it would*. However, do you REALLY need a rooster in all of those coops? You could get one more chicken in there and increase your odds unless you need the extra chickens or quality eggs.

*It's a computer program, so it could do whatever loftar wants it to do. I speak of a logical reason. It would add nothing to the game and the fertilization is determined when the egg is generated from what I can tell of game operation-- coop.layegg() {if exist (rooster) then egg= fertilized} (simplified function, of course).

[ramones]

Dis had 200 coops afaik and got only 2 eggs out of them in quite a long time.

[Chrisuhkola]

Where can I find string and from what sources?

[NOOBY93]

Where can I find string and from what sources?

String = Spindly taproot. Get your exploration to 2 or 3 then you can see them. If you use ender's, you can see on radar.
They look like a root.
Use the wiki before asking, too. http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/String

[Chrisuhkola]

The wiki was no help, thanks anyway...

[Arcanist]

String is not an actual object, but refers to Hide Strap, Plant Fibres, Silk Thread, Spindly Taproot, Stinging Nettle, and Yarn.

Look at all of those objects, and see if you have the means to obtain one of them

[MagicManICT]

The wiki was no help, thanks anyway...

What wasn't helpful about it? We can't fix it if we don't know what the problem is. You either didn't look there or you looked in the wrong place. There's an outdated wiki on wikia.com that we try to steer everyone away from. Use the ROB site nooby* linked you.

*edit: oops. wrong name. doh!

[NOOBY93]

The wiki was no help, thanks anyway...

What wasn't helpful about it? We can't fix it if we don't know what the problem is. You either didn't look there or you looked in the wrong place. There's an outdated wiki on wikia.com that we try to steer everyone away from. Use the ROB site arcanist linked you.

I'm not Arcanist lol