the confusion comes from that all the other timers start from 0% and go towards 100%, while eggs start at 100% and goes down to 0% for hatching and people misunderstand it sometimes.
but i like the title and how you presented it

Potjeh wrote:The timer *does* go on.
Jeff wrote:Potjeh wrote:The timer *does* go on.
I meant, it doesn't (and shouldn't) decrease after you get it out of there.
Jeff wrote:Potjeh wrote:The timer *does* go on.
I meant, it doesn't (and shouldn't) decrease after you get it out of there.
MagicManICT wrote:Jeff wrote:Potjeh wrote:The timer *does* go on.
I meant, it doesn't (and shouldn't) decrease after you get it out of there.
Some people set up coops just for egglayers and then move the eggs they want to hatch to a second coop. If the timer expired as soon as you did that, the egg would die and make this impossible.
Jeff wrote:I didn't think of that implication when i wrote. Obviously it has to work with copps. It shouldn't work in anything other than a coop, though.