Tortoise egg progress stuck at 50%

[SlimeCrusher]

I have a turtle right now, had her for about 5 years, and she DID lay unfertilized (No male turtles around here) eggs a lot of times, she buried them too. Not really asking for that to change ingame though.

Edit: To clarify, i mean i have a REAL turtle.

[zandadoum]

Do your snakes have sleeping quarters where they are together every day?  Breeding depends on close proximity to each other, not just wandering around the biome.

yes, i had them wandering around after the sticking them together didn't work. but i had them in a room for like 3 years and nothing

what i will do is get more cobras once my colonists are a bit stronger (already lost 2 due cobra hunting accidents xD) and see if that helps breeding.

5% i guess it's much higher for chickens, right? coz those explode like mad xD

[zandadoum]

small update: 10 females and 2 males (mix of bought and tamed) and finally TWO females got fertilized. one just now layed a pack of 4 eggs

took them "only" 2 years -_-

[chaotix14]

small update: 10 females and 2 males (mix of bought and tamed) and finally TWO females got fertilized. one just now layed a pack of 4 eggs

took them "only" 2 years -_-

Hope you didn't expect to have them for production purposes, the reptiles in this game aren't exactly useful for it. Maybe once we get alligators or crocodiles. And even then probably better as weapons than as reliable food source.

[zandadoum]

small update: 10 females and 2 males (mix of bought and tamed) and finally TWO females got fertilized. one just now layed a pack of 4 eggs

took them "only" 2 years -_-

Hope you didn't expect to have them for production purposes, the reptiles in this game aren't exactly useful for it. Maybe once we get alligators or crocodiles. And even then probably better as weapons than as reliable food source.

well, i must say... i could actually do that. since i got more and more males and females, i have egg explosions all the time now!!! which is exactly what i wanted i just need to unallow the eggs quickly before someone hauls them to the freezer xD (even then i have a trick: just force someone to eat them and when he's at the table, draft, unallow eggs, undraft)

my plan is not using them for food, but for meat shields. in fact i have made several animal zones called "cannon fodder north" for example, which is all around my turrets and when i get a raid i can just send the cobras there as distraction. with the volume i am getting now, i don't mind losing some cobras and they pack quite a punch too if i cared to train them into combat (i don't waste time training cobras right now, just send them to specific zones)

[chaotix14]

well, i must say... i could actually do that. since i got more and more males and females, i have egg explosions all the time now!!! which is exactly what i wanted i just need to unallow the eggs quickly before someone hauls them to the freezer xD (even then i have a trick: just force someone to eat them and when he's at the table, draft, unallow eggs, undraft)

my plan is not using them for food, but for meat shields. in fact i have made several animal zones called "cannon fodder north" for example, which is all around my turrets and when i get a raid i can just send the cobras there as distraction. with the volume i am getting now, i don't mind losing some cobras and they pack quite a punch too if i cared to train them into combat (i don't waste time training cobras right now, just send them to specific zones)

If you don't want them in the freezer, just set the freezer to not take fertilized eggs, then make a small stockpile somewhere where you want your cobras(for simplicity sake) and only allow fertilized eggs there. Also if you stack eggs they will all hatch at the same time when the first one hits the hatching time.(caused a chickensplosion in my save, suddenly I had 15 more chickens in the middle of winter)

[zandadoum]

If you don't want them in the freezer, just set the freezer to not take fertilized eggs, then make a small stockpile somewhere where you want your cobras(for simplicity sake) and only allow fertilized eggs there.

nah i prefer freezer to include fert. eggs because that way i can control eggsplosions better. if there's a batch of eggs i actually want, i just do my trick.

also: apparently, when you start unallowing eggs, new hatched eggs seem to be automatically unallowed too.

Also if you stack eggs they will all hatch at the same time when the first one hits the hatching time.(caused a chickensplosion in my save, suddenly I had 15 more chickens in the middle of winter)

yeah i know. seems like a bug tho, i guess that will be changed in a future patch. to avoid chickensplosions i have a separate zone for the rooster. when i have enough chickens i move him away. if some chickens die, i move him back to the hens for another batch of fert. eggs.
i usually keep 2 rooster, in case one dies, but right now in this save, both died (i don't even know how) and damn traders don't bring new ones xD

[LouisTBR]

Tortoises don't lay unfertilized eggs, but I don't know about turtles.

[SlimeCrusher]

Tortoises don't lay unfertilized eggs, but I don't know about turtles.

Some tortoises do, just like mine... They just take a really long time to make them, maybe about 1.5 years or so.