What came first? The Chicken, or the Egg?
Obviously the chicken! I had to buy them to get their eggs.
The real question is, which is more productive: rearing chickens for meat, or rearing chickens for eggs?
In today’s In-Depth Tutorial, we take a deep dive into the mechanics of animal rearing in RimWorld. It’s a lot of info, so get ready to absorb some sweet avian knowledge into your brain.
Intro – 0:00
Basic Info – 0:30
Chicken Feed – 1:05
Food production & Efficiency – 1:18
Testing – 1:47
Conclusion – 2:46
Outro – 3:16
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In case anyone was wondering about rooster/hen ratios. I chose the 1:2 ratio because of how chickens breed.
Chickens will attempt to mate every 8 hours, with a 100% fertilization rate. Judging by the numbers, 1 rooster should be able to fertilize three hens a day. Realistically, that's not always going to happen. You can even see where the rooster missed some days, given the number unfertilized eggs I collected during the test.
Given all that, I've found 1:2 is the best ratio overall. Might be worth trying 1:3, but honestly… I don't actually use chickens all that much. And I'll show y'all why, in a very interesting, future video.
Best intro ever, just chicken.
Chickens work well with the immortals mod because they grow exponentially and then die over winter, leaving any immortals to revive
I gave it like, cuz I liked it.
I prefer the strategy of genociding half the map every other month and rushing to make survival meals
"I hope you had an eggscellent time"
Hahaha
"Dairy I say"
EGGS ARE NOT DAIRY PRODUCTS REEEEE
You just slaughter the newborns. Dont spend any food on them, made instant profit.
Isn't grazeing quite importent when it comes to the power of the chicken?
Idea for a video. A very short farming tutorial. Example in this video if you just told me the name of what the hay was on. And the box collecting the eggs ans why it works. Would be cool.
I could learn it myself but it's just so much easier to watch a quick short
quick question tho wouldn't it be more efficient to just eat the vegetables you are growing instead
Meaters are a little more sustainable, chickens dont live forever
I stopped using animals after 1.3, because you could no longer zone them, and since we have non moded vegetarian meals I do not feel the need for meat.
i won't let chickens ruin another colony, the lag and the corpses……
I sometimes forget my chicken population and suddenly there’s 20+ chickens that pop into existence in my storage
I rarely ever see chickens in my play throughs. Never realized they could be this good.
Good
Nice
Meaters are leas efficient for pure food but offer more kinds of usage. Can sell them to traders, use them to feed other animals, can use them as bait for wild animals, and possibly most useful you can use them to distract raiders. Not quite as efficient as a boomrat herd using zoning but chickens are more available and you can always change your plans and repurpose them.
This is a pretty well made video, Job well done!
Why would you grow food to then feed to your chickens instead of letting them eat the grass that just grows by itself?
Yo wtf Nice vi
May I ask, how much chickens should I keep? My default is 2 roosters : 10 hens. Is that too few roosters? Will I be swimming in unfert eggs?
Mmmmm, egg fried rice!
Chicken fried rice is also an option.
Ive got 1500hrs on Rimworld.. and i wish i was half as good at the game as you are XD i love your work, base ideas and layouts. Thankyou for helping me get better at this game 🙂 keep it up!
Why are you committing war-crimes against my brethren!?
Chicken or duck