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Incubator

Hatches eggs into baby chickens and ducks.
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Cost:	N/A

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See also: Slime Incubator or Ostrich Incubator

The Incubator is a tool used to hatch eggs. It comes with the Big Coop and the Deluxe Coop, where it appears to the left of the Hay Hopper.

To use the Incubator, place an egg into it by left-clicking. An egg cannot be removed once it is placed in an incubator unless the coop is at capacity.

If the coop is at capacity (8 animals for a Big Coop, 12 for a Deluxe Coop), the egg won't hatch until a space is freed up. This can happen by selling an animal or moving an animal to another coop. Once the coop is below capacity, entering the building will cause the egg to hatch instantly.

Incubation Times

Below are the times it takes to hatch an egg using the Incubator.

These times are cut in half with the Coopmaster Profession. Fairy Dust does not work on Incubators.

Egg	Hatches	Processing Time^[1]
Egg Large Egg	Chicken	9,000m (5d 16h 40m)
Brown Egg Large Brown Egg	Chicken
Void Egg	Void Chicken
Golden Egg	Golden Chicken
Duck Egg	Duck
Dinosaur Egg	Dinosaur	18,000m (11d 6h 40m)

References

↑ See Object::performObjectDropInAction in the game code.

History

1.6: Brown and white eggs now always give the corresponding color of chicken, instead of choosing a chicken color randomly.
1.6.4: Incubated eggs can now be retrieved if the coop is at capacity.

Tools
Basic	Axes • Golden Scythe • Iridium Scythe • Hoes • Pans • Pickaxes • Scythe • Trash Cans • Watering Cans
Fishing	Training Rod • Bamboo Pole • Fiberglass Rod • Iridium Rod • Advanced Iridium Rod • Crab Pot
Other	Auto-Grabber • Auto-Petter • Hay Hopper • Heater • Incubator • Milk Pail • Ostrich Incubator • Shears

[processtime-1] See Object::performObjectDropInAction in the game code.

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-The '''Incubator''' is a [[Tools|tool]] used to hatch eggs.  It comes with the [[Coop|Big Coop]] and the [[Coop|Deluxe Coop]], where it appears to the left of the hay hopper.
+:''See also: [[Slime Incubator]] or [[Ostrich Incubator]]''
+The '''Incubator''' is a [[Tools|tool]] used to hatch eggs.  It comes with the [[Coop|Big Coop]] and the [[Coop|Deluxe Coop]], where it appears to the left of the [[Hay Hopper]].
-To use the incubator, place an egg into it by right-clicking.  You cannot remove an egg once placed in an incubator.
+To use the Incubator, place an egg into it by left-clicking.  An egg cannot be removed once it is placed in an incubator unless the coop is at capacity.
-[[Dinosaur Egg]]s take {{duration|18,000m (12.5d)|class=inline}} to incubate.  Chicken [[Egg]]s (including [[Large Egg]]s and [[Void Egg]]s) and [[Duck Egg]]s take {{duration|9000m (6.25d)|class=inline}} to incubate.  This time is cut in half with the [[Farming#Farming Skill|Coopmaster Profession]].
+If the coop is at capacity (8 animals for a Big Coop, 12 for a Deluxe Coop), the egg won't hatch until a space is freed up. This can happen by selling an animal or moving an animal to another coop. Once the coop is below capacity, entering the building will cause the egg to hatch instantly.
+==Incubation Times==
+Below are the times it takes to hatch an egg using the Incubator.
+These times are cut in half with the [[Farming#Farming Skill|Coopmaster Profession]]. [[Fairy Dust]] does not work on Incubators.
+{|class="wikitable roundedborder"
+! Egg
+! Hatches
+! Processing Time<ref name="processtime"/>
+|-
+| {{Name|Egg}}{{Name|Large Egg}}
+| {{Name|White Chicken|link=Chicken}}
+|rowspan="5"| {{duration|9,000m (5d 16h 40m)}}
+|-
+| {{Name|Brown Egg}}{{Name|Large Brown Egg}}
+| {{Name|Brown Chicken|link=Chicken}}
+|-
+| {{Name|Void Egg}}
+| {{Name|Void Chicken}}
+|-
+| {{Name|Golden Egg}}
+| {{Name|Golden Chicken}}
+|-
+| {{Name|Duck Egg}}
+| {{Name|Duck}}
+|-
+| {{Name|Dinosaur Egg}}
+| {{Name|Dinosaur}}
+| {{duration|18,000m (11d 6h 40m)}}
+|-
+|}
+==References==
+<references>
+  <ref name="processtime">See <samp>Object::performObjectDropInAction</samp> in the game code.</ref>
+</references>
+==History==
+{{History|1.6|Brown and white eggs now always give the corresponding color of chicken, instead of choosing a chicken color randomly.}}
+{{History|1.6.4|Incubated eggs can now be retrieved if the coop is at capacity.}}
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