The cycle — verified, with honest gaps
- Confirmed by the official description: birds build nests, lay eggs, hatch chicks, and chicks grow into adults.
- Parents feed chicks with hunted food; Plumes accelerate growth and feeding.
- Not published: incubation timers, growth-stage lengths, egg counts per nest, hunger rules.
From Egg to Adult — the Confirmed Arc
Hatching and raising chicks is the entire second half of Broodwing’s loop, named directly in the official description. The arc:
- A grown bird builds a nest — How to Build a Nest.
- Eggs are laid in the nest — How to Lay Eggs.
- Eggs hatch into chicks — the incubation side of the cycle.
- Chicks are fed and protected until they grow — the daily routine.
- Chicks become adult birds — and the next generation starts over.
What the game has not published: how long any of stage 3 to 5 takes, how many eggs a nest holds, or what exactly changes at each growth step. This page keeps those gaps explicit rather than inventing numbers.
Hatching: What Is Verified
The egg-and-hatch stage is confirmed content. Parent birds keep the nest through incubation — realistically in shifts, since feeding still has to happen. Hatch timers are not published; anything from “minutes” to “an hour” that you read elsewhere is a guess. If time matters to you, that is exactly what Plumes are for: accelerating growth is a confirmed currency use (see Codes for the free supply).
Feeding and Raising Chicks
Once chicks arrive, the game becomes a schedule built around the nest:
- Hunting shifts — fish near water, rabbits on grassland (Hunting: Fish and Bunnies).
- Feeding runs — carrying catches back to the brood; the full routine is Feed Chicks.
- Plumes as backup — feeding chicks is a confirmed Plumes use when a hunt is not possible.
- Family help — co-parents split every chore; see Family Roleplay.
Raising Chicks as a Family
The family layer is what makes chick-raising sustainable instead of exhausting. Two parents hunting in turns keep the brood fed with half the travel; grown family members pitch in; and the roleplay — teaching first flights, guarding the nest, family storylines — is the part players remember. How those family bonds form: Join a Family.
A Daily Chick-Raising Routine
- Morning circuitOne loop over water and grassland to check prey around the nest.
- Feed firstDeliver food to the brood before anything else — hungry chicks set the day’s priorities.
- Stock upKeep hunting past your own needs so the next feeding is already covered.
- Hand off or use PlumesWhen real life interrupts, a co-parent or Plumes covers the gap.
- Grow and repeatAs chicks mature, the routine lightens — then the next clutch starts it again.
What We Are Still Waiting to Verify
Incubation length
Growth stages
Eggs per nest
Hunger mechanics
Hatching Eggs and Raising Chicks — FAQ
How do you hatch eggs in Broodwing?
Lay eggs in a finished nest and keep the nest through incubation. Hatching is confirmed content; exact timers are not published — Plumes accelerate the growth side of the cycle.
How long do eggs take to hatch?
Unverified. No incubation timer is published; we will not invent one. Plumes exist precisely to shorten waiting stages.
How do I raise chicks?
Feed them hunted food from the valley and spend Plumes when hunting is not possible, ideally sharing shifts with family. The routine is in how to feed chicks.
Do chicks grow into adults?
Yes — confirmed in the official description. Growth speed is not published; Plumes accelerate it.