How to Hatch Eggs in The Sims 4

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In “The Sims 4: Cottage Living,” fresh farming elements, charming farm creatures including both delightful pets and mischievous foxes, are added to the established series. Farm animals serve as a lucrative income source and provider of goods, making them an ideal choice for Sims who wish to earn money without relying on traditional 9-5 jobs.

In the game’s additional content, or DLC, you can buy Roosters, Hens, and Chicks as animals within the Build/Buy mode of The Sims 4. If you’d rather save money, you can raise your own by incubating chicken eggs instead of continuously purchasing more. However, keep in mind that these eggs won’t hatch on their own, so waiting too long might cause you to miss the opportunity. Here’s how to hatch chicken eggs in The Sims 4:

1. First, purchase a Chicken Coop from the Buy Mode catalog and place it in your Sim’s lot.
2. Next, buy some unhatched Chicken Eggs also from Buy Mode and place them inside the Chicken Coop.
3. A Sim needs to interact with the eggs daily by using the ‘Incubate Egg’ interaction. This should be done every day until a newborn chicken hatches from the egg.
4. After hatching, the Sim can care for and raise the chick as desired!

How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in The Sims 4

In The Sims 4, gardening is one of the skills available in the Base Game, however, it wasn’t until the expansion pack Cottage Living that a more comprehensive farming system was introduced. Players can now fully experience farm life by purchasing land and rearing animals such as chickens. Unlike real-life chickens, those in The Sims 4 are considered pets rather than livestock. Instead of raising them for meat, players collect their eggs. Hens lay an egg every day, which can be gathered by clicking on the chicken coop and selecting “Collect Eggs” from the interaction menu.

As a gamer, I’ve come across eggs in this game world that can be sold, cooked, or something more exciting – hatched! But only if they’re the hatchable kind. Thankfully, developers have marked these special eggs, so it’s simple to spot them from regular, unfertilized ones.

Players can only get Hatchable eggs if they own at least one pair of Roosters and Hens.

In The Sims 4, there are three distinct types of eggs that can potentially hatch: Gold, Obsidian, and Regular. Here’s how you can try to hatch a chicken egg:

To hatch a chicken egg in The Sims 4:

1. First, purchase the Mysterious Island or Jungle Adventure expansion pack if you haven’t already.
2. Then, find an Egg-head Sim to interact with the mysterious egg found on your island or jungle expedition.
3. Once the Sim has picked up the egg, they can place it in their inventory and carry it around.
4. After some time, a hatching minigame will appear. Your Sim must successfully complete this mini-game to hatch the egg.
5. If the egg hatches, you’ll find either a Chick or Rooster that will grow into an adult chicken after a few days.

  • Click on a Hatchable egg from the Sim who collected their inventory
  • Select “Incubate in Coop” from the menu to place the egg in the coop.
  • Wait the required incubation time, about 2 days.
  • When it’s ready to hatch, players will get a notification
  • Click on the egg inside the chicken coop.
  • Select “Hatch Egg” and enjoy the adorable animation.

As a devoted player, I get the joy of naming and engaging with my freshly acquired chicky pal! Just like other pets, this feathery friend will grow older over time, but if I’d rather avoid the Grim reaper’s visit for my precious fowl, there’s an option to disable that feature. To fully immerse myself in the farming lifestyle, the Horse Ranch DLC expansion brings goats, lambs, and horses into the fold. If managing so many animals becomes too much to handle, my Sim can always hire a helpful Ranch Hand for assistance.

How to Use Cheats to Get Hatchable Chicken Eggs in The Sims 4

Chickens will only lay eggs if they receive proper nutrition and live in a tidy and hygienic environment. Since the production of viable eggs occurs at random, obtaining them might take some patience. Folks participating in the Simple Living Lot Challenge could eventually come to depend on their farm animals for nourishment.

How to Turn On Cheats

If someone is in a hurry for chicken eggs, they can resort to using shortcuts (cheats) to immediately generate Incubatable eggs. To activate these cheats, open the command console by typing the given command:

  • PC: Ctrl + Shift + C
  • Mac: Command + Shift + C
  • Xbox/PlayStation: all four shoulder buttons

As an enthusiast, I’d recommend you type in “testingcheats on” and hit Enter (or A/X for console) to enable cheats. With this activated, you can simply Shift-click a chicken coop and voila! You can instantly create regular eggs, hatchable eggs, and eggs about to hatch. Enjoy your gameplay!

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2025-05-30 21:15