laying and hatching only happens in active area. Sleeping or time passing when you are far from the area does not progress this. Chicks growing into hens will happen if you sleep / go away. 30 minutes must be uninterrupted. If the fire goes out, if you pick one up, if you are remodeling and they briefly lose shelter - 30 minute timer must restart. An egg can be only "warm" or "too cold". Keep them warm for 30 minutes of someone being in the active area.

Originally posted by Peter™:

They take a while to hatch. The guy that said it takes 30min is wrong. My eggs took almost 5 ingame days to hatch. Just make sure they got enough space to actually hatch. They need at least 2meters or one wall of space between the floor and the ceiling. You can speed up the hatching progress by sleeping. Just make sure that they're warm, don't touch them and be patient. They'll eventually hatch. They don't need to be sheltered. I had my eggs out in the open and they hatch just fine. They just need to have a roof and fire.

I also thought it was short but 30min is what's on the wiki.

Hello,
I am no expert but try to drop the eggs one by one, not as stacks of two or more.

Also there is probably a limit to how many chickens/hens can be nearby.
If there are too many then eggs might not hatch until the number of live chickens/hens in the area is reduced or moved somewhere.

Edit:
I forgot to mention, make sure the game actually consider the eggs as sheltered. If you would stand where the egg is laying you should get the "Sheltered" status effect on your screen (along with the "Fire" status).

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Shelter_Effect
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Fire_Effect

They take a while to hatch. The guy that said it takes 30min is wrong. My eggs took almost 5 ingame days to hatch. Just make sure they got enough space to actually hatch. They need at least 2meters or one wall of space between the floor and the ceiling. You can speed up the hatching progress by sleeping. Just make sure that they're warm, don't touch them and be patient. They'll eventually hatch. They don't need to be sheltered. I had my eggs out in the open and they hatch just fine. They just need to have a roof and fire.

Originally posted by Nerevar:

Originally posted by vinyblaster:

"In days" is meaningless, it takes 30min for an egg to hatch doesnt matter how many game days.

and 1 ingame day in valheim is 21 minutes of daytime and 9 minutes of nighttime. so if he said many ingame days that timer has long sailed ship. if you sleep trough the night the hatch timer is speed up by these 9 minutes aswell.

as for the tc : is there any other tames nearby?

It is possible op reset the timer by simply picking them up. The timer would then reset back to another day.

"In days" is meaningless, it takes 30min for an egg to hatch doesnt matter how many game days.

Originally posted by vinyblaster:

"In days" is meaningless, it takes 30min for an egg to hatch doesnt matter how many game days.

and 1 ingame day in valheim is 21 minutes of daytime and 9 minutes of nighttime. so if he said many ingame days that timer has long sailed ship. if you sleep trough the night the hatch timer is speed up by these 9 minutes aswell.

as for the tc : is there any other tames nearby?