Large Egg
| Large Egg | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Chicken |
| Sell Price | 95g |
The Large Egg is the reward for looking after a chicken properly. A hen with strong friendship and a good mood sometimes lays one in place of her usual egg. White and Blue Chickens lay the Large Egg, and Brown Chickens lay the Large Brown Egg, its exact twin in value and use. Raw, it sells for almost double a normal egg. Placed in a Mayonnaise Machine, it always comes out as gold-quality Mayonnaise. Both colours also count toward the Animal Bundle in the Pantry, which makes them an early target for the Community Center.
Production
Large Eggs come only from hens that are cared for day after day. Each daily pat raises friendship, and so does a sunny day spent grazing. Missed meals and nights spent locked outside drag it back down. Mood is a separate score that moves from day to day, and food, a pat and fresh grass all lift it. Once both scores sit high, every morning carries a chance of a Large Egg instead of a regular one. A hen at five hearts lays one on most mornings. With a top mood on top of full hearts, the Large Egg becomes close to a daily certainty.
The same care also improves the star rating of the Large Egg itself. The Coopmaster profession helps on both fronts, since it speeds up friendship with Coop birds and raises the quality of their produce.
A Large Egg can also go into the Incubator of a Big Coop or Deluxe Coop. It hatches just like a regular egg, and the shell colour decides the colour of the chick.
Prices
At normal quality, a Large Egg is worth nearly twice a regular Egg, and iridium quality doubles that figure. The Rancher profession lifts the raw price by another fifth.
Even so, the Mayonnaise Machine is the better outlet. A Large Egg always becomes a gold-star jar, no matter what stars the egg carried in. That jar sells for three times a normal Large Egg. An iridium Large Egg still gains about half its value again in the machine, so processing pays at every quality. With the Artisan profession, each gold jar earns two fifths more on top.
Uses
The Animal Bundle in the Pantry asks for five items out of six animal products. The Large Egg and the Large Brown Egg take two separate slots on that list. A coop holding both white and brown hens can therefore cover two of the five on its own. The other options are Large Milk, Large Goat Milk, Wool and a Duck Egg. Finishing the bundle earns a Cheese Press.
In cooking, a Large Egg works in any recipe that calls for an Egg. Fried Egg, Omelet, Pancakes, cakes and Cookies all accept it. The finished dish is identical with either egg. Plain eggs are therefore the cheaper choice for cooking, while Large Eggs earn more in the Mayonnaise Machine.
Large Eggs also count for "Gus' Famous Omelet" when that order appears on the Special Orders board.
Gifts
As a present, the Large Egg gets the same reaction as a normal egg. Alex, Demetrius, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Pierre, Sam and Shane are pleased to get one. The Dwarf, Haley, Jas, Pam, Vincent and the Wizard would rather not, and Sebastian hates it.
Notes
The Large Egg and the Large Brown Egg share every price, so the colour of the hen makes no difference to income.
Grazing is the quickest way to top up mood. A day out on plentiful grass lifts every bird to its best mood, and steady feeding and petting keep it high afterwards. Leaving hens outside overnight or skipping their food undoes that work.
Among chicken eggs, only the Large Egg and the far rarer Golden Egg turn into gold-quality Mayonnaise.
All Animal Products
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Animal | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products Profitability | - | - | - |
| Dinosaur Egg | 
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Dinosaur; Artifact Spot in The Mountains / Quarry (0.6%); Fishing Treasure Chests (0.7-0.8%); Pepper Rex drop (10%); Prehistoric Floors in the Skull Cavern; Crane Game in Movie Theater | 350g |
| Duck Egg | 
|
Ducks | 95g |
| Duck Feather | 
|
Duck; Cat | 250g |
| Egg | 
|
Chicken | 50g |
| Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 225g |
| Golden Egg | 
|
Golden Chicken; Marnie's Ranch; Qi's Walnut Room; The Witch; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) | 500g |
| Large Egg | 
|
Chicken | 95g |
| Large Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 345g |
| Large Milk | 
|
Cow | 190g |
| Milk | 
|
Cow | 125g |
| Ostrich Egg | 
|
Ostrich | 600g |
| Rabbit's Foot | 
|
Rabbit; Traveling Cart; Serpent drop (0.8%); Cat | 565g |
| Roe | 
|
Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests | - |
| Slime | 
|
Slimes; Krobus; Slime Ball; Traveling Cart; Fish Pond | - |
| Slime Ball | 
|
Slime Hutch | - |
| Void Egg | 
|
Void Chicken; Witch; Krobus; Void Salmon Fish Ponds | 65g |
| Wool | 
|
Rabbit; Sheep | 340g |