Nest Egg

This mod expands the functionality of nests from the Incubation mod, adding new interaction mechanics with various mobs and improving compatibility with popular additions such as Alex's Mobs and Naturalist.

Main Features

• Emus from Alex's Mobs now lay eggs in empty bird nests. Due to the large size of the eggs, only one emu egg can fit in a nest at a time.
• Ducks from Naturalist and Geologic Expansion also gained the ability to lay eggs in nests (note that their own twig and hay nests are separate blocks).
• Many types of eggs (excluding emu eggs) have been added to the alexsmobs:raccoon_foodstuffs and alexsmobs:crow_foodstuffs tags, expanding the diet of raccoons and crows.

Important: Since the mod adds complex behavior algorithms for mobs with multiple timers, this may affect performance under unpredictable conditions.

Behavior Settings

Egg Incubation

• Birds periodically sit on nests to incubate eggs, resulting in the hatching of chicks.
• Alternatively, this can be configured as simple decorative behavior where birds occasionally sit on nests without actual egg hatching.
• To activate incubation, birds must receive special food (short_feed or long_feed).
• Incubation duration and time between nest approaches are configurable.
• Hatching occurs only if there are no other living entities on the nest block (this limitation prevents overcrowding).

Nest Raiding

• Raccoons from Alex's Mobs sometimes steal eggs from bird nests (excluding emu nests).
• The interval between nest raiding attempts is configurable.
• Turkeys from Autumnity attack raccoons and players attempting to raid their nests.
• Emus aggressively react to players approaching their nests.

Experimental Features

These options are disabled by default:

• After breeding, birds lay eggs instead of giving birth to live offspring. One parent lays the egg, the other attempts to incubate it.
• Birds lay eggs exclusively in nests, preventing random egg appearances in the world.
• Crows from Alex's Mobs sometimes fly to nests in search of abandoned eggs.

Item Tag System

The mod includes two food tags:

• nest_egg:short_feed - short-term nutrition
• nest_egg:long_feed - long-term nutrition

Feeding birds items from these tags allows them to incubate eggs. The duration of the effect depends on settings. Feeding offspring accelerates their growth.

Requirements: Incubation and Blueprint are required for the mod to function. Many additional mods are supported.