The Hatchery is the initial way of producing chickens in Egg, Inc. Its base chicken capacity is 250 with a refill speed of 50 chickens per second, and an output rate of 32 chickens per second(?)[verification needed]. It is located between the Research Building and Shipping Depot.
The building's appearance is different for each type of egg.
Upgrades[]
It is affected by research which increases the maximum size of the hatchery and research which increases the chicken refill speed.
- The maximum chickens that the hatchery can hold is 500.
- The maximum refill speed for the hatchery is base×16.875 (a 1587.5% increase from the base speed).
- Research:
- Better Incubators: ×2.5
- Rooster Booster: ×2.25
- Epic Research:
- Epic Hatchery: ×3
- Research:
Hatcheries for Normal Eggs[]
| Hatchery | Picture | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| Edible | 
|
None |
| Superfood | 
|
None |
| Medical | 
|
None |
| Rocket Fuel | 
|
None |
| Super Material | 
|
None |
| Fusion | 
|
None |
| Quantum | 
|
None |
| CRISPR | 
|
None |
| Tachyon | 
|
None |
| Graviton | 
|
The top half flows up and down. |
| Dilithium | 
|
None |
| Prodigy | 
|
None |
| Terraform | 
|
None |
| Antimatter | 
|
None |
| Dark Matter | 
|
The rings spin in circles like a gyroscope. |
| AI | 
|
The four segments flow up and down, slightly apart. |
| Nebula | 
|
One of the two top layers of the pyramid rotate occasionally. |
| Universe | 
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The small fragments spin around the black hole and occasionally shoot a beam of light towards it. |
| Enlightenment | 
|
The white balls slowly spin around the tree. |
Hatcheries for Contract-Only Eggs[]
| Hatchery | Picture |
|---|---|
| Firework | 
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| Waterballoon | 
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| Pumpkin | 
|
| Easter Egg | 
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| Chocolate Egg | 
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| Carbon Fibre Egg | 
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| Lithium Egg | 
|