How to make animals eat hay?

[YOUò.ó]

They ate all my wheat，
Can't they be given priority to eat hay?
So what’s the point of growing hay?

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Do you mean in the barn or out in your fields?

[Alexaraas]

I think there's a "bug" and laborers prioritize root vegetables and wheat over hay in barns. The developers know about this

[k.moeller56]

Bei den Hühnern ist das bei mir. Ein Hühnerstall zeigt kein Futter an. Der andere ist OK.

[YOUò.ó]

Originally posted by MedeaFleecestealer:

Do you mean in the barn or out in your fields?

barn

[YOUò.ó]

Originally posted by Alexaraas:

I think there's a "bug" and laborers prioritize root vegetables and wheat over hay in barns. The developers know about this

yep

[Synopse]

Isn't hay only for goats and chickens? At least the german tool tipp tells me that it is.

[YOUò.ó]

Originally posted by Synopse:

Isn't hay only for goats and chickens? At least the german tool tipp tells me that it is.

None of my animals eat hay, they only eat wheat and root vegetables...

[ladicken]

Before 9.2 the barns stocked hay, grain, and root veggies. Now they only stock root veggies, although I did see some grain in one of my barns. There's a bug report about it on the official website, so they'll get around to fixing it.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Hay didn't exist in the game until v0.9.2, cattle only ate grain and root vegetables.

[Zantai]

We are rolling out a hotfix in which hay will Always be prioritized if available.

[ungamer]

Originally posted by Zantai:

We are rolling out a hotfix in which hay will Always be prioritized if available.

not for chickens pls, hay is not good food for birds

[coopenator]

Originally posted by Zantai:

We are rolling out a hotfix in which hay will Always be prioritized if available.

THANK YOU!!!
I'm over here having a minor fit because the farmers keep taking all my grain, while I have an entire upgraded storehouse full of hay sitting literally right next to the barns.

[CMNJB14]

Originally posted by ungamer:

Originally posted by Zantai:

We are rolling out a hotfix in which hay will Always be prioritized if available.

not for chickens pls, hay is not good food for birds

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I have to agree with @ungamer on this one...

I think Hay should be used for Cows, Goats, and Horses, but NOT for Chickens. They also should have at least one or two additional food items that they will eat (such as root vegetables, for example).

Chickens should eat Grains, and maybe(?) one or two other harvest-able food item (maybe something that is foraged and/or grown?)

[coopenator]

Originally posted by CMNJB14:

Originally posted by ungamer:

not for chickens pls, hay is not good food for birds

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I have to agree with @ungamer on this one...

I think Hay should be used for Cows, Goats, and Horses, but NOT for Chickens. They also should have at least one or two additional food items that they will eat (such as root vegetables, for example).

Chickens should eat Grains, and maybe(?) one or two other harvest-able food item (maybe something that is foraged and/or grown?)

In addition, I would be nice to have an option to limit the amount of each resource the farmers gather so they don't deplete your stores.
So, say, if the cows eat grain, root veggies, and hay, up to a total of 300 units, being able to limit the amount of each up to that total (for ex. 150 hay, 75 root veggies, 75 grain) would be most helpful.

[ungamer]

Originally posted by coopenator:

So, say, if the cows eat grain, root veggies, and hay, up to a total of 300 units, being able to limit the amount of each up to that total (for ex. 150 hay, 75 root veggies, 75 grain) would be most helpful.

it's the next level of management )) i agree. it is same thing as quotas for storage. must have!