chicken coup question

[bluerat]

Is the coup good to go outside generally? I mean is it ok in weather exposure ... or does it need to be in a building :)

thanks in advance to anyone that knows! Just trying to plan out what i need

[william_es]

I put mine inside my greenhouse, and I built the whole greenhouse inside a cave. I didn't want anything to happen to the chickens or the cows. They cost too much.

EDIT: I placed my chicken coup directly onto concrete floors. It didn't affect how it worked, the chickens still lay eggs.

[bluerat]

ok cool :) cheers

for now I'm trying it outside, surrounded by a fence-based enclosure ... i'll see what happens in the next storm!

I'm on a mountain ledge, shooould be safe from predators im hoping. Twas just the weather im not sure about

[Dreay]

Animals are immune to the weather and do not die of hunger and thirst

[bluerat]

Originally posted by Dreay:

Animals are immune to the weather and do not die of hunger and thirst

yeah my bad, i wasn't clear .... i meant the actual 'coup' building/placeable thingy, not the chicken itself

[Fibrosis]

Keep in mind chickens will wander off if not behind walls or on a leash

[gandalf.graycloak]

I occasionally find little "Kiwi" nests but haven't messed with them. Are these the way to get eggs out in the wild if we don't have a yard bird?

[Pantheria]

Originally posted by william_es:

I put mine inside my greenhouse, and I built the whole greenhouse inside a cave. I didn't want anything to happen to the chickens or the cows. They cost too much.

EDIT: I placed my chicken coup directly onto concrete floors. It didn't affect how it worked, the chickens still lay eggs.

Must be a large cave since that chook house is way oversized!

[Cereal]

I had an exposed chicken coop in the Volcanic area in Prometheus and it was fine during my entire stay there(around 40-60 hours). It looks like it's completely immune to weather, since not even a red level storm passing by caused it to need repairs.

[william_es]

Originally posted by Pantheria:

Originally posted by william_es:

I put mine inside my greenhouse, and I built the whole greenhouse inside a cave. I didn't want anything to happen to the chickens or the cows. They cost too much.

EDIT: I placed my chicken coup directly onto concrete floors. It didn't affect how it worked, the chickens still lay eggs.

Must be a large cave since that chook house is way oversized!

Actually, it looks kinda teeny tiny in my greenhouse.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392051274



That's about as large as I want to make it right now, before I run into bug with how it figures out sheltered/not sheltered. The side I took the screenshot is mostly empty. I could put way more grow plots there.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392051314

And If I really wanted, I have a lot of extra space in this cave I could expand into. The ramps at the back end are so I can reach a single beehive. For some reason, this beehive doesn't spawn wandering bee swarms until I attack it. I'm not sure how close I can build to it until it becomes permanently agroed and spits out continuous bee bullets at me.

This cave is huge. And it's actually a side cave connected to an even larger cave.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392057381

This is the entrance. I had to add the gate first, then add the stone frames/floors later on. The door on the left side of the screenshot is the rear door to my player's house.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392057506

This is the view from the beginning of the side cave, with the gates open. As I said it's huge. This is a very common cave formation you will see rubberstamped repeatedly across the map.