Farm animals dont get hearts - Help!

[Adam]

So as the title says, i petting them daily, giving them food, doing the milking and sheering but nothing. Am I doing something wrong that I don't get hearts with them? How does the system works?

[Arandur87]

You need to buy the temperature machine from the ranch and put it into the barn/coop.

[bellalands]

same here i habe done everything imaginable even reinstalled the game but nope

[peter.melb]

I got hearts, but according to the information board in the coop/barn my animals were neutral. It wasn't until the season changed that their status changed to happy. This is different to how it worked in early access. Also the animals show a sad face if they go outside in winter, and it seems cruel not to let them out on sunny days in winter.

[bipu_keren]

Winter emoji seems to be bugged, it's ok to release them on sunny days, make sure there are grass outside

[Just lady and the beast]

Originally posted by peter.melb:

I got hearts, but according to the information board in the coop/barn my animals were neutral. It wasn't until the season changed that their status changed to happy. This is different to how it worked in early access. Also the animals show a sad face if they go outside in winter, and it seems cruel not to let them out on sunny days in winter.

use temperature tool, place inside barn and coop , if you have this you can take them out even on winter. you can buy it from ranch or craft it yourself

[peter.melb]

I have the temperature device, and the auto feeder and the auto collector, so I'm just going by the animals' sad face emoticons when they go outside on a sunny day in winter.

Update from the new official wiki:
Animals can become sick if they are not fed for 3 days straight, or if they have been cold or hot for three consecutive days during summer or winter. Additionally, if an animal is in a bad mood for three straight days, regardless of the season, it will also become sick. When an animal is sick, it will not produce and will require animal medicine to recover. It is important to note that a maximum of 50% animals in a building can be sick at a time. The animal will recover after 4 days, but friendship points will not increase while the animal is sick.