Dead Ox filling stable slots Bug

[Kentagora]

At least I believe it is a bug.

I had 3 active Oxens and during a raider attack they died
I had 1 stable and 1 hitching post. The stables were filled with horses so 1 ox was in the hitching post and 2 at the live stock trader
I am out of space, I cannot build more and I cannot even free the space from the horses since the game says I have 3 unassigned Oxens whom actually died. Livestock trader not want to buy new oxens and cannot sell the dead ones (obviously). Is there a way to deal with dead oxens I just didnt find solution for it? (Tried to use gravediggers in the pit but they bury only dead people)
Time to time I had dead oxens but I solved the issue with deleteding the stable/hitching post they were assigned and that removed their body also, but without any oxen alive and 0 chance to get new ones since the game says they are just unassigned I am being shot in the knee so at this point this is a gameplay of attrition.

Also the circumstances of a dead ox a bit foggy for me. Do they die in time naturally or need specific reasons? Like low on food stock can be a reason Oxens die first? Since in my game im struggling with food and oxens dying frequently. (also the raid is an obvious reason)

Game version is 0.7.955

[Wrath of Westchester]

My stable caught on fire and now my oxen is nowhere to be found, although my stable is still 2/2, with the other animal being a horse.

I cannot build a new stable and hire a new oxen because in order to build a stable I need 4 logs delivered.....by oxen.

This is a gamebreaking design problem. In order to build a stable and obtain an oxen, one must have an oxen deliver logs for the stable.

That needs to be changed. Logs should be delivered, much more slowly, without oxen at all.

[Kentagora]

Originally posted by Wrath of Westchester:

My stable caught on fire and now my oxen is nowhere to be found, although my stable is still 2/2, with the other animal being a horse.

I cannot build a new stable and hire a new oxen because in order to build a stable I need 4 logs delivered.....by oxen.

This is a gamebreaking design problem. In order to build a stable and obtain an oxen, one must have an oxen deliver logs for the stable.

That needs to be changed. Logs should be delivered, much more slowly, without oxen at all.

As I noticed reloading the save file removes the dead oxens. Maybe it helps with your "lost" animals also if nothing else just returning it to the stable. Im not saying timbers should be able to deliver without oxens since it can be considered another kind of "defeat". But looking out for bugs which could prevent you fix things, the game is in early access, it is understandable if it is rough here and there :)