Sheep consume too much food

[murphybear]

Each time I try to harvest sheep at least one is out of food. You must feed sheep after each harvest -- even if the feed indicators are almost full.

[WaaghMan]

Hi! Sheep food lasts 4 hours per resource per tile, so on average you'll be spending 1.5 resources of food per sheep harvest (as they're more or less harvested every 6 hours).

You can use feeders to increase the amount of food you can store so you don't need to feed them as often. You will still need the resources, though.

[murphybear]

But sheep consume far more food than pigs, cows, ducks or chickens. Do they just eat more food?

Regarding feeders. I have tested them in my game and see no appreciable benefit.

[lady_angel2k]

Originally posted by murphybear:

But sheep consume far more food than pigs, cows, ducks or chickens. Do they just eat more food?

Regarding feeders. I have tested them in my game and see no appreciable benefit.

My experience with the feeders has been very different than what you describe.

If you check how often they need fed.. if they need fed more often than they can be harvested.. for example if they need fed every 5 hours but can only be harvested every 6 hours.. the feeder allows you to feed enough once, for them to be ready in the morning.. if you don't use the feeder then they run out of food in 5 hours (and can't be harvested if they've run out of food before they are harvested).

The feeders were confusing to begin with.. but after looking (in the shop) to see how often they need fed, it was pretty easy to figure out.

The same holds true with the ducks.. some of them need a feeder.

[gbmkennedy]

i agree that the sheep are little pigs (no pun intended) I stop by all the time to give them more and I have 100 of each kind ( 600 total for sheep) so why do they do they need more than that? I would think to be fair every animal should only need 1 feed. Ducks are the same.

[raeven63]

What do they eat? I can't tell by a tiny icon

[lady_angel2k]

Originally posted by raeven63:

What do they eat? I can't tell by a tiny icon

Garlic, Lentil and Chickpeas is food for sheep, if I'm remembering correctly.

[murphybear]

I finally figured out the feeders! They are very effective. Place feeders so the little food troughs all point the same direction. Each time I harvest I fill the feeders.