Boomalope farming help

[StaticPanda]

Im trying to farm some boomalopes since chemfuel sells for so much. I have 12 boomalopes and a large hayfield for them. I thought everything was fine until it said they all were starving. I need the ratio of haygrass tiles to boomalopes or if there is another better way to feed them. I live in a permasummer area so im trying to rely on a massive field for them year round since kibble takes a while to make a lot of.

[KalkiKrosah]

Are you letting them graze in the hayfields? If you are, stop them from doing that. Your farmers will be able to harvest more hay from a mature crop than letting them free roam in the hay fields.

My recommendation is zoning. Set up a zone where they can go everywhere except indoors and in your growing plots. Let them free roam and graze where they want to. Let the hayfields grow and build a barn to house animals in. When the hay is harvested make a stockpile inside the barn and make a new zone where the boomalopes can only roam inside of the barn. This zone will help your animal tames work quicker having all the boomalopes in one area to be milked for fuel. When the hay runs out let them free roam again. When the hay is back in harvest put them back indoors.

[StaticPanda]

Originally posted by KalkiKrosah:

Are you letting them graze in the hayfields? If you are stop them from doing that. Your farmers will be able to harvest more hay from a mature crop than letting them free roam in the hay fields.

My recommendation is zoning. Set up a zone where they can go everywhere except indoors and in your growing plots. Let them free roam and graze where they want to. Let the hayfields grow and build a barn to house animals in. When the hay is harvested make a stockpile inside the barn and make a new zone where the boomalopes can only roam inside of the barn. This zone will help your animal tames work quicker having all the boomalopes in one area to be milked for fuel. When the hay runs out let them free roam again. When the hay is back in harvest put them back indoors.

Problem is I have a few panthers lurking in my jungle. When I was alpaca farming they all died so i started locking all my animals in a barn with a pasture. Do panthers avoid killing boomalopes since they boom or do I need to exterminate all of them before allowing them to free roam

[KalkiKrosah]

Originally posted by inchulk2013:

Originally posted by KalkiKrosah:

Are you letting them graze in the hayfields? If you are stop them from doing that. Your farmers will be able to harvest more hay from a mature crop than letting them free roam in the hay fields.

My recommendation is zoning. Set up a zone where they can go everywhere except indoors and in your growing plots. Let them free roam and graze where they want to. Let the hayfields grow and build a barn to house animals in. When the hay is harvested make a stockpile inside the barn and make a new zone where the boomalopes can only roam inside of the barn. This zone will help your animal tames work quicker having all the boomalopes in one area to be milked for fuel. When the hay runs out let them free roam again. When the hay is back in harvest put them back indoors.

Problem is I have a few panthers lurking in my jungle. When I was alpaca farming they all died so i started locking all my animals in a barn with a pasture. Do panthers avoid killing boomalopes since they boom or do I need to exterminate all of them before allowing them to free roam

They avoid them because they go boom, they are safe.

As a side note, Panthers do make great pets. I cannot recall who is fastest, panthers or cougars, but having one of the fastest animals in the game as an attack pet is definitely a boon when hunting down fleeing raiders. They aren't too shabby in a melee fight either.

[StaticPanda]

Originally posted by KalkiKrosah:

Originally posted by inchulk2013:

Problem is I have a few panthers lurking in my jungle. When I was alpaca farming they all died so i started locking all my animals in a barn with a pasture. Do panthers avoid killing boomalopes since they boom or do I need to exterminate all of them before allowing them to free roam

They avoid them because they go boom, they are safe.

As a side note, Panthers do make great pets. I cannot recall who is fastest, panthers or cougars, but having one of the fastest animals in the game as an attack pet is definitely a boon when hunting down fleeing raiders. They aren't too shabby in a melee fight either.

Good to know! Thanks for the help