I have two Yaks but no hay, how I make them eat potatoes or soemthing?

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Do they only eat hay? If yes then my crop will not be ready before they die so I should just slaughter them now?

[whatamidoing]

They should be fine with any other plant-based food or prepared meals. You just have to make a stockpile in their pen that allows whatever you want them to have.

[di eshor ribly]

Just put a shelf or stockpile with raw food in their pen. You can use rice or potatoes, whatever else besides hay.

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by whatamidoing:

They should be fine with any other plant-based food or prepared meals. You just have to make a stockpile in their pen that allows whatever you want them to have.

Ok, I had no stockpile in their room, doing it now thanks!

[hardy_conrad]

Just out of curiosity, you do know livestock will eat grass and plants on their own right? You don't have to go making meals or hay or anything for them so long as there are enough plants available already in the pen...

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Just out of curiosity, you do know livestock will eat grass and plants on their own right? You don't have to go making meals or hay or anything for them so long as there are enough plants available already in the pen...

i did not know that, I build a 8x8 room for them and put a stockpile in that only allowed kibble and hay, but I never got the resources in time and the bull died, so a killed the cos to get some meat and hide. So you saying I can have an outside paddock? I'll check here tomorrow, need sleep now.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Just out of curiosity, you do know livestock will eat grass and plants on their own right? You don't have to go making meals or hay or anything for them so long as there are enough plants available already in the pen...

i did not know that, I build a 8x8 room for them and put a stockpile in that only allowed kibble and hay, but I never got the resources in time and the bull died, so a killed the cos to get some meat and hide. So you saying I can have an outside paddock? I'll check here tomorrow, need sleep now.

Oh, my.
Yes! Absolutely you can (and should) allow them outside. That's what the Fence is for.
(you used to be able to just zone them, but now you have to build a pen)

You have your colonists build a decent-sized area (fenced in), and add a gate for them to bring any new animals in. And also add a sign (which allows control of what animals are allowed in that pen/paddock).
The sign will even tell you the ratio of that herd's consumption versus the plant growth. If growth is higher, you don't have to worry about feeding.

(For a barn, if desired, you'll add an animal flap/door, which allows animals to enter/exit as they please)

[sbmarauderman03]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Just out of curiosity, you do know livestock will eat grass and plants on their own right? You don't have to go making meals or hay or anything for them so long as there are enough plants available already in the pen...

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

i did not know that.

Good grief...maybe you should spend less time playing games and a little more time learning how the world works...

[hardy_conrad]

Heh heh, well to be fair if you put your animals outside there is a risk of them getting devoured by predators. Plus if you're starting out then understanding things like pen markers and fences and such may not be immediately apparent. I've made so many mistakes in this game I try to never overlook the possibility of the problem being something "obvious".

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Heh heh, well to be fair if you put your animals outside there is a risk of them getting devoured by predators. Plus if you're starting out then understanding things like pen markers and fences and such may not be immediately apparent. I've made so many mistakes in this game I try to never overlook the possibility of the problem being something "obvious".

That is whyI only use fences when the pen is enclosed wholly within an outer set of walls. Otherwise just use regular walls instead of fencing and you don't need to worry about other animals crossing the fences (fences don't really keep the predators (or many other animals looking to scrounge on your food) from entering the pen and eating food meant only for your domesticated animals.

There are other ways to do it, but walls make it easy, just not as resource cheap as building fences.

[sbmarauderman03]

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Heh heh, well to be fair if you put your animals outside there is a risk of them getting devoured by predators. Plus if you're starting out then understanding things like pen markers and fences and such may not be immediately apparent. I've made so many mistakes in this game I try to never overlook the possibility of the problem being something "obvious".

I wasn't specifically talking to you, just using your post to point out how can someone be unaware that animals eat grass/plants...

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by sbmarauderman03:

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Just out of curiosity, you do know livestock will eat grass and plants on their own right? You don't have to go making meals or hay or anything for them so long as there are enough plants available already in the pen...

Originally posted by ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠:

i did not know that.

Good grief...maybe you should spend less time playing games and a little more time learning how the world works...

Last time I played was ages ago and I swore the pets would just go eat simple meals or kibble wherever it was stored. I mean it made no sense but I think it used to be that way.

[ℬℓα⊂₭ ℙℜ¡ℵ₠]

Originally posted by sbmarauderman03:

Originally posted by hardy_conrad:

Heh heh, well to be fair if you put your animals outside there is a risk of them getting devoured by predators. Plus if you're starting out then understanding things like pen markers and fences and such may not be immediately apparent. I've made so many mistakes in this game I try to never overlook the possibility of the problem being something "obvious".

I wasn't specifically talking to you, just using your post to point out how can someone be unaware that animals eat grass/plants...

Potato is a plant.

[hardy_conrad]

It's all good, no worries. I'm just glad the issue got sorted out. And using walls instead of fences is a pretty good idea, I should probably start doing that.