My chickens doesnt lay any eggs

[wizmo]

Do they need to become hens first?
What good does it do to open the little door in the chickens house?
Do you have to let animals outside?
Do you need to feed the chickens?

[D34D Already]

They have to reach a certain age b4 they lay. Let them outside on nice days. They'll eat grass outside, but there's a hay area in the henhouse.

[Lucifer恶魔]

Pet them everyday to increase their love to you (gain more hearts).

And yeah maybe they didn't grow up enough yet.

[Dog]

You bought a rooster you dummy

[Nakos]

Chicks don't lay eggs. They have to grow (which takes a bit less than a week if I recall correctly).

Pat them every day.

Load the feeding bench every day. Some days they'll go outside, and eat grass and won't eat the Hay on the bench, but it's best just to keep it loaded. (See the graphic).

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/File:Chickens_fed.png

In Spring, Summer and Fall, let them go outside. Plant some Grass Starter around the Coop.

Buy a Heater from Marnie for the Winter. Or, complete the Fodder Bundle in the Community Center

Build Mayo machines, they'll maximize your profits from the eggs.

Your hens still won't lay every day, but most days you'll get eggs.

[wizmo]

Do you need to build fence if you are to let the chickens out?

[Nakos]

You don't NEED to, but I usually do to keep them from wandering too far.

If you don't build a fence, then make sure you shut the gate on the coop EVERY night.

It's rare, but there are wolves in Stardew Valley, and they might make off with one of your chickens if you leave them out over night. I don't know for sure if the fence helps prevent this, but I always do build one, and I've never yet lost a chicken.

[wizmo]

how do i give the chickens hay i clicked on something but it said i needed a silo

[Woudo]

Originally posted by Nakos:

I don't know for sure if the fence helps prevent this

It doesn't. All that matters is whether the coop/barn door is open or not. Fences are used to contain the long grass and stop it from spreading into your crops. If your coop/barn is far enough away to not threaten any crops, it's more beneficial to have no fencing at all as that lets the grass grow which leads to more hay.

Originally posted by wizmo:

What good does it do to open the little door in the chickens house? Do you have to let animals outside?

Animals need to be fed. One tuft of wild grass feeds one animal. One bundle of hay feeds one animal. Several (3-4) tufts of grass when threshed only equal one bundle of hay. As you can see, it's clearly more economical for you to feed them with wild grass tufts rather than hay when possible.

Originally posted by wizmo:

Do you need to feed the chickens?

Failing to feed an animal is the same as failing to water a plant; it just doesn't do anything for that day. You can let your animals starve for 5 years straight; they won't die, but they won't produce anything either. If you actually do want your animals to produce something though, you're going to need to feed them.

Originally posted by wizmo:

how do i give the chickens hay i clicked on something but it said i needed a silo

Well then you need a silo. Go over to Robin (the carpenter girl) and get one built. When it's built, you'll need to thresh some long grass with your scythe to get hay. When you have hay in the silo, the hopper in the coop will dispense hay and allow you to place it on the bench.

You goofed up by getting the coop before the silo, but it's the developers fault for making "Build a Coop" such an early-game quest. You can buy Hay from Marnie (she's south of your farm) for the ludicrous price of 50G each, or you can do the wiser thing and just let your chicks starve for a few days until the silo is built.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by wizmo:

how do i give the chickens hay i clicked on something but it said i needed a silo

Did you look at the picture I linked? That shows you where the hopper is and where the feeding bench is. If you click on the hopper, it will give you a day's worth of Hay. You then have to put it on your toolbar, and then right click on the feeding bench to lay it out.

But, it won't work unless you have a silo and you've put some Hay into it. So ... yeah, get a Silo built. They're not expensive, but they do take some materials. (five copper bars, ten clay, and one hundred stone, if I recall correctly).

[wizmo]

where do i get clay to silo?

[Woudo]

Originally posted by wizmo:

where do i get clay to silo?

Use your hoe on the ground, same as if you were planting crops. Periodically you'll find lumps of clay. Just keep doing it until you have enough.

[Nova225]

Originally posted by wizmo:

where do i get clay to silo?

While you're running around town and the beach, look for what looks like 3 little brown squigglys in the dirt or sand, and use your hoe on it. Most of the time they spit out clay, sometimes items you can use for the library.