Grass doesn't grow fast enough

[rachel]

I literally buy like 200 grass starters but I have max barn and coop animals, they eat it all so fast, it's all gone in a week or two. Is anyone else having similar problems?

[Calisthra]

The way I've always done is to plant on a grid in the evening before a rain day. This way you have at least 2 nights' growth before they munchers commence to eating. Even with full barn and coop I've never had to plant more than ~50 starts at a time and never twice in a season.

For spring I've had to hold the critters hstage once and make 'em eat hay while the grass filled in but that was early on in my first save. Now (in year 7) all 4 slos are filled by mid summer with plenty of grass in the pens all the time.

edit: I have no clue why it's filtering the word m_u_n_c_h_e_r.

[Arvis_Jaggamar]

Try increasing, incrementally, the number of grass starters you buy. At some point, the rate of growth will outpace (or at least break even) with the rate your animals consume it.

My wife had some grass issues too, at one point, but she kept at it and eventually it evened out. I am close to max barn and coop animals and I have entirely too much grass. I wish I could donate some of it to you. :P

[rachel]

I have them in a fence so I don't know if that's a problem because it limits the area, but it's not a very small fence and I can't really make it bigger anyway. But thank you for your suggestions! I'll try those.

[Snow]

I agree the grass managment can be a hassle with a lot of larger livestock. CA already increased the growth rate from the initial release. Perhaps he will do it again with the next update? I would guess it won't happen, but you never know. It used to be so much worse.

[kwrstack]

Originally posted by Calisthra:

edit: I have no clue why it's filtering the word m_u_n_c_h_e_r.

XD Beautiful... XD I don't know if I should tell you why or not >.>

[Insanekitten]

I usually just build a fence in the middle of their feeding area and let the grass grow for a few days on one side while they feed on the other side - or keep them indoors for a few days to give the grass some time to spread. I think this helps allow the grass to grow without having the starter piece eaten up right away.

[Calisthra]

Originally posted by kwrstack:

Originally posted by Calisthra:

edit: I have no clue why it's filtering the word m_u_n_c_h_e_r.

XD Beautiful... XD I don't know if I should tell you why or not >.>

Oh I guess I can imagine all sorts of alternate meanings to this one. But, as a kid raised on a dairy farm, this is how we refered to the livestock. Always munching on something.

[jcp011c2]

I can't really figure out how long grass lasts either. I've made several huge purchases of it, and it seems to stick around for a good long while, and I can't tell if it's ever disappearing or not. I do let my animals out to graze and keep the hay for rainy days and winter, and I would think with the 40,000 chickens I have (not that many but too many!) it would be noticable if it were actually disappearing.