Feeding chickens

[Crooksie]

Can someone please tell me how to feed them, I'm confused
Thanks

[JS93]

Eat them. :3

[Richard]

place hay on the wooden `bench` inside the coop

or make a fence and plant some grass and let the chickens out to eat the grass(but make sure to fence them in, otherwise big bad wolf may eat them if they stray out too far)

[kingjames488]

let them out to eat or put hay in the trough.

[Wordsmith]

put hay into the feeding trough. To get the hay, you either need to buy it from marnie and store it somewhere (BAD CHOICE) or put up a silo, so that cutting grass with your scythe will fill it. Then, you can use the hay dispenser in the coop/barn to get hay.

Protip: during spring/summer/fall, letting the animals out will make them eat fresh grass instead so you don't have to feed them and they are happier for it: win/win

[Crooksie]

Thanks guys, I ended up finding enough clay to make a silo, so I have the situation sorted now :)

[Froot Loop Lux]

Seems odd that the chickens eat hay... I have never ever seen a chicken eat hay before.

[Wordsmith]

Originally posted by Luxwing:

Seems odd that the chickens eat hay... I have never ever seen a chicken eat hay before.

Agreed. I remember in harvest moon BTN they ate special chicken fodder which you could either buy or make out of corn (1crop = 8 fodder IIRC)
That made more sense.

[Utherix]

Yeah, chickens eating fodder, brushing the cows, and playing fetch with the dog are missing from Harvest Moon. I do admit I kinda miss that. Though there are other things to do now with your time.

Cooking system a bit simplified, too.

[Crooksie]

Originally posted by Utherix:

Yeah, chickens eating fodder, brushing the cows, and playing fetch with the dog are missing from Harvest Moon. I do admit I kinda miss that. Though there are other things to do now with your time.

Cooking system a bit simplified, too.

I agree! I miss the actual caring for animals. I haven't tried the cooking side of it yet.

[LittleSisLori]

Originally posted by Richard:

place hay on the wooden `bench` inside the coop

or make a fence and plant some grass and let the chickens out to eat the grass(but make sure to fence them in, otherwise big bad wolf may eat them if they stray out too far)

So, the chickens will eat it?