Animals don't eat indoors during winter?

[TheDemiGodZilla]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug, but I have 4 chickens, 2 cows and a goat, 2 silos full of hay, it's been 15 days into winter and none of them has eaten a single piece of hay. anybody else having these problems? And should I worry about any reprecussions if they don't eat for long periods? Thanks :)

[Hurodrik]

Originally posted by CrossFire55:

I'm pretty sure this is a bug, but I have 4 chickens, 2 cows and a goat, 2 silos full of hay, it's been 15 days into winter and none of them has eaten a single piece of hay. anybody else having these problems? And should I worry about any reprecussions if they don't eat for long periods? Thanks :)

Are you sure they didn't eat? If you have the last level of the coop/barn the building will restock the feed automatically. Check your silo to see if your reserves are really not being deducted.

[Saint Landwalker]

To add to Hurodrik's response: Unless you have the Deluxe Coop / Deluxe Barn, there's no "auto-feeder". You have to go in there and manually put hay in their feeding trough. (There's a dispenser next to the trough for you to get the hay out of.)

[TheDemiGodZilla]

Yeah there's about 30 hay in each trough and my hay is still full (I think 2 silos is 480)? they also haven't produced eggs or milk as they have been grumpy from the non-feeding. Is there a hand feeding option I wonder?

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by CrossFire55:

Yeah there's about 30 hay in each trough and my hay is still full (I think 2 silos is 480)? they also haven't produced eggs or milk as they have been grumpy from the non-feeding. Is there a hand feeding option I wonder?

Troughs can't hold 30 hay. They can hold (at least for the coop) 4, 8, or 12 hay, depending on the level of advancement. I assume barns are similar. So it sounds like you're doing something wrong with regards to feeding them.

Perhaps a screenshot of the inside of your barn or coop would help?

[Hurodrik]

Yes, two silos can contain 480 units of hay. Man, thats odd. I don't think you can feed them by hand. When you click them twice, does it say they are thin?

[General Kenobi]

you need to pick up the hay then add it to the bench like thing a feeding trough the thing thats next to the dispenser

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by landwalker04:

Originally posted by CrossFire55:

Yeah there's about 30 hay in each trough and my hay is still full (I think 2 silos is 480)? they also haven't produced eggs or milk as they have been grumpy from the non-feeding. Is there a hand feeding option I wonder?

Troughs can't hold 30 hay. They can hold (at least for the coop) 4, 8, or 12 hay, depending on the level of advancement. I assume barns are similar. So it sounds like you're doing something wrong with regards to feeding them.

Perhaps a screenshot of the inside of your barn or coop would help?

The barn is indeed similar. I will say the trough looks like a bench for seating though. My first chickens were thin a few rainy days before I figured out how to manually feed them.

The auto feeding doesn't happen until you upgrade to level 3, the deluxe versions.

[TheDemiGodZilla]

Thank you all the last 4 posts helped alot I figured it out, I feel kinda stupid now lol. I appreciate the help.

[Speef]

Yeah you are deinitely doing something wrong. You have to take the feed from the hopper and manually place it on the feeding trough, unless you have deluxe barn/coop/